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Anxiety reduction sessions in foreign language classrooms
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This article examined the effect of anxiety reduction sessions conducted in English as a foreign language (EFL) classrooms and found that EFL anxiety reduction session were developed based on two assumpti...Abstract:
This study examined the effect of anxiety reduction sessions conducted in English as a foreign language (EFL) classrooms. EFL anxiety reduction sessions were developed based on two assumpti...read more
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Motivation and second language acquisition
Gigliana Melzi,Adina Schick +1 more
TL;DR: The authors provide a comprehensive overview of the key conceptual models that have applied the construct of motivation to second language acquisition, namely Gardner and Lambert's seminal Socio-educational Model of Motivation on Second Language Acquisition.
Study Abroad And Second Language Use Constructing The Self
TL;DR: In this paper, a malicious download of study abroad and second language use constructing the self (S2L) is described. But the authors do not specify how to detect the malicious download.
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A Multidimensional Perspective on Individual Differences in Multilingual Learners' L2 Chinese Speech Production.
TL;DR: It is concluded that the development of L2 Chinese speech production ability could be the result of the synergies gained from the cognitive, affective, and socio-cultural dimensions of L1 learning and use.
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Reducing anxiety in the foreign language classroom: a positive psychology approach
TL;DR: This paper investigated whether reminiscing about language achievements could effectively diminish the learners' foreign language classroom anxiety and explored the patterns nested in the reminiscing process, finding that reminiscing was linked to more frequent positive emotions than negative emotions.
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Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety
TL;DR: In this paper, anxiety is defined as the subjective feeling of tension, apprehension, nervousness, and worry associated with an arousal of the autonomic nervous system, which impedes the ability to perform successfully in a foreign language class.