The effects of short-term study abroad on L2 anxiety, international posture, and L2 willingness to communicate

The role of Informal Digital Learning of English in Korean and Swedish EFL learners’ communication behaviour

“…Previous studies have shown that age, gender and international experience in an Englishspeaking country can influence students' L2 WTC (Lee, 2018;MacIntyre et al, 2003). Thus, after adjusting for these demographic variables (age, gender and international experience), hierarchical multiple regression analyses were performed independently in two groups to evaluate the predictive power of frequency of IDLE, receptive IDLE activity and productive IDLE activity on L2 WTC (see Table 5).…”

Selected Determinants of Pronunciation Anxiety

“…However, when introduced into the hierarchical regression model, SA experience did not prove to be a significant correlate of PA, though it added an incremental 2 of 2%. Our choice of SA as a potential correlate of PA was based on previous studies in which language anxiety (LA) was one of the dependent variables and on a few assumptions related to the possible influence of SA experience on PA, reported in the theoretical subsection of the paper (Allen & Herron, 2003;Lee, 2018;Thompson & Lee, 2014). In our sample, however, SA experience evidently failed to be a significant correlate of PA.…”

“…More evidence was provided by Allen and Herron (2003), who observed that the language anxiety of 25 college students who participated in a six-week French SA program decreased significantly. More recently, Lee (2018) examined the effects of short-term SA experience on variables such as WTC and FLCA with Korean college learners. The results again showed that the students' level of FLCA dropped significantly after five weeks of SA experience, whereas their WTC increased.…”

The use of the past tense aspect in Spanish by study At-Home and Study-Abroad Chinese learners in semi-guided writing tasks

“…Many people believe that immersion in the target language (TL) environment facilitates progress in proficiency and knowledge of the culture in a shorter period. Research comparing the performance of second language (L2) learners who study At-Home (AH) and who Study Abroad (SA) point out that the SA experience indeed benefits learners, not only in their L2 language skills (Putra, 2014;Godfrey, Treacy & Tarone 2014;Schenker 2018), but also in their personal motivation and confidence in learning the TL (Lee 2018;Thompson & Lee 2014). However, not all researchers hold the same opinion, since the factors underlying the benefits of studying abroad are complex and include the duration of the stay and the students' L2 proficiency at the beginning their courses.…”