Globalization and digitization have reshaped the communication landscape, affecting how and with whom we communicate, and deeply altering the terrain of language and literacy education. As children in urban contexts become socialized into communities of increasing cultural and communicational connectivity, complexity, and convergence (Jenkins, 2004), and funding for specialist second language (...

The Sex-linked Anxiety Coping Theory (SCT) suggests that anxiety should relate to performance more strongly for males than females. In Study 1, we examined how the theory applied to five interview anxiety dimensions (appearance anxiety, behavioral anxiety, communication anxiety, performance anxiety, and social anxiety) using actual job applicants. In general, females reported higher levels of e...

Despite the body of research on textbook evaluation from the discourse analysis perspective, cohesive devices have rarely been analyzed in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) textbooks. The acquisition and use of cohesive devices is inherent to naturalistic communication, including business interactions. Hence, L2 learners of business English should be exposed to these devices through cohesion-...

to enrich our understanding of the attitudinal/motivational basis of foreign language learning at junior high school level, this study investigated the students’ status of l2 motivation, the relationship between motivational factors, and the possibility of predicting their motivated learning behavior in light of dörnyei’s (2005, 2009) theory of l2 motivational self system. to this end, 1462 jun...

Abstract As survey research in second language acquisition grows popularity, the adherence to best practices associated with questionnaire quality is critical for a better understanding of factors that influence (L2) development. To ensure self-report scale targets construct interest and does it consistently accurately, authors primary should demonstrate their instrument possesses acceptable ev...

this study was an attempt to explore the role that the increased perceptual saliency of l2 input features or output flaws and hereby promoting l2 learners’ noticing (through planned instructional activities) can play in the learners’ use of correct english intonation patterns. the participants were 80 iranian efl students attending four intact classes, two low-intermediate and two upper-interme...

The study of various general orientations toward communication has held an important place in communication research for over a half-century. This research has been conducted under a wide variety of conceptualizations. These have included stage fright, speech anxiety, communication apprehension, shyness, reticence, unwillingness to communicate, willingness to communicate, talkativeness, verbal ...

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