Radical Awareness and Word Acquisition Among Nonnative Learners of ChineseModern Language Journal - Tập 91 Số 1 - Trang 97-111 - 2007
Helen Shen, Chuanren Ke
This 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
Theorizing Affect in Foreign Language Learning: An Analysis of One Learner's Responses to a Communicative Portuguese CourseModern Language Journal - Tập 93 Số 2 - Trang 209-226 - 2009
Paula Garrett, Richard Young
In 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
Contributions of Morphological Awareness to Adult L2 Chinese Word Meaning InferencingModern Language Journal - Tập 101 Số 4 - Trang 742-755 - 2017
Sihui Ke, Keiko Koda
AbstractThis study examined the contributions of morphological awareness (MA) to second language (L2) word meaning inferencing in English‐speaking adult learners of Chinese (N = 50). Three research questions were posed: Are L2 learners sensitive to the morphological structure of unknown multi‐character words? Does first language (L1) MA c...... hiện toàn bộ
Willingness to Communicate in the Second Language: Understanding the Decision to Speak as a Volitional ProcessModern Language Journal - Tập 91 Số 4 - Trang 564-576 - 2007
Peter D. MacIntyre
Previous 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
Foreign Language Anxiety and Foreign Language Performance: A Meta‐AnalysisModern Language Journal - Tập 103 Số 4 - Trang 763-781 - 2019
Xian Zhang
AbstractThis 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
Conceptualizing Willingness to Communicate in a L2: A Situational Model of L2 Confidence and AffiliationModern Language Journal - Tập 82 Số 4 - Trang 545-562 - 1998
Peter D. MacIntyre, RICHARD CLÉMENT, Zoltán Dörnyei, Kimberly A. Noels
Why 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
Expanding the Motivation Construct in Language LearningModern Language Journal - Tập 79 Số 4 - Trang 505-518 - 1995
Paul F. Tremblay, R. C. Gardner
Recent 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