This study explores the nature of language anxiety from the perspective of five Japanese learners of English (ESL), especially in reference to their self-reflective accounts of emotional difficulties encountered in the U.S. college settings. Through the use of an in-depth qualitative interview format, this study attempts to identify potential sources of anxiety relevant to their affective needs...

Research has noted that virtual reality (VR) environments can lessen language learners’ foreign anxiety (FLA). However, previous research relied primarily on participants’ qualitative opinions, leading to a lack of studies empirically assessing how VR impacts and, consequently, second (L2) oral production. This pilot study addresses these gaps by exploring influences the self-reported and physi...

Hayo Reinders, Unitec Institute of Technology Sorada Wattana, Dhurakij Pundit University This paper reports on a study into the effects of digital game play on learners’ Willingness to Communicate (WTC), or individuals’ “readiness to enter into discourse at a particular time with a specific person or persons, using a L2” (MacIntyre, Dörnyei, Clément, & Noels, 1998, p. 547). Thirty Thai learners...

This article describes the evolution of communication technologies, accompanying transformations in everyday communicative activity, and pedagogical possibilities these tools support in second and foreign language (L2) settings. We begin with an overview of synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC) and uses of the Internet to mediate intercultural communication for purposes of L2 learn...

This study examines a group of Saudi military cadets studying English as foreign language and their willingness to communicate (WTC) using English. The investigated the relationship between cadets’ WTC vocabulary size, along with perceived competence. In addition, looked at L2 anxiety. A survey was designed for administered 113 an average age 20 years old. Correlation regression analyses reveal...

this work supports the effectiveness of the employment of communication strategies for bet-ter and more efficient communication. communication strategies varies as a function of dif-ferent factors such as personality traits, pedagogical setting, l2 context, etc. the present re-search aimed at delving into the relationship between shyness, task nature and the frequency and type of communication ...

BACKGROUND Social communication deficits are prevalent amongst children with anxiety disorders; however whether they are over-represented specifically among children with Social Anxiety Disorder has not been examined. This study set out to examine social communication deficits among children with Social Anxiety Disorder in comparison to children with other forms of anxiety disorder. METHODS P...

Stress is assumed to be intrinsic interpreting and the ability manage it a presumed predictor of performance. And yet, empirical research on role stress in has remained scarce. This study explores impact anxiety academic scores, heart rate (HR) speech rhythm 23 student interpreters liaison task. Participants’ are measured using HR measures STAI test. Their automatically analyzed through differe...

Fluency in a second language (L2) involves a quintessentially cognitive processing system that operates quickly and effectively. The perceived importance of researching fluency through a psycholinguistic lens has motivated the related L2 research to resort to current cognitive speaking-specific models. This study, drawing on Levelt’s (1999a) psycholinguistic model, probed the deficiency sources...