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Joanna Rokita-Jaskow – Multilingual Matters, 2025
This book synthesises research on very early language learning in pre-primary organised instruction settings such as kindergarten, nursery or afternoon classes. Using a framework of ecological development, it investigates the nested systems in which very young learners operate, the other agents involved in each of these systems and the influence…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Second Language Learning, Individual Characteristics
Virtual Reality in Language Learning: A Systematic Review and Implications for Research and Practice
Parmaxi, Antigoni – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
The increasing popularity of Virtual Reality (VR) has provoked scholars' and educators' interest to explore its potential as a learning environment for various fields of education. Along this line, several literature reviews have analysed and synthesised the educational use of VR; however, scholar activity is lacking a recent review of VR on a…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Second Language Learning, Literature Reviews, Technology Uses in Education
Bose, Priyanka; Gao, Xuesong; Starfield, Sue; Sun, Shuting; Ramdani, Junjun Muhamad – Language Policy, 2023
Family language policy (FLP) is increasingly recognised as a distinct domain of language policy concerned with the family as an arena of language policy formulation and implementation. While FLP is a relatively new research area, its conceptualisation of family and language practice requires re-examination due to social changes and technological…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Family Relationship, Native Language, Second Language Learning
Xia Zhang; Kingsley Obiajulu Umeanowai – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
This comprehensive bibliometric analysis examines the dynamic impact and influence of artificial intelligence (AI) within the domain of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) from 2013 to 2023. By analysing 3,300 documents from the Web of Science database, the study reveals a positive trend in AI integration, with notable growth attributed to various…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Technology Uses in Education, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Lei Xu; Nunilon G. Ayuyao; Xingshan Jiang – International Journal of Language Education, 2024
This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of language policy in the Philippines, with a particular emphasis on the status, challenges, and future prospects of Chinese language education within the national framework. The study is structured into five distinct sections. Firstly, the historical development of language policies in…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Chinese
Yim, Soobin; Warschauer, Mark – Language Learning & Technology, 2017
The increasingly widespread use of social software (e.g., Wikis, Google Docs) in second language (L2) settings has brought a renewed attention to collaborative writing. Although the current methodological approaches to examining collaborative writing are valuable to understand L2 students' interactional patterns or perceived experiences, they can…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Writing Processes
Benson, Phil; Chik, Alice; Gao, Xuesong; Huang, Jing; Wang, Wenfeng – Modern Language Journal, 2009
In the light of widespread discussion of qualitative approaches to language teaching and learning research in recent years, this article reports on a survey of qualitative data-based articles published in 10 major journals between 1997 and 2006. The survey revealed that 477 qualitative articles (22% of the total number published) had appeared in…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Language Research, Research Methodology, Surveys
Hector-Mason, Anestine; Bardack, Sarah – American Institutes for Research, 2010
This annotated bibliography represents a first step toward compiling a comprehensive overview of current research on issues related to English language learners (ELLs). It is intended to be a resource for researchers, policymakers, administrators, and educators who are engaged in efforts to bridge the divide between research, policy, and practice…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Attainment, Second Language Learning, Annotated Bibliographies
Lillis, Theresa – Written Communication, 2008
This article critically explores the value of ethnography for enhancing context-sensitive approaches to the study of academic writing. Drawing on data from two longitudinal studies, student writing in the United Kingdom and professional academic writing in Hungary, Slovakia, Spain, and Portugal, the author illustrates the different contributions…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies
Barkaoui, Khaled – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2007
Essay tests are widely used to assess ESL/EFL learners' writing abilities for instructional, administrative, and research purposes. Relevant literature was searched to identify 70 empirical studies on ESL/EFL essay tests. The majority of these studies examined task, essay, and rater effects on essay rating and scores. Less attention has been given…
Descriptors: Essay Tests, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
VanPatten, Bill; Lee, James F. – Issues and Developments in English and Applied Linguistics (IDEAL), 1988
Research on second language acquisition (SLA) and research on foreign language learning (FLL), often regarded as different and separate fields of inquiry, are compared in a brief review of literature. Perceptions about the scopes and characteristics of the research are examined. Concerns about the relationship between SLA research and theory and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Learning Processes
Levy, Mike; Stockwell, Glenn – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2006
This volume gives language teachers, software designers, and researchers who wish to use technology in second or foreign language education the information they need to absorb what has been achieved so far and to make sense of it. It is designed to enable the kind of critical reading of a substantial literature that leads to a balanced and…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Educational Technology

Gee, James Paul – Journal of Education, 1989
Argues that second language learning is a form of enculturation that involves learning the perspectives and identities that a culture allows and values. Proposes that a language teacher is actually changing the cultural identity of the student. (FMW)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cultural Background, Elementary Secondary Education, Identification (Psychology)

Henning, Grant – TESOL Quarterly, 1986
Clarifies and defines quantitative research as it is applied to the study of language acquisition. Trends in the use of quantitative and nonquantitative methods in applied linguistics are reported, and suggestions are made concerning useful paradigms and procedures for further research in language acquisition. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Evaluation Methods, Language Acquisition, Language Research
Kim, Jungkang – Adult Basic Education: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Adult Literacy Educational Planning, 2005
This article presents my views and reflections on working with adult ESL learners at a community-based adult literacy program in the Southwest. In this article, I share my experience working with adult learners learning English as a second language and critically address and discuss issues significant to the learners in their language and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Journal Writing, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction