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Mark Critchley; Irmgard Wanner; Sabina Schaffner – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2025
This paper presents the findings of a survey on research activities and research cultures across the CercleS network. The survey was conducted under the auspices of the CercleS Focus Group on Leadership and Management and aimed to explore the scope of research in Language Centres; the links between institutional factors such as staff contracts and…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Research
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Emma Bruce; Karen Dunn; Tony Clark – Language Testing, 2025
Several high-stakes English proficiency tests including but not limited to IELTS, PTE Academic, and TOEFL iBT recommend a 2-year time limit on validity for score usage. Although this timeframe provides a useful rule-of-thumb for the recency of testing, it can have far-reaching consequences. In response to stakeholder queries around IELTS validity…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Language Tests, Test Validity, Scores
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Honghao Ren; Wei Wei; Wenli Zhang – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2025
In the context of educational informatization, the Guide to Institutions of Higher Education in China have set clear expectations for Japanese language teachers' educational information technology applications. There is an urgent need for research on information technology applications and the influencing factors of Japanese language teachers in…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Japanese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Apichat Khamboonruang – Language Testing in Asia, 2025
Chulalongkorn University Language Institute (CULI) test was developed as a local standardised test of English for professional and international communication. To ensure that the CULI test fulfils its intended purposes, this study employed Kane's argument-based validation and Rasch measurement approaches to construct the validity argument for the…
Descriptors: Universities, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Tests
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Laia Canals; Gisela Granena; Yucel Yilmaz; Aleksandra Malicka – Language Teaching Research, 2025
This study investigated the relative effectiveness of immediate and delayed corrective feedback on the acquisition of -ing/-ed participial adjectives by Spanish English-as-a-foreign-language learners in video-based computer-mediated communication. Fifty-two participants took part in a communicative task in one of four groups (two experimental and…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Video Technology, Feedback (Response), Instructional Effectiveness
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Shalva Tabatadze; Kakha Gabunia – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2025
This study examines the current landscape of language policy in higher educational institutions (HEIs) in Georgia, focusing on teaching, research, and administration. A purposive selection of strategic documents from seventeen public and private universities forms the basis of analysis using Thematic Content Analysis (TCA). The research identifies…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Educational Policy, Content Analysis, State Universities
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Christine Eide – English Teaching Forum, 2025
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the world of education has found a new normal, with new online courses, tools, educational apps, and artificial intelligence gaining in advancement and popularity. Interactive video is a multimedia tool that allows the viewer to actively engage with the content in the video by making choices and inputting data. In this…
Descriptors: Interactive Video, Online Courses, Learner Engagement, Lesson Plans
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Chun Lai; Yang Liu; Yun Lin – Applied Linguistics, 2025
Research has established positive associations between informal digital activities and vocabulary knowledge. However, understanding how different types of digital activities relate to various aspects of vocabulary knowledge is limited. This study examined how the purpose of informal digital activities and strategic engagement during and/or after…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Knowledge Level, Universities, English (Second Language)
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Xian Zhang – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2025
The current bibliometric study employed citation analysis and keyword analysis to perform a review of language assessment and testing. Based on citation counts and keywords, this study identified the recent trends/changes and the most influential regions, institutions, scholars, and publications in the field. In addition, the intellectual…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Information Retrieval
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Nesma Bara – Acta Educationis Generalis, 2025
Introduction: Incorporating idiomatic expressions into EFL instruction is widely acknowledged to enhance learners' cultural awareness; however, their inherent metaphorical nature and cultural specificity present considerable challenges for both teachers and students. This study investigates the perspectives of Algerian EFL teachers and students…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Qiaona Yu; Nelson C. Brunsting; Jonathan Smart; W. Patrick Bingham – Research in Higher Education, 2025
Study abroad comes with challenges, yet it is not clear how language proficiency may longitudinally predict students' social engagement and well-being. Recent changes in international student demographics, including age decreases and increased international school backgrounds, may also affect students' well-being. This study views language as a…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Experience
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John Read; Thi Ngoc Yen Dang – Language Teaching Research, 2025
In second language (L2) vocabulary studies there is continuing interest in tests of depth of vocabulary knowledge, measuring various aspects of word knowledge other than just the form--meaning link that is the focus of breadth (or size) tests. This study aimed to explore new formats that could be used as diagnostic tools for assessing depth of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Reza Shahi; Hamdollah Ravand; Golam Reza Rohani – International Journal of Language Testing, 2025
The current paper intends to exploit the Many Facet Rasch Model to investigate and compare the impact of situations (items) and raters on test takers' performance on the Written Discourse Completion Test (WDCT) and Discourse Self-Assessment Tests (DSAT). In this study, the participants were 110 English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students at…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Grant Eckstein; Ying Suet Michelle Lung; Natasha Gillette – TESL-EJ, 2025
Students are often encouraged to proofread their writing by reading it aloud. Presumably, this will allow writers to correct local errors. Yet even though this strategy may be effective for native speakers, there is little empirical evidence of its benefit among second language writers. Therefore, we wondered how many errors second language…
Descriptors: Proofreading, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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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
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