Akiko Muroya
Biographic Data
| ID | 3530928 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Akiko Muroya |
| GIVEN NAMES | Akiko |
| FAMILY NAME | Muroya |
| SIGNATURE | MUROYA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Waseda University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9722-657X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Interpreting unwillingness to speak L2 English by Japanese EFL learners
This article reports on an empirical study investigating what makes Japanese learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) unwilling to speak English, regardless of their learning period, proficiency level, and location of the communication. The current study focuses on the self-perception of second language (L2) English abilities, anxiety, and interlocutors as possible causes of their unwillingness to speak L2 English, compared with first lang…
A bidirectional comparison of English and Japanese learners' willingness to communicate in their foreign language
This bidirectional study investigates the willingness to communicate (WTC) by first language (L1) Japanese learners of English as the foreign language (EFL) (n = 27) and L1 English learners of Japanese as the foreign language (JFL) learners (n = 12). Previous studies [e.g., 8, 25] have found that Japanese university students still struggled to improve their willingness to speak English, despite several years of oral communication classes. The goa…
L1 Transfer in L2 Acquisition of English Verbal Morphology by Japanese Young Instructed Learners
Inflectional morphology has been considered as a particularly difficult area in second language (L2) acquisition (Lardiere 2008; Slabakova 2008). This paper reports on an empirical study investigating the L2 acquisition of English verbal morphology by Japanese young instructed learners. The aim of this study is to explore how the first language (L1) plays a role in the L2 acquisition of inflectional morphology, by applying the Feature Reassembly …
L1 Transfer in L2 Acquisition of English Verbal Morphology by Japanese Young Instructed Learners
Inflectional morphology has been considered as a particularly difficult area in second language (L2) acquisition (Lardiere 2008; Slabakova 2008). This paper reports on an empirical study investigating the L2 acquisition of English verbal morphology by Japanese young instructed learners. The aim of this study is to explore how the first language (L1) plays a role in the L2 acquisition of inflectional morphology, by applying the Feature Reassembly …
L1 Transfer in L2 Acquisition of English Verbal Morphology by Japanese Young Instructed Learners
Inflectional morphology has been considered as a particularly difficult area in second language (L2) acquisition (Lardiere 2008; Slabakova 2008). This paper reports on an empirical study investigating the L2 acquisition of English verbal morphology by Japanese young instructed learners. The aim of this study is to explore how the first language (L1) plays a role in the L2 acquisition of inflectional morphology, by applying the Feature Reassembly …
A bidirectional comparison of English and Japanese learners' willingness to communicate in their foreign language
This bidirectional study investigates the willingness to communicate (WTC) by first language (L1) Japanese learners of English as the foreign language (EFL) (n = 27) and L1 English learners of Japanese as the foreign language (JFL) learners (n = 12). Previous studies [e.g., 8, 25] have found that Japanese university students still struggled to improve their willingness to speak English, despite several years of oral communication classes. The goa…
Interpreting unwillingness to speak L2 English by Japanese EFL learners
This article reports on an empirical study investigating what makes Japanese learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) unwilling to speak English, regardless of their learning period, proficiency level, and location of the communication. The current study focuses on the self-perception of second language (L2) English abilities, anxiety, and interlocutors as possible causes of their unwillingness to speak L2 English, compared with first lang…
Linguistics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (2 works) · First language (2 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (2 works) · Anxiety (1 works) · Biology (1 works) · Communication in Education and Healthcare (1 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (1 works) · Feature (linguistics (1 works)