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Alamer, Abdullah; Alrabai, Fakieh – Applied Linguistics, 2023
It is well known that successful second language (L2) learners are motivated individuals. Accordingly, L2 researchers have tested the predictive power of different motivational constructs on language learning outcomes. However, this perspective appears to neglect the assessment of achievement as a predictor of future motivation. To assess this…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, Achievement, Academic Achievement
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Isobel Kai-Hui Wang; Andrew D. Cohen – Applied Linguistics, 2023
This paper describes a close-up investigation of four advanced language learners' engagement with strategy instruction (SI) materials specially designed to enhance efforts to fine-tune comprehension and production of academic vocabulary. The learners first completed a measure of learning style, and then provided introspective and retrospective…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Learning Strategies, Vocabulary Development, Academic Language
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Taguchi, Naoko; Chen, Ying; Qin, Yuqing – Applied Linguistics, 2023
This study explored the relationship between metapragmatic knowledge and transfer of learning from one speech act to another. Using a digital application, 105 Chinese learners of English received implicit instruction on how to formulate a high-imposition request to someone in a higher social status and larger social distance. Immediately after the…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Speech Acts, Transfer of Training, Metalinguistics
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Deshors, Sandra C. – Applied Linguistics, 2021
This multifactorial corpus-based exploration of past tenses focuses specifically on the present perfect (PP) versus simple past (SP) alternation in intermediate-to-advanced learner English produced by French and German native speakers. While existing work on past tenses in L2 has traditionally focused on the role of lexical aspect in the…
Descriptors: Morphemes, Second Language Learning, Computational Linguistics, German
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Smith, Sara Ashley; Briggs, Jessica G.; Pothier, Holly; Garcia, Jorge Nicholas, Jr. – Applied Linguistics, 2019
Research has yet to reach a definitive consensus on whether or how bilingualism confers benefits on Executive Function (EF): numerous studies show an EF advantage for bilinguals over monolinguals, while others indicate no significant differences. These inconsistencies demonstrate that the mechanisms behind a potential bilingualism-to-EF…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Spanish, English (Second Language), Bilingualism
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Perera, Kaushalya; Makoni, Sinfree – Applied Linguistics, 2019
This Forum article is a contribution to the development of a securitization perspective on language education. We construe securitization of applied linguistics as the tendency to align national goals for language education, including Teaching English as a Second or Other Language (TESOL) and foreign languages, with broader national and security…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Negretti, Raffaella – Applied Linguistics, 2017
Several strands of applied linguistic research have emphasized the importance of genre awareness for academic writing students. Although metacognitive behaviors have been linked to L2 writing proficiency and performance, there is still the need for an account of how and why different metacognitive behaviors can help L2 academic writers to apply…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Writing (Composition), Metacognition, Second Language Learning
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Skehan, Peter – Applied Linguistics, 2015
This article presents a critical overview of research studies which link foreign language aptitude to grammar. It starts by covering fundamental issues--of the structure of aptitude and its measurement. It is argued that the concept of aptitude needs to be updated, and that clear linkages to second language acquisition processes need to be…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Teaching Methods, Age, Linguistic Theory
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Ganuza, Natalia; Hedman, Christina – Applied Linguistics, 2019
This study investigates if participation in mother tongue instruction (henceforth MTI) impacts the biliteracy proficiency of young bilinguals, drawing on examples from Somali-Swedish bilinguals and Somali MTI in a Swedish school context. In the study, biliteracy was operationalized as reading proficiency and vocabulary knowledge in two languages,…
Descriptors: Native Language Instruction, Swedish, Reading Comprehension, Correlation
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Tsai, Pei-Shu; Chu, Wo-Hsin – Applied Linguistics, 2017
This study investigates how the use of discourse markers reflects speaking fluency in Chinese learners. In this study, 220 min of online Chinese courses were transcribed, with 17 Chinese learners and 5 native Chinese teachers as participants. Half of the transcribed data were drawn from students living in Taipei, Taiwan, a Chinese-speaking…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Csizér, Kata; Tankó, Gyula – Applied Linguistics, 2017
Apart from L2 motivation, self-regulation is also increasingly seen as a key variable in L2 learning in many foreign language learning contexts because classroom-centered instructive language teaching might not be able to provide sufficient input for students. Therefore, taking responsibility and regulating the learning processes and positive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Henry, Alastair; Cliffordson, Christina – Applied Linguistics, 2017
English is today learnt in multitudes of settings worldwide, making it difficult to characterize relationships between motivation and context in generalized terms (Ushioda 2013). In settings where students have extensive encounters with English outside school, a reluctance to invest effort in formal learning has been observed. To investigate ways…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Informal Education
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Santello, Marco – Applied Linguistics, 2015
This article explores attitudes and response to language selection in advertising targeting Italian bilinguals who belong to a defined speech community. The research builds upon (i) research on multilingual advertising by investigating its attitudinal correlates, and (ii) studies on advertising to bilinguals through the verification of the…
Descriptors: Advertising, Language Attitudes, Language Fluency, Italian
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Granena, Gisela – Applied Linguistics, 2014
Language aptitude comprises cognitive and perceptual abilities that predispose individuals to learn well or rapidly (Carroll 1981; Doughty et al. 2007) and that can interplay with age by moderating its effects on learning outcomes. Although there is agreement regarding the importance of aptitude, findings have been mixed regarding its role in…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Second Language Learning, Grammar, Role
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Li, Miao; Kirby, John R. – Applied Linguistics, 2015
This study explored the relationship between two dimensions of vocabulary knowledge, that is, breadth of vocabulary (the number of words known) and depth of vocabulary (the richness of word knowledge), and their effects on different aspects of English reading in Chinese high school students learning English as a second language. Two hundred and…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Knowledge Level, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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