Reticence And Anxiety In Oral English Lessons

Author : Meihua Liu
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 3039114972

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Reticence and Anxiety in Oral English Lessons by Meihua Liu Pdf

This study explores the field of EFL (English as a foreign language) classroom learning within a formal learning institution. Drawing on theories and methods from various disciplines, this book explores the question which has been frustrating language teachers: why do so many students remain reticent and anxious in language class? Based on a large-scale survey and a more focused case study, the book argues persuasively that reticence and anxiety in formal EFL classrooms are important factors in determining the outcome of language learning. By means of a triangulated research method, this book examines various aspects of reticence and anxiety in EFL classroom learning situations. The author analyses causes and consequences, differences in terms of gender and proficiency level, and coping strategies.

Author : L. Jin,M. Cortazzi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780230299481

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Researching Chinese Learners by L. Jin,M. Cortazzi Pdf

This collection focuses on Chinese learners with original data sets using innovative research methods. It investigates Chinese learners' learning and language skills, perceptions and particularly the processes of reciprocal intercultural adaptations in a wide international context of Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, New Zealand and the UK.

Author : Meihua Liu,Chin-Hsi Lin,Yining Zhang
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832525692

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Dynamic roles of anxiety and motivation in second/foreign language acquisition by Meihua Liu,Chin-Hsi Lin,Yining Zhang Pdf

Author : Mariusz Kruk,Miroslaw Pawlak
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000570892

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Understanding Emotions in English Language Learning in Virtual Worlds by Mariusz Kruk,Miroslaw Pawlak Pdf

This book contributes to overcoming the deficit in research on emotions in foreign language learning in the domain of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) in both traditional and virtual settings. The authors divide emotions into positive (i.e., enjoyment and curiosity) and negative (i.e., boredom and language anxiety) and explore their role in L2 teaching and learning in CALL environments from theoretical, empirical and pedagogical perspectives. The book begins with a theoretical overview of selected issues concerning positive and negative emotions and surveys the studies that have dealt with this issue in L2 learning in conventional settings and CALL. The empirical part of the book is devoted to a research project which explores the experience of positive and negative emotions in learning English in the virtual world Second Life, the relationships of the emotions in question and factors influencing them. The book concludes by recommending a selection of practices which can help maximize the positive emotions and minimize the negative emotions in foreign language learning in CALL environments. This is an important and illuminating read for students and scholars of applied linguistics, second language education and educational technology who are interested in CALL and in incorporating VW/VR-based language learning programs into their studies and teaching.

Author : Ben WIlson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781350413597

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Debating in Teaching and Learning English by Ben WIlson Pdf

This book offers the first full-length treatment of the topic of debating as a method of developing English Foreign Language (EFL) speaking, inviting scholars and practitioners to reflect on the demands of the current age for moving forward educational practice. While debating is a well-known method of dialogic speaking and is widely practiced, the extent to which it is integrated in adult TEFL has not been established, and an understanding of its affordances for developing foreign language speaking is also limited. This book fills the gap in the field of TESOL and applied linguistics on the affordances of debating as a form of dialogic speaking that can promote a holistic understanding and improvement of experience of education, and indeed academic outcomes. The two main themes that situate the work are those of dialogic speaking and affect (at times referred to as 'humanistic', 'positive psychology' and 'social and emotional learning'). The book details the experiences of an adult EFL debate group in a private language school in the North of Italy. It reports how the participants experience the pedagogy so as to offer insights into it as a form of teaching speaking in adult EFL, as well as providing a practical framework with lesson plans and curriculum. The affordances of debating emerge as being social, cognitive, educational and communicative, and are discussed alongside the work of language teaching scholars Curran and Freire, and more broadly within a Social Constructivist approach to education. As such, debating is discussed as being a holistic and dialogic form of pedagogy. Particular attention to experience - often affective - is also found to be fundamental in planning and assessing educational outcomes for both teachers and learners.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Dissertations, Academic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123025715

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Dissertation Abstracts International by Anonim Pdf

Author : Zhongshe Lu,Meihua Liu,Wenxia Zhang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000395259

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Teaching and Researching Chinese EFL/ESL Learners in Higher Education by Zhongshe Lu,Meihua Liu,Wenxia Zhang Pdf

China has attached great importance to teaching students to become proficient users of English. Yet, despite a plethora of studies and practice on Chinese ESL/EFL (English as a second/foreign language) learners, the large student population, its complicated composition and the complex nature of second and foreign language learning have rendered it difficult to offer a panoramic view on ESL/EFL teaching and learning of Chinese learners. This book provides a new and up-to-date perspective on the teaching and learning of Chinese ESL/EFL learners. The book collects 15 case studies, falling into two parts—Curriculum Development and Teaching Practice and Skills-Based Research. The collected studies deploy qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods to explore patterns, features, developments and causes and effects of a variety of issues in the sphere of ESL/EFL teaching and learning. Moreover, the cases offer insights that are relevant beyond the mainland Chinese context such as Hong Kong, Macau, Britain and Australia. Students and scholars of TESOL and applied linguistics will be interested in this title.

Author : Kathleen Bailey,David Nunan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-06
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781003818380

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Research on English Language Teaching and Learning in the Middle East and North Africa by Kathleen Bailey,David Nunan Pdf

The tenth volume in the TIRF-Routledge series, this book features research on the teaching and learning of English in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). With chapters written by TIRF Doctoral Dissertation Grant awardees and internationally known scholars, the volume addresses contemporary challenges and considerations to teaching English in the MENA context. With empirical research covering a wide range of under-studied contexts, this book provides important insights and future directions to improve research and instruction. Offering up-to-date research at the primary, secondary, and post-secondary levels, this volume is an essential resource for language education programs and pre-service teachers. Chapter 7 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.

Author : Hang Ferrer Mora
Publisher : Universitat de València
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : English language
ISBN : 8437052408

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Teaching English in a Spanish Setting by Hang Ferrer Mora Pdf

Author : Rahma Al-Mahrooqi,Christopher J. Denman
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030918811

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Individual and Contextual Factors in the English Language Classroom by Rahma Al-Mahrooqi,Christopher J. Denman Pdf

This edited volume examines a number of topics related to the roles of individual and contextual factors in English as second or foreign language (ESL/EFL) settings by presenting chapters across the three sections of theoretical and pedagogical approaches, teacher and learner research, and research into the roles of technology. The book has a focus on practical actions and recommendations related to individual and contextual factors in ESL/EFL, with a specific concern with issues of cognition, metacognition, emotion, and identity, and offers perspectives from a diverse range of international education settings. For teachers of ESL/EFL, the effective recognition and integration of individual and contextual factors into the classroom may represent a significant challenge. This is often the case in those settings where native English speaking teachers work in foreign language contexts where they may have limited understanding of local cultures and languages, or where language instructors have class groups that are culturally and linguistically diverse. In these, and similar, contexts, the types and extent of individual and contextual factors impacting on language learning may challenge both learner and instructor expectations of what an effective and supportive classroom is. While such a situation offers numerous opportunities for learners and teachers to expand their knowledge of themselves and each other, it also presents the possibility for ineffective teaching and learning to occur. It is within this framework that the book presents the latest theoretical, pedagogical, and research perspectives from around the world, thereby providing a resource for all stakeholders with an interest in the roles individual and contextual factors play in the English learning process.

Author : Jim King,Seiko Harumi
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781788926782

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East Asian Perspectives on Silence in English Language Education by Jim King,Seiko Harumi Pdf

Silence is a key pedagogical issue in language education. Seen by some as a space for thinking and reflection during the learning process, for others silence represents a threat, inhibiting target language interaction which is so vital during second language acquisition. This book eschews stereotypes and generalisations about why so many learners from East Asia seem either reluctant or unable to speak in English by providing a state-of-the art account of current research into the complex and ambiguous issue of silence in language education. The innovative research included in this volume focuses on silence both as a barrier to successful learning and as a resource that may in some cases facilitate language acquisition. The book offers a fresh perspective on ways to facilitate classroom interaction while also embracing silence and it touches on key pedagogical concepts such as teacher cognition, the role of task features, classroom interactional approaches, pedagogical intervention and socialisation, willingness to communicate, as well as psychological and sociocultural factors. Each of the book’s chapters include self-reflection and discussion tasks, as well as annotated bibliographies for further reading.

Author : Ali Derakhshan,Reza Pishghadam,Anna Mystkowska-Wiertelak
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889748372

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The Role of Teacher Interpersonal Variables in Students’ Academic Engagement, Success, and Motivation by Ali Derakhshan,Reza Pishghadam,Anna Mystkowska-Wiertelak Pdf

Author : Yoko Kobayashi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351804561

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The Evolution of English Language Learners in Japan by Yoko Kobayashi Pdf

This book seeks a better understanding of the sociocultural and ideological factors that influence English study in Japan and study-abroad contexts such as university-bound high schools, female-dominant English classes at college, ESL schools in Canada, and private or university-affiliated ESL programs in Singapore and Malaysia. The discussion is based not only on data garnered from Japanese EFL learners and Japanese/overseas educators but also on official English language policies and commercial magazine discourses about English study for Japanese people. The book addresses seemingly incompatible themes that are either entrenched in or beyond Japan’s EFL context such as: Japan’s decades-long poorly-performing English education vs. its equally long-lived status as an economic power; Japanese English learners’ preference for native English speakers/norms in at-home Japanese EFL contexts vs. their friendship with other Asian students in western study-abroad contexts; Japanese female students’ dream of using English to further their careers vs. Japanese working women’s English study for self-enrichment; Japanese society’s obsession with globalization through English study vs. the Japanese economy sustained by monolingual Japanese businessmen; Japanese business magazines’ frequent cover issues on global business English study vs. Japanese working women’s magazines’ less frequent and markedly feminized discourses about English study.

Author : Peter Blatchford,Kam Wing Chan,Maurice Galton,Kwok Chan Lai,John Chi-Kin Lee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317643487

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Class Size by Peter Blatchford,Kam Wing Chan,Maurice Galton,Kwok Chan Lai,John Chi-Kin Lee Pdf

Much debate, research and commentary about class sizes in schools is limited because of an exclusive concern with class size and pupil academic attainment, and a neglect of classroom processes, which might help explain class size effects (or lack of them). Very little is known about the central question: how can teachers make the most of class size changes? Much of the commentary on class size effects has focused on Western and English-speaking countries but there are promising developments elsewhere, particularly the 'Small Class Teaching' initiatives in East Asia in the past decade, which have brought new knowledge and practical wisdom to the class size debate. This book seeks to move toward a clearer view of what we know and do not know about class size effects, and to identify future steps in terms of policy and research. There is a huge and exciting potential for international collaboration on knowledge concerning class size effects which can help with research-informed policy. The book aims to draw out Eastern and Western international contexts which underpin any understanding of the role of class size in school learning. The book has chapters by an international team of experts on class size effects, including Maurice Galton and John Hattie. Chapters are organised into four main sections: Socio-cultural and political contexts to the class size debate in the East and West; Research evidence on class size; Class size and classroom processes likely to be related to class size changes; Professional development for small class teaching in East Asia.

Author : J. Dewaele
Publisher : Springer
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780230289505

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Emotions in Multiple Languages by J. Dewaele Pdf

Alarge-scale investigation on how multilinguals feel about their languages and use them to communicate emotion. Combining quantitative and qualitative approaches, the author looks at the factors that affect multilinguals' self-perceived competence, attitudes, communicative anxiety, language choice and code-switching.