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    Affective, cognitive and social factors affecting Japanese learners of English in Cape Town
    (University of the Western Cape, 2006) Nitta, Takayo; Bock, Zannie; Dept. of Linguistics, Language and Communication; Faculty of Arts
    This research used diary studies and interviews with five Japanese learners of English to investigate the different affective, cognitive and social factors that affected their learning of English in Cape Town between 2004 and 2005. The findings of this study corroborate arguments put forward by Gardner that factors such as learning goals, learning strategy, attitude, motivation, anxiety, self-confidence and cultural beliefs about communication affect the acquisition of a second language and correlate with one another.