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Abdullah Alamer; Mark Feng Teng; Atsushi Mizumoto – Applied Linguistics, 2025
Research into self-regulating capacity in vocabulary learning is recognized as a significant topic within the second language domain. The self-regulating capacity in vocabulary learning scale (SRCvoc; Tseng et al. 2006) is arguably the most widely used tool for assessing this construct. The common factor model, which is applied through…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Language Proficiency, Vocabulary Skills, Factor Analysis
Fernando Senar; Judit Janés; Àngel Huguet; Josep Ubalde – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2025
This study investigates the relationship between identification with the local territory, language attitudes and language proficiency in young immigrants in Catalonia, a region in Spain. The aims of the study are to examine how identification with the local territory affects attitudes and proficiency in languages, and whether language attitudes…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Language Attitudes, Immigrants, Language Proficiency
Mohanad Mohammed Sufyan Ghaleb; Waleed Abdulrahman Alawad – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2025
This study investigates the impact of customer willingness to communicate in a second language on the development of employee language skills, with employee oral communication aspiration as a mediator. Additionally, it explores the moderating roles of customer retention management and consumer brand relationship quality in these relationships. The…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Communication Skills, Rating Scales, Second Languages
Jeongyi Lee; Kathryn Negrelli – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2025
Supporting study abroad programs' overarching objective of producing global citizens is the goal of developing intercultural competence through participants' interactions with people of different cultures. Asserting the correlation between intercultural competence and acculturation, this study aims to measure the cultural competence of our…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Cultural Awareness, Intercultural Communication, Ethnicity
Yuchao Sun; Wenshu Shi; Liyan Fu – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2025
Given the fact that learner engagement is a prerequisite for effective online education, identifying and comprehending the factors that enhance learners' engagement in online classes seems necessary. To address this need, several studies have been conducted to identify the predictors of learner engagement in online classrooms. Nevertheless,…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Online Courses, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Farzaneh Soudkhah Mohammadi; Shaghayegh Shayesteh; Taqi Al Abdwani; Reza Pishghadam – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2025
Delving into the existing research on EFL teacher success (TS), the role of EFL teacher concern (TC) in relation to their success, EFL learners' general self-efficacy (GSE), and English self-efficacy (ESE) seems to be overlooked. Thus, the present endeavor attempts to shed light on the potential interrelationships between TC, TS, EFL learners'…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Language Teachers
Jiuliang Li; Noriko Iwashita – Journal of Educational Research, 2025
This study applied expectancy-value theory (EVT) to examine the impact of diagnostic language assessment (DLA) on the learning activities of a group of Chinese learners of English as a foreign language (EFL). A model of test impact on learning was conceptualized by integrating EVT and DLA theories. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was performed…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Wimonsinee Yuanjai; Chanika Gampper – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2025
This study aims to evaluate the extent to which Taylor Swift's song lyrics incorporate vocabulary from the Oxford 3000 and 5000 word lists and to categorize these words based on CEFR levels. The goal is to narrow down the vast selection of songs available to EFL learners, focusing on the most essential vocabulary to enhance their learning…
Descriptors: Singing, Music, Musicians, English (Second Language)
Nesli Çigdem Saral; Cem Balçikanli – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2025
One of the most essential competencies for teachers of English as a foreign language in Türkiye is the ability to implement curricula with complete comprehension in their classes, as Türkiye has mandated centralized curricula in schools. In other words, it is the teacher's responsibility to comprehend the curricula properly; otherwise, what is…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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
Lianjiang Jiang; Nan Zhou; Michelle Mingyue Gu; Xiaohui Li – Language and Education, 2025
While English medium instruction (EMI) programs proliferate around the globe, research on students' motivation and engagement (ME) in EMI remains underrepresented. Informed by a multidimensional conceptualization of ME as interconnected, this study employed an adapted Motivation and Engagement Scale to examine university students' ME in EMI…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Universities
Zrinka Fišer; Luka Pongracic – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2025
Researchers have been investigating motivation to learn second (L2) and foreign (FL) languages for decades, starting with the socio-educational model, moving on to the multi-dimensional model of motivational variables, and currently incorporating the complex dynamic system theory (CDST). The study examined changes in Dörnyei's L2 Motivational…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Factor Analysis
Marie Mangold – Foreign Language Annals, 2025
One of the critiques of proficiency as defined by scales, such as that of ACTFL, is its lack of grounding in linguistic realities. Measures of complexity, accuracy, and fluency provide a route in which proficiency can be quantitatively measured by identifying linguistic correlates (see Brown et al., 2017; Long et al., 2012). This project aimed to…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
Satoru Uchida – Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2025
Since its emergence, generative AI has significantly impacted various fields, including English language education. Numerous academic studies have investigated its capabilities in grammar correction, writing evaluation, and dynamics of user interaction. However, there have been insufficient investigations into whether texts generated by such AI…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Language Proficiency, Rating Scales, Guidelines
Honggang Liu; Majid Elahi Shirvan; Tahereh Taherian – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2025
The current research aimed to examine the relationships among three key aspects of the language learning process, namely, foreign language boredom (FLB), English language engagement (ELE), and academic buoyancy (AB), utilizing data collected from 2,992 Chinese language learners. In order to strengthen the accuracy and robustness of the results, we…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction