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Zhicheng Mao; Icy Lee – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2024
Although a surfeit of research has investigated the technicality and efficacy of feedback, much less attention has been directed towards student engagement with written feedback. In second-language writing scholarship, student engagement is considered the linchpin that connects feedback provision with learning outcomes and is crucial for feedback…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Feedback (Response), Writing (Composition), Second Language Learning
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Li, Jiao; Gao, Xuesong (Andy); Cui, Xuehai – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2023
This report reviews studies on language teachers as materials developers in language education, particularly focusing on how language teachers act as materials users, materials analysts, and materials designers when engaging with language learning and teaching materials. We contend that the three dimensions of materials development - that is,…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Material Development, Instructional Materials, Second Language Learning
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Lam, Ricky – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2023
Electronic portfolios, also known as e-Portfolios, are commonplace in language education. While e-Portfolio research has evolved over the past two decades, not much is done to evaluate how this scholarship can inform effective language teaching and learning, especially in second language and English as a Foreign Language classroom contexts. This…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Portfolios (Background Materials), Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Weng, Tsung-han – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2023
Although research in critical literacy has long been conducted in English as a second language contexts, a modicum of critical literacy research in English as a foreign language (EFL) contexts in which English is seldom used outside the classroom environment has also been undertaken. This article aims to discuss the introduction of critical…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Teaching Methods, Theory Practice Relationship, English (Second Language)
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Dizon, Gilbert – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2023
This paper provides a research synthesis of intelligent personal assistants (IPAs) -- that is, cloud-based virtual assistants such as Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri -- for second language (L2) learning. The article also offers a theoretical justification for the use of IPAs in language learning and outlines the affordances and constraints of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Usability, Intelligent Tutoring Systems
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Moorhouse, Benjamin Luke; Kohnke, Lucas; Wan, Yuwei – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2023
Technology reviews are a specific article genre published in several language teaching and learning journals. Their emergence is likely due to the proliferation of technology that facilitates and supports language acquisition. These reviews aim to increase teachers' and learners' awareness of the forms of technology available and succinctly…
Descriptors: Periodicals, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Richards, Jack C. – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2023
In order to position the notion of identity as more central to theory and practice in TESOL, a survey is presented of how the notion of identity contributes to our understanding of the nature of the teacher self, second language learning and teacher learning in language teaching. Available theory and research is reviewed to illustrate the sources…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Professional Identity, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Cinaglia, Carlo; De Costa, Peter I. – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2022
Translanguaging has been put forth as an asset-based perspective to language education that recognizes the diverse communicative repertoires of plurilingual students. In this thematic review, we highlight the potential of translanguaging as a pedagogical approach in fostering educational equity and generating critical dialogue among various…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Language Attitudes, Language Usage, Multilingualism
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Faez, Farahnaz; Karas, Michael – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2017
This article provides a review and analysis of current research examining the connection between teacher language proficiency and their self-reported beliefs about their pedagogical abilities. Generally speaking, (English) language teachers require an advanced level of proficiency in order to be successful language teachers, but pedagogical skills…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Shin, Dong-shin; Kang, Hyun-Sook – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2018
Along with the expansion of computer technologies in education, an increasing number of academic degrees and professional development credentials in second-language (L2) education are offered online. Despite the rapid growth in the number of online language teacher education (OLTE) programmes, there is still a dearth of research about OLTE and its…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Wannaruk, Anchalee; Amnuai, Wirada – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2016
The rhetorical organization of research articles has attracted extensive attention in genre study, and the focus of move-based analysis is on the textual function. The primary aim of the present study was the comparison of the rhetorical moves of English research articles in the field of Applied Linguistics written by Thai first authors and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Periodicals, Research Reports, Applied Linguistics
Khani, Reza; Tazik, Khalil – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2013
Academic vocabulary, as the most challenging aspect of language learning in EAP and ESP contexts, has received much attention in the last few decades (e.g. Laufer, 1988; Sutarsyah, et al., 1994; Laufer and Nation, 1999; Coxhead, 2000; Nation, 2001a, 2001b; Wang et al., 2008; Martinez et al., 2009). The major attainments of these studies were…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Academic Discourse, Word Frequency