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Sarah Hopkyns; Yuting Wang – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2025
As part of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a series of large-scale projects have been launched in the Arab Gulf due to its geopolitically strategic position. We examine the influence of Chinese as a third player, in addition to Arabic and English, in a UAE university educationscape together with Emirati students' attitudes towards its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Chinese, Second Language Learning, Language Planning
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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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Janne Bondi Johannessen; Björn Lundquist; Yulia Rodina; Eirik Tengesdal; Nina Hagen Kaldhol; Emel Türker; Valantis Fyndanis – Second Language Research, 2025
The present study examines grammatical gender knowledge in offline production (gender marking on indefinite articles) and online gender processing (visual world paradigm) in adult second language (L2) learners of Norwegian with three different first languages (L1s): Greek, Russian, and Turkish. In particular, it investigates the role of the…
Descriptors: Grammar, Adult Learning, Second Language Learning, Norwegian
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Emirhan Bingöl; Adnan Tasgin; Savas Yesilyurt – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2025
The use of technological devices, especially mobile devices, in language learning has increased the number of studies in this field. In this regard, it is essential to identify students' attitudes towards mobile-assisted language learning (MALL). Therefore, the present study aimed to translate, adapt, and validate Gönülal's (2019) attitudes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Construction, Student Attitudes, Cultural Relevance
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Ramazan Yetkin; Zekiye Özer-Altinkaya – British Educational Research Journal, 2025
In the realm of foreign language learning, emotions play a pivotal role, yet boredom remains a largely overlooked aspect, with scant research exploring its dynamics in classroom settings. Addressing this gap, this study delves into the Turkish English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context to investigate the multifaceted nature of boredom, examining…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language), Coping
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Ozlem Ozan; Yasin Ozarslan; Sevgi Calisir Zenci – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2025
This study analyzed linguistic errors as part of the Differentiated Distance Education of Turkish as a Foreign Language Project, which pursues the development of an adaptive MOOC for Turkish as a second language. Therefore, the Turkish CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) A1-level writing exam papers of 177 learners were…
Descriptors: MOOCs, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Error Patterns
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Matt Kessler; Shawn Loewen; Talip Gönülal – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2025
Despite the influx of research examining various aspects of mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) applications (apps) over the past two decades, there have been no head-to-head studies that have investigated the comparative effectiveness of different mobile apps. The current study addresses this gap by directly comparing two of the most…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Technology Uses in Education, Second Language Learning
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Christina Maligkoudi; Giorgos Mavrommatis – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2025
Minority schools in Greek Thrace implement a model of bilingual education in primary and secondary education, where half of the lessons of the curriculum is taught in Greek and the other half, in Turkish. Although, at an institutional level, the bilingual character of the minority schools in Thrace is clearly defined regarding both legal…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Greek
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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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Senol Orakci – Intercultural Education, 2025
Migration and war are painful events that impact human existence. Due to the unfavourable circumstances in Syria, many Syrians have been forced to relocate to Türkiye. Türkiye has welcomed more than 3.5 million people from Syria, rising to the top spot among countries hosting Syrian refugees globally. One of the groups most impacted by migration…
Descriptors: Refugees, Access to Education, Student Adjustment, Foreign Countries
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Aysegül Okay; Gülay Cedden – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2025
This study investigates the relationship among working memory (WM), mathematics, and language, with the aim of understanding: (1) whether the functions and capacities of WM components can predict achievement in language and mathematics; and (2) whether competence in the first language (L1) and achievement in mathematics can predict success in…
Descriptors: Correlation, Short Term Memory, Mathematics Achievement, Turkish
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Muhammet Yasar Yüzlü; Simon Mumford – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2025
This study explores the perspectives of the two authors, who have very different language backgrounds, reflecting the subtleties of first and additional language development. We distinguish between a 'literacy-track' (i.e. starting from written language) and an oracy track (starting from spoken language). We draw on duoethnography for our dialogic…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Ethnography, Dialogs (Language)
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Mostafa Nazari; Jaber Kamali – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2025
In this study, we propose an ecological model of teacher agency and emotional vulnerability that draws on epistemological roots of these two constructs to capture historico-personal, socio-organizational, and prospective levels of teacher professionalism. We then ontologically apply the model to exploring transnational language teachers' agency…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Muhammet Yasar Yüzlü; Kenan Dikilitas – Language Awareness, 2025
While numerous training models aim to empower teachers by positioning them as active participants with agency and freedom, they often fall short in providing opportunities for training that seamlessly incorporates both the participants' own language and English. In this study, we used loop input (process and content aligned) in two languages that…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning