This study presents a cross‐sectional and longitudinal analysis of how 108 high school
students in English as a foreign language (EFL) classrooms enhanced the comprehensibility …

Learner engagement is crucial for ensuring the quality of learning experiences, and yet the
study of 'task engagement'has received relatively little empirical attention in the language …

Language anxiety plays a key role in language learners' silent behaviors in class (King,
2013). Given its public nature and emphasis on interaction within it, the classroom context …

While it is true that in recent times applied linguistics researchers have begun to show an
increased interest in the role that learners' emotions play in the second language acquisition …

Following the recent evolution of research perspectives toward student silence, an
increasing number of studies have sought to empirically probe into the beneficial role of this …

The Psychology of Language Learning (PLL) represents an interdisciplinary blend of
linguistics, psychology, and education that examines areas of psychology as enacted and …

Purpose This study aims to explore if and to what extent an online avatar-assisted virtual
classroom can work to alleviate groups of Japanese university students' anxiety around …

This study looked at multiple forms of silence and nonverbal cues of language anxiety in the
foreign language classroom to explore their functions from the perspectives of students …

Study abroad (SA) has recently become an increasingly popular option for language
learners who wish to engage in an immersive educational experience while living in a …

While learner silence in the classroom has recently become a topic of interest for teachers
and researchers alike, the emotional effect of silence on classroom participants themselves …