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Masrai, Ahmed – TESOL Journal, 2022
Research addressing the relationship between vocabulary knowledge and second language (L2) listening comprehension has been conducted mostly using measures that tap orthographic vocabulary knowledge. The few studies that have used measures that tap phonological modality to delineate the relationship between vocabulary and L2 listening have focused…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Listening Comprehension, English (Second Language)
Pastushenkov, Dmitrii; Camp, Cameron; Zhuchenko, Iryna; Pavlenko, Olesia – TESOL Journal, 2021
In this study, the researchers investigated the effects of shared and different first language (L1) background, L1 use amounts, and peer familiarity on the frequency of language-related episodes (LREs) and task scores in interactive pair work. By exploring these variables in distinct interactions, the authors attempted to obtain a more…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Task Analysis
Pham, Luan Nhu – TESOL Journal, 2023
This study investigated the relationship between learner autonomy (LA) and indirect written corrective feedback (IWCF) in an EFL writing classroom in Vietnam. Forty-one intermediate EFL learners from a class of a foundation writing course volunteered to participate in the study. During the course, the teacher provided IWCF in response to the…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Feedback (Response), Personal Autonomy, English (Second Language)
Arslan, Tugba; Çiftçi, Hatime – TESOL Journal, 2021
Investigating the foreign and second language (L2) motivational self system (L2MSS) of Turkish sixth graders, this study reports relationships among three components (ideal L2 self, ought-to L2 self, and L2 learning experience) of the L2MSS and the variables of school type (public and private), gender, and intended effort. Data were collected from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Student Motivation
Xiaojing Wang; Fan Fang – TESOL Journal, 2025
Research on identity in teacher education and professionalism has been a significant issue for language teacher educators in terms of their trajectories and career development. Examining identity from contextual perspectives can assist teachers in establishing a professional self in order to facilitate them to better understand and negotiate their…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Language Teachers, Faculty Development, Career Development
Roger W. Anderson – TESOL Journal, 2024
Revisiting his dissertation journal, the author undertook an autoethnographic study of that period in his life. As a full-time student within a U.S. research university, he had funded his studies by teaching international teaching assistants and undergraduates learning French and Arabic. In this study, he used inductive analysis to explore his…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Ethnography, Personal Narratives, Teaching Assistants
López-Barrios, Mario; San Martín, Maria Gimena; Villanueva de Debat, Elba – TESOL Journal, 2021
EFL teachers' beliefs, a constituent of teacher cognition, influence their instructional practices. In vocabulary teaching, the relationship between teachers' beliefs and practices has not been much studied so far, so further research in a variety of geographical and educational contexts is necessary to compare findings and observe both…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Peercy, Megan Madigan; Sharkey, Judy; Baecher, Laura; Motha, Suhanthie; Varghese, Manka – TESOL Journal, 2019
Recent scholarship examining how teachers and teacher educators learn to teach has advocated for a more critically oriented and better developed pedagogy of teacher education, in which teacher educator as practitioner is both in evidence and examined. Yet we currently know little about teacher educators as learners and reflective scholars open to…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Luo, Mingchu Neal; Huang, Mindy – TESOL Journal, 2019
The multiple intelligences (MI) theory has been widely applied to literacy education and English as a second language (ESL) teaching in informing curriculum development and instructional strategies. Using the framework that intelligence shapes human behavior, this study examines the correlations between ESL teachers' MI preferences and their use…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Multiple Intelligences
Fan, Feifei; de Jong, Ester J. – TESOL Journal, 2019
This article explores the experiences of a Chinese language teacher in the United States and how she constructed and negotiated her professional identities during and after her teacher preparation in a U.S.-based English as a second language (ESL) teacher preparation program. Using narrative inquiry to understand the participant's experience and…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Mason, Andrea; Payant, Caroline – TESOL Journal, 2019
Communicative language teaching (CLT) in an English as a foreign language (EFL) context is a dynamic process involving teachers' perspectives and practices. Although CLT is a widely accepted approach to second language instruction, scholars in the field continue to have a narrow understanding of how teachers conceptualize and implement this…
Descriptors: Experienced Teachers, Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Teachers, English (Second Language)
Senbayrak, Mürüvvet; Ortaçtepe, Deniz; Trimble, Kimberly – TESOL Journal, 2019
This study investigated attitudes toward self-access centers (SACs) and readiness for autonomous language learning among Turkish learners of English as a foreign language (EFL). It also explored whether learners' attitudes toward the SACs and their readiness for autonomy were related to frequency of SAC use. The study was carried out with 250…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Readiness, English Language Learners, English (Second Language)
Billak, Bonnie – TESOL Journal, 2013
This 5-year longitudinal study investigated the English language acquisition and development of students in pre-Kindergarten through Grade 1 at a U.S.-accredited international school. Of the 1,509 students tested, the overwhelming majority were nonnative English speakers. The data provide valuable insight into the rate of second language…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Intervention, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Jurkovic, Violeta – TESOL Journal, 2010
The article examines the effect of two factors on achievement test scores in English as a foreign language for specific purposes in higher education: preexisting linguistic competence and frequency of use of language learner strategies. The rationale for the analysis of language learner strategies as a factor affecting achievement test outcomes is…
Descriptors: Linguistic Competence, Language Usage, Learning Strategies, International Studies
Lo, Yi-Hsuan Gloria – TESOL Journal, 2011
Research has shown that English as a foreign language (EFL) learners in Taiwan fall into two peaks of the curve. This is to say, learners can be classified into two major groups: those who perform quite well on standardized tests, such as college entrance examinations, and those who perform poorly. From a socioeconomic perspective, the correlation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning