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Foreign Language Enjoyment as a Mediator between Informal Digital Learning of English and Willingness to Communicate: A Sample of Hong Kong EFL Secondary Students
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Ju Seong Lee; Nga Man Yeung; Mary Beth Osburn – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Based on Fredrickson's (2001) broaden-and-build theory, this study investigates how Foreign Language Enjoyment (FLE; consisting of "teacher appreciation, personal enjoyment," and "social enjoyment") mediates the relationship between Informal Digital Learning of English (IDLE) and EFL secondary students' willingness to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Informal Digital Learning of English and Perceptions of Using EIL Materials: Attitude toward Varieties of English as a Mediator
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Ju Seong Lee; Jianzhu Chen; Nur Arifah Drajati – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This mixed-methods study aims to examine the mediating role of attitude toward English varieties in the relationship between Informal Digital Learning of English (IDLE) and perceptions of using English as an International Language (EIL) materials in pre-service English teachers. We collected and analyzed survey data from 434 Indonesian EFL…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction
Modelling Trait and State Willingness to Communicate in a Second Language: An Experience Sampling Approach
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Ju Seong Lee; Ming Ming Chiu – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
This study investigates whether demographics, L2 enjoyment, L2 anxiety, psychological well-being, or informal digital learning of English (IDLE) affect willingness to communicate in L2 (L2 WTC) at trait or state levels. Across two weeks, 16 Hong Kong EFL students completed pre-and post-trait-level surveys and generated 1,120 state-level responses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, College Graduates, English (Second Language)