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Kimberly A. Noels

Kimberly A. Noels

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Psychology

D-Index
50
Citations
19126
World Ranking
5328
National Ranking
357

Overview

Kimberly A. Noels is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences, Psychology, and Arts and Humanities. Within these broader areas, they have focused on several subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology, Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language, and Communication.

Their work extensively covers topics such as EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning, International Student and Expatriate Challenges, Second Language Learning and Teaching, Multilingual Education and Policy, Social and Intergroup Psychology, Education, Achievement, and Giftedness, as well as Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports.

The scientist has published in a range of academic journals, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • International Journal of Intercultural Relations
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
  • Studies in Second Language Acquisition
  • University of Alberta Library

Recent papers include:

  • "Breaking the vicious cycle of language anxiety: Growth language mindsets improve lower-competence ESL students' intercultural interactions" (2020), Contemporary Educational Psychology
  • "GROWTH, FIXED, AND MIXED MINDSETS" (2021), Studies in Second Language Acquisition
  • "Does My Teacher Believe I Can Improve?": The Role of Meta-Lay Theories in ESL Learners' Mindsets and Need Satisfaction (2020), Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Mindsets Matter for Linguistic Minority Students: Growth Mindsets Foster Greater Perceived Proficiency, Especially for Newcomers" (2020), Modern Language Journal
  • "Public Health Messages About Face Masks Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perceptions of and Impacts on Canadians" (2021), Journal of Community Health

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, notably:

  • Nigel Mantou Lou
  • Ying Shan Doris Zhang
  • Heather Young-Leslie
  • Kathryn Everhart Chaffee
  • Shachi Kurl

Best Publications

  • Conceptualizing Willingness to Communicate in a L2: A Situational Model of L2 Confidence and Affiliation

    Peter D. Macintyre;Zoltán Dörnyei;Richard Clément;Kimberly A. Noels

  • Motivation, self-confidence, and group cohesion in the foreign language classroom

    Richard Clément;Zoltán Dörnyei;Kimberly A. Noels

  • Why Are You Learning a Second Language? Motivational Orientations and Self‐Determination Theory

    Kimberly A. Noels;Luc G. Pelletier;Richard Clément;Robert J. Vallerand

  • Biases in self-ratings of second language proficiency : The role of language anxiety

    Peter D. MacIntyre;Kimberly A. Noels;Richard Clément

  • Perceptions of Teachers’ Communicative Style and Students’ Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation

    Kimberly A. Noels;Richard Clément;Luc G. Pelletier

  • Culture-Level Dimensions of Social Axioms and Their Correlates across 41 Cultures

    Michael Harris Bond;Kwok Leung;Al Au;Kwok-Kit Tong

  • Intrinsic, Extrinsic, and Integrative Orientations of French Canadian Learners of English.

    Kimberly A. Noels;Richard Clement;Luc G. Pelletier

  • Learning Spanish as a Second Language: Learners’ Orientations and Perceptions of Their Teachers’ Communication Style

    Kimberly A. Noels

  • Language, Identity, and Adjustment The Role of Linguistic Self-Confidence in the Acculturation Process

    Kimberly A. Noels;Gordon Pon;Richard Clement

  • Using Social‐psychological Variables to Predict The Use of Language Learning Strategies

    Peter D. MacIntyre;Kimberly A. Noels

  • Multiple routes to cross-cultural adaptation for international students: Mapping the paths between self-construals, English language confidence, and adjustment

    Ruby Pi-Ju Yang;Kimberly A. Noels;Kristie D. Saumure

  • Towards a Situated Approach to Ethnolinguistic Identity: The Effects of Status on Individuals and Groups:

    Richard Clement;Kimberly A. Noels

  • General and acculturation-related daily hassles and psychological adjustment in first- and second-generation South Asian immigrants to Canada

    Mona Abouguendia;Kimberly A. Noels

  • Interethnic Contact, Identity, and Psychological Adjustment: The Mediating and Moderating Roles of Communication

    Richard Clément;Kimberly A. Noels;Bernard Deneault

  • Individualism, Collectivism, and Authoritarianism in Seven Societies

    Markus Kemmelmeier;Eugene Burnstein;Krum Krumov;Petia Genkova

  • Measuring Language Mindsets and Modeling Their Relations With Goal Orientations and Emotional and Behavioral Responses in Failure Situations

    Nigel Mantou Lou;Kimberly A. Noels

  • Self-Determination, Motivation, and the Learning of Chinese as a Heritage Language

    Ruxandra Comanaru;Kimberly A. Noels

  • Changing language mindsets: Implications for goal orientations and responses to failure in and outside the second language classroom

    Nigel Mantou Lou;Kimberly A. Noels

  • Promoting growth in foreign and second language education: A research agenda for mindsets in language learning and teaching

    Nigel Mantou Lou;Kimberly A. Noels

  • Intergenerational communication across cultures: young people's perceptions of conversations with family elders, non-family elders and same-age peers.

    Howard Giles;Kimberly A Noels;Angie Williams;Hiroshi Ota

  • The English-only movement: A communication analysis of changing perceptions of language vitality

    Valerie Barker;Howard Giles;Kimberly Noels;Julie Duck

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Clément
Richard Clément University of Ottawa
Howard Giles
Howard Giles University of California, Santa Barbara
Peter D. MacIntyre
Peter D. MacIntyre Cape Breton University
Luc G. Pelletier
Luc G. Pelletier University of Ottawa
Colleen Ward
Colleen Ward Victoria University of Wellington
Félix Neto
Félix Neto University of Porto
John W. Berry
John W. Berry Queen's University
Richard N. Lalonde
Richard N. Lalonde York University
Michelle K. Ryan
Michelle K. Ryan University of Exeter
Robert J. Vallerand
Robert J. Vallerand University of Quebec at Montreal

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