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Shelton-Strong, Scott J.; Mynard, Jo – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
In this study, Japanese university students learning English in Japan were asked to keep a confidence-building diary (CBD) for one week in order to understand the benefits of maintaining a positive outlook for learning. The researchers investigated what activities the participants engaged in and what emotions they felt as a result, how the…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Student Motivation, Second Language Learning, Self Esteem
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Jiang, Juming; Kusamoto, Misaki; Tanaka, Ayumi – Frontline Learning Research, 2021
This study examined whether individual differences in causality orientation moderate the effects of monetary reward and choice on perceived competence, which affect intrinsic motivation in turn. Causality orientation refers to an individual's tendency to experience or interpret events in a social context in a specific way and to behave…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Correlation, Rewards, Incentives
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Lijie Shao; Heath Rose – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
In recent decades, English taught programmes have rapidly increased in number throughout Europe and East Asia as universities aim to internationalise their curriculum, which has given rise to an increase in English-medium instruction (EMI). This study aims to compare the teaching experiences at three EMI programmes in The Netherlands, China, and…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Jiang, Juming; Tanaka, Ayumi – Educational Psychology, 2022
The present research has examined the role of autonomy support provided by support staff in higher education, specifically teaching assistants (TAs), at a university in Japan in Study 1 and political instructors (PIs), at universities in China in Study 2. Self-determination theory was used to derive a model in which autonomy support related to the…
Descriptors: Well Being, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Personal Autonomy, Undergraduate Students
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Mynard, Jo; Shelton-Strong, Scott J. – Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning, 2022
The field of self-access language learning (SALL), which is an established way of supporting language learners outside the classroom through the provision of resources and spaces, spans more than five decades and is currently in a phase that Mynard (2019a) refers to as the 'basic psychological needs and wellbeing' phase. This is a turning point in…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Personal Autonomy
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Fathali, Somayeh; Okada, Takeshi – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2018
One of the crucial issues for successful technology-enhanced out-of-class language learning (OCLL) is the learners' continuance intention to use technology. Considering the strong mutual relationship between learners' intention and motivation, the present study extended the technology acceptance model (TAM) with the self-determination theory (SDT)…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Independent Study, Information Technology, Correlation
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology