Despite extensive discussion on critical thinking (CT) by Chinese students, there are still
debates over the question of why Chinese higher education students, when studying …

Recent research has shown that Chinese foreign language learners' classroom emotions
stand out from learners in the rest of the world. The present mixed-method study investigated …

Understanding Intercultural Communication provides a practical framework to help readers
to understand intercultural communication and to solve intercultural problems. Each chapter …

This article reports on a multiple-case study designed to investigate factors influencing
willingness to communicate (WTC) in the English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom in …

The present study aimed to explore the potential moderating effect of foreign language
anxiety (FLA) on the relationship between second language (L2) competence and …

Characterisations of 'the Chinese learner'in education and applied linguistics have
frequently taken a 'large culture'approach, which involves describing the values, attitudes …

Tens of thousands of Western 'teachers', many of whom would not be considered teachers
elsewhere, are employed to teach English in public and private education in China. Little …

This article is concerned with the transition into higher education in the United Kingdom of
students with an East Asian background. Such a fusion of cultures (the Western individualist …

Critical to maximizing the potential of technology for learning is enhancing language
learners' self-directed use of technology for learning purposes. This study aimed to enhance …

Motivated by the positive psychology movement in the English as Foreign Language (EFL),
existing studies have demonstrated that subject-related enjoyment has a positive correlation …