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Anna Lia Proietti Ergün; Hande Ersöz Demirdag – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
In the last ten years, positive emotion in foreign language learning has been increasingly investigated in many research areas, including Foreign Language Enjoyment (FLE). FLE has been defined as a positive emotion felt when an individual's psychological needs are met. This study investigates the relationship between perceived levels of Subjective…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Multilingualism, French
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Uçar, Hülya Fidan; Soruç, Adem – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2018
Foreign language-medium instruction at tertiary level is receiving great attention in our decade. Thus, this study examines the significance of the following psychological factors for Turkish students enrolled in tertiary education: (i) sense of achievement, (ii) motivation, and (iii) anxiety. In particular, it focuses on the perceptions of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Language of Instruction
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Akkus Çakir, Nur; Ünlü, Nihan Aylin – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2019
The study aimed at investigating learners' attitudes towards languages other than English (LOTEs). The study also explored participant instructors' views on students' attitudes towards LOTEs. In order to collect data, a language attitude questionnaire was designed by adapting Students' Attitude Toward Foreign Language (SAFL) instrument. The study…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, College Students
Akçay, Aslihan; Ferzan Bütüner, Tuba; Arikan, Arda – Online Submission, 2015
English has become a compulsory lesson starting at the second grade in Turkey while younger learners are growingly introduced to it at earlier ages through various pre-schools, day-care programs and private courses. This descriptive study focuses on young learners' self-reported reasons for learning English and other foreign languages. Twenty…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Preadolescents, Private Schools