不确定性是生活中不可避免的;它也是教育环境不可或缺的特征。学习外语的过程自然涉及知识的互动和共同构建。在这个过程中,学生可能会遇到来自各种来源的不确定性,包括课程,context,朋友,或者老师。此外,有意义的交流,需要听者和说话者的共同努力来应对不确定性。考虑到这一点,本研究努力理解学习者如何理解和管理语言学习环境中的不确定性。虽然不确定性被认为是一个多学科的研究课题,在文献中发现了有限数量的研究,这些研究研究了学生如何体验不确定性以及他们如何对此做出反应。关于外语学习,相关研究集中在一种特定形式的不确定性上,对歧义的容忍度,它被概念化为一种认知风格。课堂上的笔和纸调查,反光日记帐,录像,刺激召回访谈是用来收集数据的工具。研究结果表明,语言学习者在语言学习过程中经常遇到由于课程相关的不确定性,认知,和社会因素,学习者可能会从积极和消极的角度欣赏不确定性。此外,学习者对不确定性的情绪反应取决于他们对不确定情况的积极或消极评价。通过认识和拥抱不确定性,语言学习者将适应它,并能够通过各种技术来处理它。结果表明,学习者采用了多种策略,比如减少,维护,解决不确定性以及忽略不确定性。
Uncertainty is unavoidable in life; it is also an indispensable characteristic of educational settings. The process of learning a foreign language naturally involves interaction and coconstruction of knowledge. During this process, students may encounter uncertainty from a variety of sources, including the course, context, friends, or the teacher. Besides, to communicate meaningfully, the mutual effort of both the listener and the speaker is needed to deal with uncertainty. Considering this, the present study makes an effort to comprehend how learners appreciate and manage uncertainty in language learning environments. Although uncertainty is considered a multidisciplinary research topic, a limited number of studies are found in the literature which examine how students experience uncertainty and how they react to it. Regarding foreign language learning, related research focused on a specific form of uncertainty, Tolerance of Ambiguity, which is conceptualized as a cognitive style. In-class pen-and-paper surveys, reflective journals, video recordings, and stimulated recall interviews were the instruments used to gather data. The findings demonstrate that language learners frequently encounter uncertainty during the language learning process due to course-related, cognitive, and social factors, and learners may appreciate uncertainty in both positive and negative ways. Additionally, learners\' emotional reactions to uncertainty depend on their positive or negative appraisals of uncertain situations. By recognizing and embracing uncertainty, language learners will adapt to it and be able to handle it through a variety of techniques. The results suggest that learners employ a variety of strategies, such as reducing, maintaining, and resolving uncertainty as well as ignoring uncertainty.