This study examines language learning strategy (LLS) use in connexion with foreign language attitude, proficiency and general school achievement among lower secondary students in Years 5 and 8 (n = 868) in Hungary. An adapted version of the Strategies Inventory for Language Learning questionnaire was used for data collection. The results showed that Hungarian students mainly engage in metacogni...

BACKGROUND Physician migration is gaining attention worldwide. Despite increasing numbers of foreign physicians in Germany, their perceptions on working in Germany remain unexplored. Within a large survey on Saxon physicians, the aim of this study was to elucidate whether foreign-national physicians' job satisfaction differed from German physicians' job satisfaction. METHODS The study was des...

the present study explored the intensity level of authorial voice in relation to the quality of argumentative writing. 42 undergraduate learners of english as a foreign language (36 girls and 6 boys) spent 45 minutes to individually complete in-class position-taking writing tasks for three weeks. their overall academic writing quality scores assigned based on portfolio assessment were studied i...

In this article, we assess to what extent decision making is affected by the language in which a given problem is presented (native vs. foreign). In particular, we aim to ask whether the impact of various heuristic biases in decision making is diminished when the problems are presented in a foreign language. To this end, we report four main studies in which more than 700 participants were teste...


 The current study was motivated by recent interest in the effect of positive and negative emotions context foreign language learning resulting from rise psychology movement (Dewaele & MacIntyre, 2016; MacIntyre Mercer, 2014). It examines construct enjoyment (FLE) its relationship with classroom anxiety (FLCA) among a group 487 English as (EFL) students (340 females, 147 males) enroll...

Based on theories of emotion contagion and social appraisal in interpersonal affect transfer the control-value theory achievement emotions, present study examined associations between students’ perceptions peer emotions their own self-perceived English as a foreign language (EFL) classrooms. Data were collected from 103 seventh to ninth grade classrooms ( n = 3,643) using self-report questionna...

Humanizing language learning materials helps language teachers to design activities that are linked to learn- ers’ lives and experiences. This can result in higher motivation and engagement in the process of foreign language learning. Self-determination theory-based instruction enhances learners’ engagement and motiva- tion through supporting the basic psychological needs for autonomy, competen...