Larisa Nikitina
Biographic Data
| ID | 1161617 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Larisa Nikitina |
| GIVEN NAMES | Larisa |
| FAMILY NAME | Nikitina |
| SIGNATURE | NIKITINA L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Malaya |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6061-5360 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Bootstrapping
This encyclopedia entry is devoted to a robust statistical procedure known as bootstrapping or the bootstrap method. The article begins with a brief outline of the changes in the original meaning of the term “bootstrapping.” It proceeds to discuss how this method can help to address a number of methodological challenges that applied linguistics and SLA researchers encounter and that cannot be solved by applying conventional statistical methods. W…
Making sense of scent
The Relationship Between L2 Motivation and Epistemic Emotions of Boredom and Curiosity
Words of scents
This study explored linguistic resources that people employ to express their perceptions and opinions of a fragrance. Several natural language processing (NLP) techniques were used, including sentiment analysis, topic modelling, and supervised classification. The data were collected from the website of Fragrantica, popular among perfume lovers, and the reviews pertained to a niche market fragrance. The findings from the sentiment analysis reveale…
Reading Cards
Studies on epistemic beliefs in L2 research are in a nascent stage. Acknowledging deeply rooted and complex intersections between prevalent cultural norms within a society, individually held beliefs, and mutually shared opinions among members of a social group, this Q methodological study explored Chinese university students’ rationales for holding particular language-related epistemic beliefs. Twenty students learning English as a foreign langua…
Cultural re-importation through soft power and transnational cultural flows mediated by digital influence
Country stereotypes, perceptions and language attitudes
This study employed a moderated mediation analysis with the aim to expand our understanding of psychological processes pertaining to learning an additional language. Since moderated mediation analyses are less common in L2 research, this article gives a detailed explanation of the analytical procedure. The data were collected among Malaysian learners of less commonly taught languages, namely Thai, Filipino and Myanmar. The study assessed whether …
Development of syntactic complexity in Chinese university students’ L2 argumentative writing
L2 motivation and willingness to communicate
Psychological factors involved in learning a second language (L2) present a considerable interest for applied linguistics researchers and language educators. This study adopted the L2 Motivational Self System (L2MSS) framework to examine links between L2 motivation, willingness to communicate in the target language (L2WTC), classroom environment (L2CE) and psychological shyness of Chinese learners of English. The study posited that L2 motivation …
Ideal L2 self and willingness to communicate
An assessment of language attitudes as a mediator in the stereotypes–L2 motivation linkage
Applied linguists and language educators have long acknowledged the prominent role that language attitudes play in the process of selecting and learning an additional language. The current study examines a mediating role of language attitudes in the Stereotypes – L2 motivation linkage in the context of learning a foreign language, an area which remains comparatively underexplored. It provides a detailed description of – and rationale for – applyi…
Language learners’ mental images of Korea
People who learn a foreign language hold various mental images about the target language country, its culture and society. These images are recognised as a valuable source of information for developing the cultural component of a foreign language programme. However, explorations of mental images of Korea held by students enrolled in Korean language programmes are scarce. The current study addresses this gap. It explores images of Korea held by st…
Expanding the Methodological Arsenal of Applied Linguistics with a Robust Statistical Procedure
There is a growing awareness in methodological literature that parametric statistical tests may not be appropriate in studies with a small sample size and non-normal data (Larson-Hall and Herrington 2010; Mizumoto and Plonsky 2016). In addition, the presence of outliers or cases widely different from the rest of the data set poses serious methodological challenges: even a single extreme case can invalidate the estimated statistics in parametric m…
Language learners’ representations of Portugal
This pedagogically-oriented study investigated cultural representations of Portugal held by 29 learners of Portuguese in a large public university in Malaysia. The main purpose of this study was to demonstrate how these representations could be employed for teaching the cultural component of the Portuguese language programme. During the content analysis, representations of Portugal provided by the respondents were divided into 11 categories. The …
A Look at a Small Classroom in a Big University
In educational research literature there are two influential metaphors about learning. They describe this process as either "acquisition" or "participation" (Sfard, 1998). These metaphors have been widely used by scholars, researchers and educators. However, the students' perspectives on learning have been underexplored. This article addresses this gap in research literature and examines metaphors about learning created by a group of foreign lang…
“Dragon, Kung Fu and Jackie Chan…”
This study explored stereotypes about China held by young Malaysians. It focused on the learners of the Mandarin language in a big public university. The study not only examined the content but also assessed the favourability and salience of the language learnersâ stereotypes, which had not been done in the previous studies. The stereotypes about China provided by the participants were diverse; they referred to culture, politics, language, histor…
Ideal L2 self and willingness to communicate
The Relationship Between L2 Motivation and Epistemic Emotions of Boredom and Curiosity
Language learners’ mental images of Korea
