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Iara Maria Segarra – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Second language learning success relies on instructional methodologies that foster guidance, engagement, motivation, creativity, and active learning in an inclusive environment. As language educators, it is important to establish instructional modes to entice positive behavior and stimulate the senses. The problem to be addressed by the study is…
Descriptors: Neurolinguistics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Xianlin Liu; Khalid Abdullah Alotaibi; Arash Hashemifardnia – European Journal of Education, 2025
In recent years, the integration of digital technologies into language learning has gained significant attention, particularly in the context of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) education. However, there remains a gap in understanding the broader affective and cognitive benefits of serious game-based learning (SGBL) in this field. The present…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Khaled Ahmed AbdelAl Ibrahim; Yasha Rakhshani – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2024
In the current research, the impacts of portfolio assessment (PA) on the grit tendencies, motivation, and willingness to communicate (WTC) of Saudi Arabian EFL learners were examined. The population of this study was fifty-eight EFL learners who were assigned to two groups in order to accomplish this purpose. Following that, both groups were given…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Portfolio Assessment
Mukasheva Bayan Muratbekovna; Aydan Irgatoglu; Golovchun Alevtina Anatolievna; Karbozova Gulnara Kumisbekovna – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2024
This study examines the effectiveness of problem-based learning (PBL) technology in forming a foreign language professionally oriented competence of students of non-linguistic specialities. It was conducted with 60 students divided into experimental and control groups, who were taught a professionally oriented foreign language. The experimental…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
María Luquin; María del Pilar García Mayo – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2025
This study investigated how the inclusion of model texts as a feedback technique affected students' task motivation and engagement in writing tasks. Adopting a longitudinal design, 60 English as a foreign language (EFL) children (aged 11-12) were divided into three groups: a treatment group, a long-term treatment group, and a control group. The…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Jerry Huang; Atsushi Mizumoto – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
This study aimed to examine the effect of incorporating the generative pre-trained AI chatbot, ChatGPT, into an instructor-led writing class on the motivation of Japanese university students. This study examines changes in students' Ideal L2 Self, Ought-to L2 Self, and L2 Learning Experience using Dörnyei's L2 Motivational Self System (L2MSS)…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Teaching Methods, Computer Software, Technology Uses in Education
de Oliveira, Judy; Gubitosi, Patricia – Language Awareness, 2022
This study investigates the motivations of both heritage and non-heritage students of Portuguese at two universities in Rhode Island where Portuguese-speaking migrant communities have settled and their language has strong visibility. Attention is drawn to motivation since it is known to be a significant factor in the development of linguistic…
Descriptors: Portuguese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation
Sevim, Oguzhan; Suroglu Sofu, Merve – International Journal of Higher Education, 2021
The aim of this study is to examine the effects of extended micro-teaching practices on foreigners' views on motivation, anxiety and process of learning Turkish. In the study, an exploratory sequential design, one of the mixed research designs in which quantitative and qualitative research techniques are used together, was applied. The study…
Descriptors: Turkish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation
Lo-An Liu; Gwo-Jen Hwang – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2024
Learning with digital games has gained considerable popularity. While digital game-based learning has the potential to improve learners' language learning achievement, engagement and motivation, there still exists a gap when it comes to providing effective feedback to learners within these games. Conventional digital games generally provide…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Error Correction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Ducker, Nathan Thomas – Modern Language Journal, 2022
Willingness to communicate (WTC) is an important individual learner difference that can help account for varying rates of language-learning success across individuals. As learner talk is considered to be a key pedagogical activity, instructors and researchers often strive to identify and manipulate key variables that will increase and arouse a…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Communication (Thought Transfer), Classroom Communication
Teimouri, Yasser; Tabandeh, Farhad; Tahmouresi, Somayeh – Modern Language Journal, 2022
Defined as a combination of perseverance and passion for long-term goals, grit has been hypothesized to be as important as talent in determining the success of students, adding incremental predictive validity for achievement criteria above and beyond natural or inherent ability. In this study, we tested this hypothesis by comparing the effects of…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Academic Persistence
Jia-Hua Zhao; Patcharin Panjaburee; Gwo-Jen Hwang; Wararat Wongkia – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
Scholars have suggested English classrooms with sufficient context and fun activities to increase English performance and promote learning motivation. With the rapid growth of technology-enhanced learning, virtual reality (VR) has become increasingly popular in English learning. Using VR without a well-designed learning environment, however, may…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Metacognition, Game Based Learning, Computer Simulation
Aleinikov, Andrei; Mavambu Ndulu, Anny – Journal of Educational Issues, 2022
This article tackles the keystone of any successful education, regardless of the subject, program, school, level of education, age of the learner, etc. Millions of educators, education administrators, and even parents would like to know how to make their educational process and child rearing efforts successful. Finally, the solution is addressed…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Motivation, Creative Teaching
Pornpimol Sukavatee – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2023
This quasi-experimental research used a two-group pretest-posttest design to compare the grammar ability between one group of students taught with an inductive approach and another group taught with a deductive approach through a flipped classroom. The study participants were Thai university students majoring in English. After the implementation,…
Descriptors: Grammar, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Aitor Garcés-Manzanera – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
Learning a second language (L2) is dependent upon numerous external and internal factors, among which motivation plays a relevant role. In fact, motivation has been recognized as crucial in the L2 learning process (Ushioda, 2012). Such has been its importance that interest in L2 motivation has led to the development of theories such as the L2…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Processes