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Wen Xu – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
The growth of the Chinese language in African countries and African students' consequent flocking into Chinese higher education are both emergent phenomena. This partly explains the lack of empirical research on this body of student migrants and their Chinese language learning. This paper applies Watkins' theorisation on pedagogic affect to…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Students
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Zhang, Yuan; Taylor, Jonathan E. – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2022
Whether an adult is motivated or unmotivated to learn depends on the actual learning experience. To further our understanding of English as a second language (ESL) learners and their language learning experience, this paper delves into the intricate realm of learning resistance. Ultimately, we seek to provide a comprehensive perspective on…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation
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Lola Geraldes Xavier – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
This text critically examines traditional methodologies for teaching grammar in the context of Portuguese as a Foreign Language (PFL). It proposes an alternative, eclectic approach, which can be used in any foreign language. Drawing on evidence from research and pedagogical practices, it highlights areas for improvement in current approaches, such…
Descriptors: Grammar, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Panagiotis Panagiotidis – European Journal of Education (EJED), 2024
Efforts to utilize AI in education, and especially in language education, have their roots in the 60s with the appearance of the first rule-based systems. However, recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and more specifically the introduction of ChatGPT, have given a new perspective to language learning. The integration of AI, natural…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Computational Linguistics, Second Language Learning
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Teimouri, Yasser; Sudina, Ekaterina; Plonsky, Luke – Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning, 2021
As a personality trait, second language (L2) grit--a combination of perseverance and passion for L2 learning--has recently been proposed as a meaningful predictor of learners' motivational behavior and L2 achievement. The results of a growing body of empirical studies carried out in various L2 contexts have substantiated the power of L2 grit in…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Resilience (Psychology)
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Artamonova, Tatiana – Foreign Language Annals, 2020
This article describes the development of a new questionnaire for assessing L2 learners' language attitudes. Drawing on theoretical work in the fields of social psychology and applied linguistics, the author reviewed the concept of (language) attitudes and contrasted them with the concept of (language) motivation. This thorough literature review,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Language Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Alrabai, Fakieh – Arab World English Journal, 2020
This paper provides a broad critical review of the research that examined the emotional factors such as learners' attitudes, motivation, language anxiety, autonomy, and self-esteem in the context of learning English as a foreign language (EFL) in Saudi Arabia over a period of 20 years (2000-2020). The aim of this critical review is to answer some…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Educational Research
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Yi, Paige – Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2021
This paper sets out to peruse the role of various theories or more precisely, hypotheses invoked in second language acquisition (SLA) research by surveying three empirical studies pertaining to the critical period hypothesis in the SLA of phonetics and phonology. In particular, the three studies reviewed are titled in chronological order as (1)…
Descriptors: Role, Linguistic Theory, Age Differences, Second Language Learning
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Lanvers, Ursula; Graham, Suzanne – Language Learning Journal, 2022
With the UK entering its fourth decade of this crisis with no end in sight, it is timely to ask how current policy directions for language learning beyond the compulsory phase (currently age 14 in all 4 UK nations) align with learners' psychological needs in relation to language learning. After a review of these psychological needs within…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Psychological Needs
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Caruso, Celestine; Hofmann, Judith; Rohde, Andreas – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée, 2021
We suggest that complex tasks can be introduced to learners as early as primary school level with the help of digital media in the form of different apps. As a theoretical basis, we will first outline the principles of teaching English in (German) primary schools. Secondly, we will look at the framework of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT)…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Thompson, Amy S. – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
Two concepts of multilingualism that relate to the selves aspect of Dörnyei's (2009) L2 motivational self system (L2MSS) are highlighted in this article: Thompson's concept of "perceived positive language interaction" (PPLI) and Henry's notion of the "ideal multilingual self." With the dynamic model of multilingualism informing…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Self Concept, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Mitchell, Rosamond – Second Language Research, 2023
A major rationale for study abroad (SA) from the perspective of second language acquisition is the presumed opportunity available to sojourners for naturalistic second language (L2) "immersion". However, such opportunities are affected by variations in the linguistic, institutional and social affordances of SA, in different settings.…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Study Abroad, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Williams, Kevin – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2020
This paper applies Oakeshott's distinction between work and play to his philosophy of language education. The first part explores his critique of the vocational rationale for learning foreign languages and his affirmation of the intrinsic value or playful character of the activity. The second part of the article endeavours to give practical…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Criticism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Puig, Idoya – Research-publishing.net, 2020
The aim of this paper is to look at the impact of recent reforms to the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) and Advanced Subsidiary (AS) curriculum in the UK, which included the teaching of literature in the language classroom in an attempt to make the study of languages more attractive and to better prepare students for university.…
Descriptors: Literature, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Henry, Alastair – Modern Language Journal, 2017
By tradition, L2 motivation research has a monolingual bias--the motivational systems of a learner's different languages conceptualized as separate entities rather than as cognitively interconnected. At a time when multilingualism has become a new world order (Douglas Fir Group, 2016) and where there is evidence of powerful identity experiences…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Self Concept, Learning Motivation, Correlation
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