People who learn a foreign language hold various mental images about the target language country, its culture and society. These images are recognised as a valuable source of information for developing the cultural component of a foreign language programme. However, explorations of mental images of Korea held by students enrolled in Korean language programmes are scarce. The current study addresses this gap. It explores images of Korea held by st…
“Dragon, Kung Fu and Jackie Chan…”
This study explored stereotypes about China held by young Malaysians. It focused on the learners of the Mandarin language in a big public university. The study not only examined the content but also assessed the favourability and salience of the language learnersâ stereotypes, which had not been done in the previous studies. The stereotypes about China provided by the participants were diverse; they referred to culture, politics, language, histor…
A Look at a Small Classroom in a Big University
In educational research literature there are two influential metaphors about learning. They describe this process as either "acquisition" or "participation" (Sfard, 1998). These metaphors have been widely used by scholars, researchers and educators. However, the students' perspectives on learning have been underexplored. This article addresses this gap in research literature and examines metaphors about learning created by a group of foreign lang…
Language learners’ representations of Portugal
This pedagogically-oriented study investigated cultural representations of Portugal held by 29 learners of Portuguese in a large public university in Malaysia. The main purpose of this study was to demonstrate how these representations could be employed for teaching the cultural component of the Portuguese language programme. During the content analysis, representations of Portugal provided by the respondents were divided into 11 categories. The …
Expanding the Methodological Arsenal of Applied Linguistics with a Robust Statistical Procedure
There is a growing awareness in methodological literature that parametric statistical tests may not be appropriate in studies with a small sample size and non-normal data (Larson-Hall and Herrington 2010; Mizumoto and Plonsky 2016). In addition, the presence of outliers or cases widely different from the rest of the data set poses serious methodological challenges: even a single extreme case can invalidate the estimated statistics in parametric m…
Language learners’ mental images of Korea
People who learn a foreign language hold various mental images about the target language country, its culture and society. These images are recognised as a valuable source of information for developing the cultural component of a foreign language programme. However, explorations of mental images of Korea held by students enrolled in Korean language programmes are scarce. The current study addresses this gap. It explores images of Korea held by st…
An assessment of language attitudes as a mediator in the stereotypes–L2 motivation linkage
Applied linguists and language educators have long acknowledged the prominent role that language attitudes play in the process of selecting and learning an additional language. The current study examines a mediating role of language attitudes in the Stereotypes – L2 motivation linkage in the context of learning a foreign language, an area which remains comparatively underexplored. It provides a detailed description of – and rationale for – applyi…
Ideal L2 self and willingness to communicate
Development of syntactic complexity in Chinese university students’ L2 argumentative writing
L2 motivation and willingness to communicate
Psychological factors involved in learning a second language (L2) present a considerable interest for applied linguistics researchers and language educators. This study adopted the L2 Motivational Self System (L2MSS) framework to examine links between L2 motivation, willingness to communicate in the target language (L2WTC), classroom environment (L2CE) and psychological shyness of Chinese learners of English. The study posited that L2 motivation …
Country stereotypes, perceptions and language attitudes
This study employed a moderated mediation analysis with the aim to expand our understanding of psychological processes pertaining to learning an additional language. Since moderated mediation analyses are less common in L2 research, this article gives a detailed explanation of the analytical procedure. The data were collected among Malaysian learners of less commonly taught languages, namely Thai, Filipino and Myanmar. The study assessed whether …
Words of scents
This study explored linguistic resources that people employ to express their perceptions and opinions of a fragrance. Several natural language processing (NLP) techniques were used, including sentiment analysis, topic modelling, and supervised classification. The data were collected from the website of Fragrantica, popular among perfume lovers, and the reviews pertained to a niche market fragrance. The findings from the sentiment analysis reveale…
Reading Cards
Studies on epistemic beliefs in L2 research are in a nascent stage. Acknowledging deeply rooted and complex intersections between prevalent cultural norms within a society, individually held beliefs, and mutually shared opinions among members of a social group, this Q methodological study explored Chinese university students’ rationales for holding particular language-related epistemic beliefs. Twenty students learning English as a foreign langua…
Cultural re-importation through soft power and transnational cultural flows mediated by digital influence
The Relationship Between L2 Motivation and Epistemic Emotions of Boredom and Curiosity
Bootstrapping
This encyclopedia entry is devoted to a robust statistical procedure known as bootstrapping or the bootstrap method. The article begins with a brief outline of the changes in the original meaning of the term “bootstrapping.” It proceeds to discuss how this method can help to address a number of methodological challenges that applied linguistics and SLA researchers encounter and that cannot be solved by applying conventional statistical methods. W…
Making sense of scent
Psychology (11 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Cognition (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Foreign language (3 works)