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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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Pariwat Imsa-ard – rEFLections, 2025
Recently, there has been a rapid growth in the number of studies related to emotions and positive psychology constructs in language teaching and learning. However, there is scant research in the context of low exposure to English. Thus, the present study aimed to examine the relationship between Thai EFL secondary school learners' L2 positive and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Language Usage
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Griet Boone; June Eyckmans – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
Despite the growing body of studies on collocation learning in SLA research, there are hardly any studies taking the perspective of the individual learner or studies that have examined the effect of individual differences. This study--a qualitative component of a mixed-methods longitudinal project--presents an in-depth exploration of the intro-…
Descriptors: German, Phrase Structure, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Mariusz Kruk – Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
This chapter is dedicated to the presentation and discussion of the results of the empirical investigation undertaken for the purpose of the present book. It concentrates on the outcomes of the in-depth analysis of the patterns of WTC, motivation, boredom and language anxiety, the relationships of these variables as well as the influences shaping…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Individual Differences, English (Second Language)
Xu, Jinyue – Online Submission, 2022
While anime is well-recognized as a significant motivator of Japanese language learners today, idol fandom, though served as an equally strong source of motivation for some learners, receives far less academic attention. This paper is a preliminary exploration of idol fandom's role in fueling the Japanese language-learning process. Through…
Descriptors: Japanese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Fiction
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Mariusz Kruk – Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
This chapter discusses issues concerning the design and implementation of the research project dealing with the changes in the levels of willingness to communicate, motivation, boredom and language anxiety, their relationships and factors influencing them in the course of the participants' visits to the virtual world Second Life. [For the complete…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Individual Differences, Computer Simulation
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Md Nesar Uddin – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
Over the years, a sweeping interest in translanguaging practices and corrective feedback (CF) in parallel has received momentum in instructed SLA research. Whereas previous CF studies focused on CF interactions and factors affecting L2 learning, this study examined how translanguaging intertwined with CF in Arabic as a Heritage Language learning…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Feedback (Response), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Zilal Meccawy; Najwan Sebai – Journal of Education and Learning, 2025
This qualitative study uses a semi-structured interview to investigate why Saudi learners stop learning a third language and whether these reasons are permanent or temporary. The participants were six female master's degree students who had experience learning a third language outside of formal education or informal settings. This study identifies…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Attribution Theory, Learning Processes, Social Media
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Sieglová, Dagmar – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2022
Language learning is a life-long process. In a world that connects people across nations through study, work, travel and socializing, new chances and challenges arise, intensifying a need to improve modern foreign language skills. The aim of language education, therefore, should not be limited to providing mere language instruction but it should…
Descriptors: Critical Incidents Method, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Strategies
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Arnold, Cath – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
This paper draws on observational studies of three young children in order to demonstrate firstly, their intrinsic motivation to explore systematically through repeated patterns of action or 'schemas'; secondly, how those repeated actions appear and are explored in their emerging language demonstrating their increasing construction of and…
Descriptors: Play, Schemata (Cognition), Language Acquisition, Concept Formation
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Kang, Namhee – English Teaching, 2022
This study examined how Google Jamboard-based autonomous knowledge-sharing advanced language proficiency and motivation in an online intermediate--high EFL communication course. For one semester, 30 Korean first-year college students shared their learning experiences beyond the classroom, enhancing their English communication competence via a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
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Boun, Sovicheth – TESOL International Journal, 2017
Since its conception as a situation-specific construct, foreign language anxiety has been extensively investigated and expanded to account for the complex nature of language learning and teaching. This study aims to identify the underlying dimensions of beliefs about target language use, motivation, and the frequency of target language use. It…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Anxiety, Communication (Thought Transfer), Student Attitudes
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Green, Kieran – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
Language is nature in action and something humans do. This literature review presents evidence from the literature that suggests that learning a foreign language in a classroom situation does not require high levels of student motivation. It is instead suggested that high levels of motivation are needed to make progress when a teacher is using…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, Literature Reviews
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Wallen, Matthew; Kelly-Holmes, Helen – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2017
This study endeavoured to awaken mainstream teachers' awareness of language, specifically related to teaching emergent bilingual children who are learning English as an additional language (EAL) in the Republic of Ireland. Because EAL learners spend the majority of the day in the mainstream classroom, mainstream teachers' language awareness may…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Metalinguistics
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Hessel, Gianna – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
"Crossing borders" features prominently as a theme in study abroad, not only in terms of students' physical border crossings but also in their intercultural interactions with second language (L2) speakers whose background (linguistic and otherwise) they may perceive as markedly different from their own. Researchers have had a…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation, Learning Processes
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