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Naailah Duymun-Demirtas – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2025
This paper seeks to present the case of successful nativelike proficiency in L7, achieved in adulthood. As a case study of multiple language acquisition processes acquired, both in childhood and adulthood, this study operates in the fields of multilingualism and language acquisition. The author presents her experiences of language acquisition and…
Descriptors: Adults, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Linguistic Theory
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Sara Saez-Fajardo – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2025
This project studies how Spanish-Catalan early bilinguals use language learning strategies (LLS) differently depending on their order of language acquisition when they are learning French as an L4. Considering that the use of LLS has been pointed out as a sign of successful language learning, the study inquires whether being a simultaneous…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Spanish, Learning Strategies, High School Students
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Wei Liu; Yingxue Wang – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2025
Age is one of the important factors affecting individual differences in second language acquisition. The development of cognitive ability also has certain influence on second language acquisition, depending on whether this influence is positive or negative. This paper discusses the educational significance of the age factor in English teaching…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Anna Stepanovna Borisova; Oksana Ivanovna Aleksandrova; Svetlana Alekseevna Moskvitcheva; Muhammad Arif Soomro – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2025
The present study investigates the correlations between socio-biographical variables (such as age, gender, years of studying English language, and educational environment) and foreign language anxiety learning. The study also compares the manifestation of foreign language anxiety among Chinese and Russian university students. A mixed-method of…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Age Differences
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Jonathan Paris; Sawsen Lakhal; Joséphine Mukamurera – Educational Technology & Society, 2025
The extensive adoption of online education by universities worldwide was further propelled by the coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19), giving rise to a key challenge: high dropout rates. Previous studies based on the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework have examined the effects of social presence (SP), cognitive presence (CP), and teaching…
Descriptors: Student Satisfaction, Academic Persistence, College Students, Online Courses
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Thi Thanh Huyen Phan; Sang Truong Huynh – Educational Process: International Journal, 2025
Background/purpose: Learner autonomy has been a burgeoning interest among language researchers and practitioners. Given extensive research into the construct, it remains necessary to explore it from a wider context. This study thus aims to investigate the perceptions of autonomy in English language learning among English major students at a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Majors (Students)
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Chaoyang Jin; Jing Yan – Language Learning Journal, 2025
This systematic review aims to explore how task complexity and task sequencing affect the complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF) of second language performance. Through an analysis of studies conducted between 2012 and 2021, this review investigates the characteristics of the studies, operationalisation of task complexity, measurements of CAF,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Difficulty Level, Language Fluency, Accuracy
Fan Fang; Xinxin Yao – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2025
Amidst the rapid processes of industrialization and globalization, the interplay between minority and majority languages has garnered increasing attention, highlighting concerns surrounding linguistic diversity and the efficacious enactment of language policies. This study delves into the intricacies of language planning within the familial…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Family Relationship, Native Language, Second Language Learning
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Murshida Parvin; Muneera Muftah – Open Education Studies, 2025
Task-based language teaching (TBLT) is widely recognized as an effective approach for developing second language (L2) learners' English skills. However, its success often depends on the teacher's ability to design engaging tasks and dynamic learning platforms that foster active participation. While previous studies highlight the importance of…
Descriptors: Age Groups, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Technology Integration
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Rana Zeynali Hamied; Sima Modirkhamene – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2025
Learning a language is one typical and common cognitive phenomenon among human beings. What matters even most, is the additional language learning and advantages it may confer; an issue which cannot be simply overlooked in cognitive studies. The developmental effect of learning an additional language on memory is something that is confirmed in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Short Term Memory
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Martin J. Koch; Werner Greve; Kristin Kersten – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2025
Research suggests that heterogeneous life experiences (e.g. multilingualism) might facilitate the development of mental flexibility. The current paper presents the conceptual replication of a study originally presented by Greve and colleagues [Greve, W., Koch, M., Rasche, V., and Kersten, K. (2021). Extending the Scope of the 'Cognitive Advantage'…
Descriptors: Psycholinguistics, Multilingualism, Transfer of Training, Linguistic Theory
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Isabel García-del-Real; Maite López-Flamarique; Mónica Aznárez-Mauleón; Izaskun Villarreal – Language Awareness, 2025
Studies analysing the metatalk generated in collaborative writing (CW) tasks have primarily targeted secondary or adult students who wrote either in L1 or L2, and have seldom examined the process of their writing in two languages. Furthermore, these analyses have mostly focused on accuracy discussions and have ignored discussions aimed at making…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language, Languages
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Dhesi Wulan Sari; Deri Herdawan; Fajar Sari Kurniawan; Marselia; Retno Anggoro – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2025
Previous studies suggested that game learning method could assist students in improving English proficiency. However, Gen Z students in a semi-military maritime vocational school had a lack of motivation to enrich their maritime English mastery because of their many non-academic activities. The goal of this study was to present polimarlish.id as…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Web Sites, Educational Technology, English (Second Language)
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Anna Chrabaszcz; Nina Ladinskaya; Anastasiya Lopukhina – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2025
The present study examines the mechanisms of lexical case acquisition in Russian by two-to-five-year-old Russian monolingual (n = 54) and Russian-English bilingual children (n = 38). Participants performed a picture-based sentence completion task. Sentences were constructed to elicit production of real Russian words (n = 24) and nonce words (n =…
Descriptors: Russian, Bilingualism, Pictorial Stimuli, Monolingualism
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Miroslaw Pawlak; Kata Csizér; Mariusz Kruk; Joanna Zawodniak – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Grit is among the individual difference (ID) variables that have recently come to the attention of researchers investigating second language acquisition. While some empirical evidence has been accumulated, it is clearly scant and limited, also because of the fact that many studies have looked into domain-general grit rather than this attribute as…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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