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Yabing Wang; Na Wang; Bin Shen – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
Despite the growing recognition of the impact of affective factors on second/foreign language (L2) learning, there remains a paucity of knowledge regarding academic burnout in L2 learning. Moreover, the intricate interplay between L2 burnout, maladaptive emotion regulation strategies, and negative L2 emotions remains inadequately explored. Given…
Descriptors: Burnout, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Negative Attitudes
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Ching-Hsuan Wu; Sergio Robles-Puente; Amy S. Thompson – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
The impetus of this study is to investigate students' attitudes towards online language learning based on their previous academic experiences and year of study, including the decision to major or minor (i.e., motivation). A total of 975 students completed a survey questionnaire consisting of background information, Likert scale items, and…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Piniel, Katalin; Albert, Ágnes – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2018
Individual differences researchers have recently begun to investigate the concept of emotions and their role in language learning (MacIntyre, Gregersen, & Mercer, 2016). Our aim is to report on a project exploring English majors' feelings related to their use of foreign languages. Using a qualitative research design, participants were asked to…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Skills
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Jin, Yinxing; de Bot, Kees; Keijzer, Merel – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2017
The study explores the effects of teacher support and student cohesiveness on foreign language (FL) learning outcomes and compares their effect with that of FL anxiety. One hundred and forty-six first-year Chinese undergraduates of Japanese, who were also learning English, participated in two surveys that were administered over a 2-month interval.…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Correlation, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
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Lockley, Thomas – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2013
Speaking self-perceived communication competence (SPCC) is a construct with many potential implications for foreign language learning, but one that has been little studied. SPCC itself is a major predictive factor in willingness to communicate, a construct which has been widely conceptualised and researched. This study (N = 103) used a repeated…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Second Language Learning, Accuracy, Language Proficiency
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Mystkowska-Wiertelak, Anna; Pietrzykowska, Agnieszka – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2011
Speaking, the language skill whose mastering appears to be the ultimate aim of every attempt at learning a foreign language, constitutes a formidable challenge. Apart from involving the online interaction of complex processes of conceptualization, formulation, articulation and monitoring (Levelt, 1989), it appears prone to numerous psychological…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Language Usage, Predictor Variables