de los Arcos, Beatriz; Coleman, James A. and Hampel, Regine
(2009).
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| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1017/S0958344009000111 |
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Abstract
Success and failure in language learning are partly determined by the learners’ ability to regulate their emotions. Negative feelings are more likely to frustrate progress, while positive ones make the task of learning a second language (L2) a more effective experience. To date no significant body of research has been carried out into the role of anxiety in the field of computer-assisted language learning (CALL). The present study adopts discursive psychology (DP) as its methodological approach to examine anxiety not as a psychological state, but as a social construct in the context of an audiographic conferencing tool. After interviewing a sample of learners of Spanish at the Open University (OU), our findings reveal a strong connection between emotion and learner beliefs.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2009 European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning |
| ISSN: | 0958-3440 |
| Keywords: | Distance language learning; anxiety; audiographic conferencing |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Institute of Educational Technology Education and Language Studies > Languages Education and Language Studies |
| Interdisciplinary Research Centre: | Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology (CREET) |
| Item ID: | 14967 |
| Depositing User: | Regine Hampel |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Feb 2009 16:37 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Feb 2013 17:35 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/14967 |
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