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Improving Self-Regulated Learning of Speaking Skills in Foreign Languages
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Esther De Vrind; Fred J. J. M. Janssen; Jan H. Van Driel; Nivja H. De Jong – Modern Language Journal, 2024
In foreign language learning, it is important that learners become autonomous and learn how to self-regulate their learning to continue language development. This article presents a self-evaluation procedure designed to promote self-regulation in speaking skills in a foreign language. This self-evaluation procedure was tested in a…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Second Language Learning, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries
On Language Learner Agency: A Complex Dynamic Systems Theory Perspective
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Larsen-Freeman, Diane – Modern Language Journal, 2019
Agency has attracted considerable attention, especially of late. Nevertheless, perceptions of language learners as nonagentive persist. In this article the Douglas Fir Group's call for a transdisciplinary perspective is heeded in a Complex Dynamic Systems Theory's (CDST) conceptualization of agency. It is suggested that CDST maintains the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Ethics, Personal Autonomy, Interdisciplinary Approach
Foreign Language Learning Characteristics of Deaf and Severely Hard-of-Hearing Students
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Csizér, Kata; Kontra, Edit H. – Modern Language Journal, 2020
The aim of this study was to investigate deaf and severely hard-of-hearing students' foreign language learning characteristics. In order to provide a better understanding of the challenges this group of learners face, a mixed methods study was designed including a questionnaire survey to provide generalizable results for our context and an…
Descriptors: Deafness, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Motivation