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Paola Guerrero-Rodriguez – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2025
For heritage speakers (HSs), speaking their heritage language (HL) sometimes comes accompanied by HL anxiety and/or lack of confidence in their HL skills Although, HL anxiety and lack of confidence in the HL usually intertwine with few opportunities to use the language and/or being perceived as speakers of a stigmatized variety of the HL, the…
Descriptors: Native Language, Spanish, Self Esteem, Computer Mediated Communication
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Ying Zhang – Language Learning, 2025
A handful of second language (L2) studies have explored "bidirectional pragmatic transfer": "forward pragmatic transfer"--the influence of learners' first language (L1) on their L2--and "reverse pragmatic transfer"--the impact of learners' L2 on their L1. This explanatory sequential mixed-methods study investigated…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Zelitta Marsha Nabilla; Tono Suwartono; Dodi Mulyadi; Testiana Deni Wijayatiningsih; Titis Sulistyowati; Wakhudin Wakhudin – Educational Process: International Journal, 2025
Background/purpose: Despite its informal setting, it is astonishing that the members of online English-speaking club (ESC) are adept at speaking. Employing a mixed-methods approach, more specifically a descriptive case study, this study aimed to evaluate the ESC contribution to its members' speaking competence development, to examine their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Clubs
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Angelica Ribeiro; Zohreh R. Eslami – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Language negotiations facilitate second language acquisition (SLA) in both face-to-face (FTF) and computer-mediated interactions. Research shows that dyadic type can impact the quantity and quality of negotiations. Although both learner (L)-learner and native speaker (NS)-L dyadic type interactions have shown to be beneficial to SLA, it is still…
Descriptors: Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Language Proficiency, Interaction
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Hanieh Shafiee Rad; Ali Roohani – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2025
This study investigates the efficacy of task-based chatbots in enhancing speaking skills and shaping the attitudes toward language learning of L2 learners while fostering a translanguaging space. The research employs a mixed-methods approach through quantitative and qualitative data collection methods. A sample of 80 L2 learners participated in…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Second Language Learning
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Liu Liu – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
The study examines the impact of artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced gamification on learning outcomes and motivation in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) contexts. A mixed-methods approach and quasi-experimental design were employed to compare the effectiveness of three instructional strategies: adaptive learning paths, conversational agents,…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Artificial Intelligence, Gamification, Second Language Learning