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Anamaria Bodea; Pavel Trofimovich – Language Learning Journal, 2024
This study explored the notion of flow, which refers to a person's sense of being completely absorbed in a task, as it applies to second language (L2) learning and use. Previously, flow has been mainly examined through researcher-generated descriptions to which learners reacted using Likert-type scales. In this study, we examined flow through the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Student Attitudes, French
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Côté, Stephanie; Gaffney, Caitlin – Language Learning Journal, 2021
This study investigates the role of typed synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC) on learners' foreign language anxiety and output quantity. Sixty-one beginner French learners participated in the study. In the first session (group 1: SCMC, group 2: face-to-face [FTF]), participants learned new vocabulary and the present tense forms of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Second Language Learning, French
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Shalizar, Reza; Rezaei, Amir – Language Learning Journal, 2023
This study compares the effect of ZPD feedback with explicit feedback on accuracy in second language (L2) writing. It also examines the effect of focused vs. unfocused ZPD feedback on L2 writing development during teacher-student tutorial sessions. Four participants wrote five persuasive essays and were provided with ZPD or explicit feedback…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Teacher Student Relationship, Learning Theories, Feedback (Response)
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Strickland, Brandee Marie – Language Learning Journal, 2019
In this article, I explore practical implications of the theories of language of M.M. Bakhtin within university second language writing classrooms. Specifically, I examine the presence of Bakhtinian intertextuality within online intercultural exchanges involving the use of Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) technology. I describe a CMC exchange…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Intercultural Communication, Writing Processes
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Rafat, Yasaman – Language Learning Journal, 2016
This article reports on a study on the effect of orthography on L1-based phonological transfer in L2 production in 40 novice English-speaking learners of Spanish. In particular, the role of auditory-orthographic training and production and the influence of grapheme-to-phoneme correspondences are examined. Data elicited via a picture-naming task…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Teaching Methods, Written Language
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Llinares, Ana; Lyster, Roy – Language Learning Journal, 2014
This study compares the frequency and distribution of different types of corrective feedback (CF) (recasts, prompts and explicit correction) and learner uptake in 43 hours of classroom interaction at the 4th-5th grade level across three instructional settings: (1) two content and language integrated learning (CLIL) classrooms in Spain with English…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Feedback (Response), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction