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Hamed Ghaemi; Robert Kirkpatrick – Language Testing in Asia, 2025
This study examines the impact of teacher metapathy, or teachers' capacity to comprehend and sympathize with students' emotional and cognitive requirements, on the academic outcomes of IELTS applicants, such as total band scores, motivation, and language learning orientation. Ten IELTS teachers from five language training centers and 100 IELTS…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Scores
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Fakieh Alrabai – Language Teaching Research, 2025
This study attempts to empirically examine the predictive power of learner anxiety and motivation and their causality in explaining proficiency in English as a foreign language (EFL) and other interrelated affective variables, including attitudes, self-confidence, and grit via a treatment-based causal model. To achieve this, the study carried out…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Student Motivation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Pelin Irgin – Language Awareness, 2025
A growing body of research has examined the incorporation of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) into Second Language (L2) instruction in various settings. Despite pedagogical innovations in L2 classrooms, little research has embodied retrospective explorations of the impact of ELF interventions with concrete instruments to measure the exact change…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language of Instruction, Preservice Teacher Education
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Zahra Maryam; Asad-Ur-Rehman; Ayesha Nawal; Muhammad Shoaib; Ihtisham Ullah – Journal of International Students, 2025
IELTS is a widely accepted English language proficiency test, required for academic and professional purposes. In this study, we examined the relationship between IELTS and the English proficiency skills of international students. We developed a proximal mediation model based on Bandura's triadic reciprocal determinism theory and tested it using…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
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Li-Wen Huang; Hsing Yu Hou – Educational Process: International Journal, 2025
Background: English proficiency is extremely important for future careers, particularly in aviation education and training. However, the current regulated school framework includes an insufficient two-hour per week. This study investigates the effectiveness of an extracurricular program, "Fun Language Club," in improving English…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Yazid Basthomi; Francisca Maria Ivone; M. Kharis; Joko Slamet – Online Learning, 2025
This study addresses critical gaps in English proficiency assessments, particularly for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students, by focusing on the foundational aspect of needs analysis in designing a platform to assist EFL students in preparation for real English proficiency tests. The existing tests, such as TOEFL and IELTS, often fail to…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction