Willingness to communicate in a foreign and second language (L2 WTC) has gradually become a recurrent theme in the SLA. With the advent of an emotional or affective turn brought by the positive psychology movement in applied linguistics, the significant role of positive emotions such as Foreign Language Enjoyment (FLE) in L2 WTC has been…

Higher education cooperation has emerged as a prominent trend in educational exchange. This phenomenological study aims to interpret students' intercultural experiences and the transformation of intercultural competence under a China-Korea cooperative teaching model. Group interviews with 25 students were conducted to explore their intercultural…

As boarding schools in China gain prominence and the number of boarders continues to rise, their social development and emotional problems have become a major focus of attention. However, studies have shown that boarders in China may not experience the expected positive socio-emotional development. This study analyzed the impact of peer effects on…

Standard approaches to studying intercultural communication empirically include pedagogical interventions, interview-based studies, and questionnaire research on teachers' and students' experiences with intercultural communication. Such studies assume standard positivist or post-positivist epistemologies and research methods. The present article…

Buoyancy is considered a critical factor influencing learning outcomes. Yet, its effect on language learning is still underexplored. Drawing on the control-value theory, this research examines how buoyancy affects academic performance, mediated by emotions (anxiety, enjoyment, and boredom) and engagement. Data was gathered using a composite…

Drawing on the experiences and demands of South Korean queer and climate youth activists and Maya Chuj youth organisers, this paper shows the limits and containment ideologies undergirding inter/national human rights frameworks. While positioned as a universal ideal for alleviating suffering, youth organisers' experiences demonstrate how these…

During the final years of secondary school, students engage in the decision-making process regarding their important choice of university career. Individual differences in how people approach this process could be attributed to personality traits, gender, and the specific year of attendance. To investigate this hypothesis, a study was conducted…

Learning to capitalize in English requires identifying a word's type and sentence position. In two cloze studies (2021-2022), Australian students of all genders (95% White, monolingual) spelled words with one and two capitalization cues (proper nouns, sentence-initial words) and no-cue control words. High school (12-18 years, n = 59) and…

This investigation sought to examine the connections between learning motivation (LM) and Learning satisfaction (LS) among college art majors in online courses (OC) during the COVID-19 epidemic. The objectives included examining students' motivation and satisfaction levels, analyzing the challenges of OCs, and proposing directions for future…

Extended Reality (XR) has become one of the emerging technologies with great educational possibilities that is being adopted at different educational levels including children with hearing impairment. This study was designed to investigate the prospects of XR in improving the efficacy of teaching and learning of students with hearing impairment at…

This study aims to examine the factors that influence university students' behavioral intention in accepting video-conferencing for learning mathematics in the post-COVID-19 era. Videoconferencing as a learning tool has been widely used to establish effective communication among learners, teachers, and peers. This is particularly valuable in…

Adolescent mental health problems are becoming increasingly prevalent and concerning. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a school-based music intervention program in improving the mental health of middle school students. From September 2023 to January 2024, a class-based stratified randomized controlled trial was conducted at a…

This conceptual position article explores cultural values' influence on disability inclusion in Southeast Asia. This is relevant to progress on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Sustainable Development Goal 10 on reduced inequalities and SDG 17 on partnerships. Progress and pathways towards increased…

This study aims to examine university students' intentions to use artificial intelligence (AI) applications in their educational processes within the context of job characteristics (JC), technology characteristics (TC), task-technology fit (TTF), and self-efficacy (SE). The research was conducted with 965 students enrolled in Information…

Religious education is the bearer and mediator of the identity and values of Catholic schools and enables students to learn the faith and thus lay the foundations for evangelization. It has therefore been valued and upheld by the Catholic diocese for many years. This article examines this identity portrayed in three textbooks for Catholic…