the study was conducted with the aim of examining the rate of foreign language anxiety in male and female language learners. flcas (foreign language classroom anxiety scale) was administered to two groups of male and female learners. the mean scores of flcas indicated a significant difference with females having considerably higher levels of anxiety than males. from 38 female learners, 22 were ...

The present study examines students’ foreign language enjoyment and anxiety when reminiscing about the mind-mapping app in English writing class. This research uses sequential explanatory mixed method to cover quantitative qualitative elements of emotions writing. Foreign (FLE) classroom (FLCA) questionnaires were distributed 122 students at two universities Indonesia, followed by interviewing ...

Foreign-accented speech is generally harder to understand than native-accented speech. This difficulty is reduced for non-native listeners who share their first language with the non-native speaker. It is currently unclear, however, how non-native listeners deal with foreign-accented speech produced by speakers of a different language. We show that the process of (second) language acquisition i...

Requisites for improved instructional effectiveness in all disciplines have become more stringent as the result of increased teacher accountability and the move toward performance assessment. National standards such as the Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century (National Standards in Foreign Language Education Project, 1999) and the National Educational Technology Standards...

today, in times of globalisation, intercultural competence is required more than ever before. therefore, language institutes are advocating and keen to train their students in intercultural competence too. accordingly, they ensure that their teachers include teaching additional cultural information about the country of the language being taught in their courses. the fact is, however, that durin...

Abstract The moral foreign language effect (MFLE) describes how people’s decisions may change when a dilemma is presented in either their native (NL) or (FL). Growing attention being directed to unpacking what aspects of bilingualism influence the MFLE, though with mixed inconclusive results. current study aims bridge this gap by adopting conceptualization that frames construct as composite and...

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS THAT JUNIOR AND SENIOR ELT STUDENTS EXPERIENCE IN THE PROCESS OF LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE Orhan KOCAMAN ABSTRACT Communication is a crucial aspect so as to communicate with other people in an effective way and it is also an important and indispensable tool for people to understand, convey opinions or messages. Effective communication is an essential component for educa...