evelopment and Evaluation of a Foreign Language Anxiety Management Program for Self-Efficacy in Intercultural Communication: A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Educational Intervention

• Project/Area Number: 21K13054
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: KABIR RUSSELLSARWAR 広島大学, 人間社会科学研究科(教), 助教 (00881260)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2025-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2021)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000); Fiscal Year 2024: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000); Fiscal Year 2023: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000); Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2021: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
• Keywords: self-efficacy / foreign language anxiety / stress management / psychoeducation / psychometrics

Outline of Research at the Start

This research aims to identify the needs for language learners to manage their emotions in the local university context as variable selection (Phase 1), model the relationships of longitudinal cross-sections of national surveys with emerging adults (Phase 2), and evaluate an evidence-based program with a well-controlled trial (Phase 3). This research is in step with advances in work on positive psychology and emotions in language learning and expects to advance research on learner emotions by extending the glossary of techniques to change self-reported levels of self-efficacy and anxiety.