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Ollrogge, Karen; Frühauf, Madita; Mros, Theresa; Böttger, Julia; Höhne, Elisabeth; McElvany, Nele; Zander, Lysann; Hannover, Bettina – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2022
Lower vocabulary in German is repeatedly reported for students with Turkish migration background attending school in Germany. We investigated whether in students of Turkish descent (a) learning vocabulary is impaired when the teacher activates the negative stereotype that students with Turkish family language learn less well and (b) whether a…
Descriptors: Immigrants, German, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
Thomas D. Pratz Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This mixed-methods explanatory sequential study aimed to identify the most commonly used World Language curriculum models in New Jersey high schools, assess the level of curriculum coherence in Spanish programs, and examine their impact on student learning. Surveys and interviews with high school Spanish teachers revealed that, while theoretical…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, High School Students
Yu Tamura – Second Language Research, 2025
This study examined number marking comprehension among Japanese learners of second language (L2) English, whose first language (L1) does not have an obligatory number marking system. The study conducted an online sentence comprehension experiment with 96 L1-Japanese learners and 32 native speakers of English, wherein participants engaged in a…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Processing
Hoang Minh Nguyen; Tuan Anh Chu – rEFLections, 2024
Written corrective feedback (WCF) has been widely deployed in teaching second language (L2) writing skills, partly because it is generally perceived to promote and consolidate learning. Whilst a burgeoning body of literature affirms its virtues pertaining to fostering L2 learners' writing performance, which method of correction could yield the…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Feedback (Response), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Olson-Wyman, Samantha L. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
International schools, which are often rich with linguistic diversity, typically promote that proficiency in an accepted standard variety of English is the desired and favored outcome for students (Hayden & Thompson, 2016; Spiers, 2016). These schools, in part due to the teachers they employ, could be characterized as systems that promote…
Descriptors: International Schools, Language Variation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Abdulmajeed Alghamdi – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2024
Despite the critical role of reasoning in shaping language teaching and learning strategies in higher education, prior studies have either separately examined reasoning or focused on one specific type thereof and language teaching and learning strategies. To address this gap, this study took a comprehensive approach by examining various types of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Strategies, Arabic
Yali Hu; Ritva Kantelinen; Maria Kautonen – Cogent Education, 2024
This study explores self-assessment (SA) practices and perceptions among primary school English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers in China. Data were collected through a qualitative web-based questionnaire from 97 EFL teachers in primary public schools across Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Jiangsu. The results indicated a general consensus among…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Individuals), Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, English (Second Language)
Jing Wang – Language Teaching Research, 2025
This article explores how leading textbook authors select and instruct vocabulary in beginner and intermediate Chinese textbooks used in the United States. Leading textbook authors were approached; subsequently; four authors completed interviews with pre-designed questions. Grounded theory methodology was used to analyse the interviews, and their…
Descriptors: Textbook Preparation, Authors, Grammar, Word Frequency
Hassan A. Alshumrani – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2024
Vocabulary is often considered as a key predictor of second language ability, and how teachers and learners' beliefs and conceptualizations about vocabulary affect their teaching and learning has recently gained unprecedented momentum in the field of second language education. However, despite their importance, there is a paucity of research that…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Anh-Thi Nguyen; Huong-Tra Nguyen; Hoang-Yen Phuong; Thanh-Thao Le; Trut-Thuy Pham; Anh-Thu Huynh-Thi – Qualitative Research in Education, 2024
This study investigated how teachers perceived the benefits and difficulties of implementing a Lesson Study (LS) in the context of English language teaching at a university in Vietnam. The data were collected from six teachers through semi-structured interviews. To analyze the data, two addressing themes (teachers' perceived benefits and teachers'…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Vietnamese People, Lesson Plans, English (Second Language)
Nourollah Zarrinabadi; Elnaz Afsharmehr – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2024
This qualitative study aimed to examine Iranian language teachers' mindsets about language learning and teaching, and the ways in which their mindsets influenced their educational practices. The participants of this study were 20 Iranian language teachers who taught general English courses at private language institutes in a city in central Iran.…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Gamze Almacioglu; Fadime Yalcin Arslan – Teaching Education, 2024
Although there are many disagreements about its definition and how it should be applied, reflection is an important professional development tool in teacher education. If in-service teachers think in-depth about critical incidents and reflect on them, they can develop new understandings of the teaching and learning process. The study investigated…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Christina Hedman; Linda Fisher – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2025
This paper draws from a collaborative project in which we piloted a Critical Multilingual Language Awareness approach (CMLA) in a preparatory class for recently arrived secondary school students in Sweden. We adapted material on Language Awareness from "We Are Multilingual" (https://www.wamcam.org). This adapted approach followed the…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Metalinguistics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Mingyu Li – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2025
Although research interest in second language (L2) teachers has grown, novice L2 teachers remain understudied, especially writing teachers. Existing research on L2 writing teachers has largely centred on cognitive development, often overlooking crucial personal and socio-contextual aspects. Utilising a narrative case study approach, this study…
Descriptors: Writing Teachers, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Marianne Eek – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2025
This article investigates the significance of the use of multilingual language assistants (MLAs) in second language teaching for adult migrants with limited formal schooling. Norton's theories of investmentand critical pedagogy serve as an analytical backdrop. An emic perspective is adopted, with interviews with nine adult learners taking centre…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Critical Theory, Teaching Methods, Adults