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Li Xiang; Hyunjeong Nam – Language Teaching Research, 2025
The study aimed to explore the evidence of first language (L1) mediation in second language (L2) word associations and the L2 learner-related factors affecting the extent of L1 mediation with the following approaches. First, different from previous research, word association tests (WATs) embraced both receptive and productive word associations in…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Associative Learning, Chinese
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Richard L. Sparks; Abdullah Alamer – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Although researchers have found strong relationships between first language (L1) skills and second language (L2) anxiety, less is known about how L1 skills in primary school impact L2 anxiety years after L1 has been acquired. Previous research lacked evidence for the mediating role of L2 aptitude and L2 achievement in the relationship. This study…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Second Language Learning, Anxiety, Elementary School Students
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Dianne Burke Moneypenny; Rosalie S. Aldrich – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Higher education has seen an increase in enrollment in online (OL) language courses. This study (n = 176) examined why students chose to enroll in OL Spanish courses and if foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA) in OL classes affects overall oral proficiency. Sex differences and FLCA in online Spanish classes were also examined. Quantitative…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Instruction, Online Courses, Anxiety
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Elvira Barrios; Irene Acosta-Manzano – Language Teaching Research, 2025
This study aimed to identify associations and predictors of willingness to communicate (WTC) of adult foreign language (FL) learners and whether they are contingent upon the FL being learned. To this end, our research investigated learner variables associated with WTC in adult FL learners of English and of French in an under-researched field of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), French, Foreign Countries
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Jakub Bielak – Language Teaching Research, 2025
The relationship between foreign language anxiety (FLA) and foreign language enjoyment (FLE) experienced during a creative collaborative oral English-as-a-foreign-language task, and the relationships between FLE/FLA and task speech fluency were investigated. The task was performed by mid-intermediate/high-intermediate English learners (N = 43) in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Oral Language, Language Fluency
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Jiangshan An; Ernesto Macaro – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Previous research on English Medium Instruction classrooms has almost exclusively documented the interaction between a teacher and students where the teacher is able to understand and use the first language (L1) of the students. We present data obtained from science classrooms in English-medium-instruction (EMI) high-school programs in China where…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language of Instruction, Science Education, Student Attitudes
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Sumaya Daoud; Aleksandra Kasztalska – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Despite growing criticisms of native-speakerism in English Language Teaching (ELT), the 'native speaker' concept is still used in the recruitment of teachers (Mahboob & Golden, 2013; Ruecker & Ives, 2015). This study critically evaluates the impact of native-speakerism on ELT hiring practices in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). To identify…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Native Speakers, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Farzaneh Khodabandeh – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Integrating improved technologies such as augmented reality (AR) within flipped classes has gained popularity among scholars. This study was carried out to examine the effect of AR-based instruction on English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' speaking skills in online flipped and face-to-face classes. To this end, out of 65 students who had…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Flipped Classroom, Program Effectiveness, Technology Uses in Education
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Jiuliang Li – Language Teaching Research, 2025
To avoid plagiarism, students have to learn the appropriate and effective ways of source text use, such as paraphrasing, summarizing, and citation. However, few studies have investigated how learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) employ copy and paraphrase as source text use strategies in completing writing tasks involving reading…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Undergraduate Students
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Angelica Ribeiro; Zohreh R. Eslami – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Language negotiations facilitate second language acquisition (SLA) in both face-to-face (FTF) and computer-mediated interactions. Research shows that dyadic type can impact the quantity and quality of negotiations. Although both learner (L)-learner and native speaker (NS)-L dyadic type interactions have shown to be beneficial to SLA, it is still…
Descriptors: Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Language Proficiency, Interaction
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Vo Ngoc Hoi – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Engaging students in the second language (L2) classroom is a critical task that requires a clear understanding of the multilayered characteristics of the L2 classroom and the motivational mechanisms through which these characteristics influence student engagement. This study contributes to the L2 engagement literature in this regard by examining…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Classroom Environment, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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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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Claudia Fernández de Cañete García; Inmaculada Pineda; George Waddell – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Recent research shows that musical training improves children's development of oral and aural skills. This study focuses on developing and testing a methodological framework (Music as a Medium of instruction, MMI) in English language teaching (ELT) by contrasting MMI and gamification methodologies with the participation of 22 Spanish children all…
Descriptors: Music Activities, Music Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Justin Harris – Language Teaching Research, 2025
This article outlines the development of a 16-item instrument for measuring language learner's foreign language self-efficacy (SE) concerning their speaking and listening skills through repeated administrations to groups of Japanese tertiary students. Responses were analysed through the Rasch model, which allows researchers to investigate…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Questionnaires, Item Analysis, Second Language Learning
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Kari Sahan; Nicola Galloway; Jim McKinley – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Emerging from the growing body of work on English medium instruction (EMI) in higher education are challenges to policy implementation, particularly when it is implemented top-down without a careful needs analysis or when it fails to address problems associated with 'English-only' implementation and so-called 'native speaker' norms. Our study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, Higher Education, English (Second Language)
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