Modern Language Journal
SCOPUS (1916-1996,1998-2001,2004-2023)SSCI-ISI
1540-4781
0026-7902
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Cơ quản chủ quản: WILEY , Wiley-Blackwell
Lĩnh vực:
Linguistics and Language
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Conceptualizing Willingness to Communicate in a L2: A Situational Model of L2 Confidence and AffiliationWhy do some students seek, while others avoid, second language (L2) communication? Many language teachers have encountered students high in linguistic competence who are unwilling to use their L2 for communication whereas other students, with only minimal linguistic knowledge, seem to communicate in the L2 whenever possible. Despite excellent communicative competence, spontaneous and susta... ... hiện toàn bộ
Tập 82 Số 4 - Trang 545-562 - 1998
Willingness to Communicate in the Second Language: Understanding the Decision to Speak as a Volitional ProcessPrevious research has devoted a great deal of attention to describing the long‐term patterns and relationships among trait‐level or situation‐specific variables. The present discussion extracts kernels of wisdom, based on the literatures on language anxiety and language learning motivation, that are used to frame the argument that choosing to initiate communication at a particular moment i... ... hiện toàn bộ
Tập 91 Số 4 - Trang 564-576 - 2007
Expanding the Motivation Construct in Language LearningRecent reviews by Crookes & Schmidt (1991), Dörnyei (1994), and Oxford and Shearin (1994) have suggested that research concerned with motivation in second language acquisition would benefit from a consideration of motivational constructs from other research areas. The present study addresses this issue by investigating the relation of a number of new measures... ... hiện toàn bộ
Tập 79 Số 4 - Trang 505-518 - 1995
Foreign Language Anxiety and Foreign Language Performance: A Meta‐AnalysisAbstract This meta‐analysis investigated the relationship between foreign language (FL) anxiety and FL performance. Fifty‐five independent samples with more than 10,000 participants were surveyed. It was found that the overall correlation between FL anxiety and FL performance was −.34 (p < .01). FL listening anxiety had the strongest co... ... hiện toàn bộ
Tập 103 Số 4 - Trang 763-781 - 2019
Effects of Multimedia Courseware Subtitling on the Speaking Performance of College Students of French
Tập 78 Số 1 - Trang 61-75 - 1994
Searching for the Cognitive Locus of Foreign Language Learning Difficulties: Linking First and Second Language Learning
Tập 77 Số 3 - Trang 289-302 - 1993
Sex Differences in Foreign Language Text Comprehension: The Role of Interests and Prior KnowledgeThe scores obtained by female students on the national foreign language examinations in the Netherlands have been slightly but consistently lower than those of male students. The present research among 2980 high school students tested the hypothesis that, owing to sex differences in prior knowledge and interests, the topic of a text is an important factor explaining these sex‐based differe... ... hiện toàn bộ
Tập 80 Số 1 - Trang 15-31 - 1996
Radical Awareness and Word Acquisition Among Nonnative Learners of ChineseThis study investigates developmental trends in acquiring knowledge of radicals, radical perception skills, and skills in applying knowledge of radicals among nonnative learners of Chinese across learning levels. It also examines the relationship between the acquisition of radical knowledge and the development of radical perception and radical knowledge application skills, as well as how t... ... hiện toàn bộ
Tập 91 Số 1 - Trang 97-111 - 2007
Theorizing Affect in Foreign Language Learning: An Analysis of One Learner's Responses to a Communicative Portuguese CourseIn this study we explore a student's affective responses to classroom foreign language learning. In 2 meetings each week throughout an 8‐week Portuguese course for beginners, the first author described her language learning experiences to the second author. Sessions were transcribed and then coded and analyzed. A theoretical model grounded in the learner's experiences was developed to unde... ... hiện toàn bộ
Tập 93 Số 2 - Trang 209-226 - 2009