Motivation and second foreign language proficiency: The mediating role of foreign language enjoyment

H Zhang, Y Dai, Y Wang - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Inadequate research attention has been paid to the learning of a third language. For this
reason, this study explores senior English major students' learning of additional foreign …

Gamers, surfers, social media users: Unpacking the role of interest in English

LM Brevik - Journal of computer assisted learning, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Across stages of acquisition, second language (L2) competencies are contingent on the
variation among individuals learning the language, in both informal and formal learning …

Closing the enjoyment gap: heritage language maintenance motivation and reading attitudes among Chinese-American children

SA Smith, Z Li - International Journal of Bilingual Education and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Research demonstrates strong associations between psychosocial factors (motivation,
attitudes, beliefs), outside of class behavior, and second language (L2) learning, particularly …

Students' motivation to acquire English through virtual learning in the midst Covid-19 pandemic

EJQ Ikhwan, E Andriyanti - Lingua Cultura, 2021 - journal.binus.ac.id
The research aimed to find out students' motivation to acquire English as a foreign language
through virtual learning in the midst of Covid-19 pandemic. It involved 202 students spread …

[PDF][PDF] The impact of negotiated syllabus on foreign language Learners' language anxiety and learning motivation

A Pakdaman, G Alibakhshi… - Teaching English …, 2022 - teljournal.org
Negotiated syllabus, as a type of learner-centered syllabus, has been found to affect
language learners' language achievement. This study aimed at investigating the foreign …

The changes in attitudes of 15-year-old Australian students towards reading, mathematics and science and their impact on student performance

IGN Darmawan - Australian Journal of Education, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper investigates changes in 15-year-old Australian students' attitudes towards
reading mathematics, and science, as well as their relationships with students' performance …

Leisure reading in multilingual Singapore: Reading enjoyment, habits and preferences of Singaporean children

B Sun, CE Loh… - Journal of Multilingual …, 2020 - researchportal.bath.ac.uk
What are bilingual children reading? Do children who enjoy reading books in one language
also enjoy reading books in the other language? Drawing on survey data from 1,312 …

Sitcoms and EFL Learners' Foreign Language Anxiety and Motivation for Learning

M Valizadeh - 2022 - acikerisim.kapadokya.edu.tr
The use of movies in EFL classes has attracted the attention of researchers interested in this
area. The use of sitcoms, as a type of audio-visual material, for language learning has been …

Neural pathways of attitudes toward foreign languages predict academic performance

D Lu, X Wang, Y Wei, Y Cui, Y Wang - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Learning attitude is thought to impact students' academic achievement and success, but the
underlying neurocognitive mechanisms of learning attitudes remain unclear. The purpose of …

[PDF][PDF] Language use and literacy environment as predictors of reading fluency and text comprehension among class four pupils in Busia County, Kenya

BN Oliwa - Unpublished PhD thesis, Kenyatta University, 2022 - ir-library.ku.ac.ke
LANGUAGE USE AND LITERACY ENVIRONMENT AS PREDICTORS OF READING
FLUENCY AND TEXT COMPREHENSION AMONG CLASS FOUR PUPILS IN BUSIA C …