Bock, ZannieNitta, TakayoDept. of Linguistics, Language and CommunicationFaculty of Arts2013-09-272024-03-272008/05/142008/05/142013-09-272024-03-272006https://hdl.handle.net/10566/9897Magister Artium - MAThis 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.enSecond language learningStudy and teachingLanguage learningForeign speakersSecond language acquisitionSocial aspectsThesisUniversity of the Western Cape