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Selami Aydin; Isil Tekin; Ferdane D. Akkas – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
Since the original and adapted versions of the scales that aim to measure foreign language enjoyment may not be appropriate for learners with low English proficiency levels, it seems necessary to develop scales in their native languages. This study aims to create a valid and reliable scale of foreign language learning enjoyment that can be applied…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learner Engagement, Measures (Individuals)
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Paul Sun, Peijian; Yang, Qing; Hou, Xiaoming – Journal of Educational Research, 2023
This study examined young learners' motivation and strategy use for Chinese-as-a-foreign-language (L2 Chinese) learning in New Zealand. A total of 1157 primary school students from 29 primary schools were recruited for the study. The results revealed that primary school young learners' overall motivation and strategy use for L2 Chinese learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Hussein Meihami; Christopher Alexander – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2024
It is crucial to study how L2 learners use technology when examining the lifespan technology in L2 pedagogy. Therefore, we adopted Gartner's hype cycles to investigate the lifespan of CALL from the perspectives of EFL learners. To this end, we utilized an explanatory narrative design and gathered and analysed the perspectives of 87 EFL learners…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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
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Anna Lia Proietti Ergün; Hande Ersöz Demirdag – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
In the last ten years, positive emotion in foreign language learning has been increasingly investigated in many research areas, including Foreign Language Enjoyment (FLE). FLE has been defined as a positive emotion felt when an individual's psychological needs are met. This study investigates the relationship between perceived levels of Subjective…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Multilingualism, French
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Faoyan Agus Furyanto; Laila Rochmawati – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2025
The practice of intercultural teaching seems to be commonly applied but not in aviation English class. This might be difficult in conceptualizing intercultural competence instructional model (ICCIM) due to the mandatory adaptation to aviation English materials. This autobiographical study aimed to describe how the researcher conducted…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Intercultural Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Jia Lin – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Using a structural equation modeling approach, this study investigates the structural relationships between second language (L2) oral proficiency and interest in learning the target language (L2 interest), in the presence of potential mediating variables (i.e. perceived importance of speaking, out-of-class contact with L2 resources). It also…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Proficiency, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Eunbi Kwon – English Teaching, 2023
This paper investigates L2 motivation and demotivation of college English majors in a Korean junior college. The participants' L2 (de)motivation was explored by the ought-to L2 self, an element of the L2 motivational self system. Data were collected from two rounds of interviews with 59 and 31 students in all four years and analyzed qualitatively.…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Learning Motivation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Hyang-Il Kim – Journal of Experimental Education, 2024
Recently, there has been considerable academic interest in the positive emotions of language learners. As a contribution to this field, the aims of this study were to identify foreign language pleasure (FLE) patterns and their relations with language learning motivation. A total of 145 Korean university students joined the study and their…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Futures (of Society), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Tereza Švarcová – Language Learning Journal, 2024
The purpose of this study was to explore the reasons for low retention rates among students in the Chinese classes in upper secondary education in the Czech Republic. The principal research question was whether Chinese characters were the main reason why many students decided to stop attending their Chinese classes. Semi-structured interviews with…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Chinese
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Wei, Xiaoxia; Weerasawainon, Aeksing – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2024
Being able to use a foreign language to communicate will increase an individual's opportunities of employment and personal growth, which implies the significance of adopting a lifelong learning approach to language learning. This study was conducted to explore language learners' lifelong learning tendency in general and the key factors affecting…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Abhipriya Roy – International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
Motivation is a key factor in the learning process, especially in language acquisition. This research examines the effects of using digital storytelling (DST) on motivation in English classrooms. The study, which used a mixed methods approach, involved 100 middle school students in Bengaluru selected through convenience sampling. Data collection…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Student Motivation, Middle School Students, Teaching Methods
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Ali H. Al-Hoorie; Phil Hiver; Yo In'nami – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2024
Concerns have recently been raised about the validity of scales used in the L2 motivational self system tradition, particularly in relation to sufficient discriminant validity among some of its scales. These concerns highlight the need to systematically examine the validity of scales used in this tradition. In this study, we therefore compiled a…
Descriptors: Validity, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Rating Scales
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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
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Martin Howard; Leigh Oakes – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This study responds to calls for more research on motivations for learning languages other than English (LOTEs) in the new era dominated by global English. In particular, it focuses on the role of societal contextual factors surrounding the status of English and the status of the LOTE as an L2/L3, as factors which may offer a more nuanced…
Descriptors: French, Cross Cultural Studies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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