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Bárkányi, Zsuzsanna
(2018).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2018.22.771
Abstract
The present chapter examines learners’ beliefs and attitudes with regard to speaking in a learning environment that is neither formal nor informal. The main research question is whether learners perceive Massive Open Online Language Courses (LMOOCs) as a completely informal context that is free of anxiety or rather as a virtual classroom where Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety (FLA) (Horowitz et al., 1986) is present. Data was obtained from over 200 beginner learners on self-reflective questionnaires and forum discussions. Results indicate that learners have a positive attitude towards language learning on LMOOCs, but FLA is present in this asynchronous speaking environment too and needs to be addressed by the course instructors.
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- Item ORO ID
- 56662
- Item Type
- Book Section
- ISBN
- 2-490-05709-X, 978-2-490-05709-2
- Keywords
- LMOOCs; Spanish; foreign language anxiety; informal learning
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Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Languages and Applied Linguistics > Languages
Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Languages and Applied Linguistics
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- Zsuzsanna Barkanyi