Affective, cognitive and social factors affecting Japanese learners of English in Cape Town
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Date
2006
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
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.
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Magister Artium - MA
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Second language learning, Study and teaching, Language learning, Foreign speakers, Second language acquisition, Social aspects