Situated in a demotivating learning environment, this study examined the roles of motivation
and peers in EFL vocabulary learning. The participants were 155 science and engineering …

Self-construal refers to the process by which individuals define the self in relation to others.
It underpins cognition, motivation, and social behavior. While the importance of the self is …

Raters vary from each other in their severity and leniency in rating performance. This study
examined the factors affecting rater severity in peer assessments of oral presentations in …

The learning environment is an important factor in both learner motivation and learning
outcomes. As second language (L2) classrooms frequently employ group work, clarifying the …

This study examined the relationships among motivation for learning kanji (ie, Chinese
characters utilized in the Japanese writing system), attitudinal dispositions toward Japan and …

This study is the second part of a project on motivation for short in-class extensive reading (ER)
and examined factors affecting the motivations using self-determination theory (SDT). …

A sensitive and specific liquid chromatographic method coupled with tandem mass spectrometry
was developed for the quantification of amlodipine in human and rat serum, which is a …

… Author links open overlay panel Takashi Kaizu , Tohru Tamaki , Mitsuko Tanaka ,
Yasushi Uchida , Sei-Ichiro Tsuchihashi , Akio Kawamura , Akira Kakita …

Although UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) act as an important detoxification system
for many endogenous and exogenous compounds, they are also involved in the metabolic …

Despite the well acknowledged importance of motivation in second language (L2) learning,
longitudinal research regarding the effects of motivation on growth in L2 proficiency remains …