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A Structural Relationship Model for L2 Oral Proficiency, L2 Interest, Perceived Importance of Speaking, and Out-of-Class L2 Contact
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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
'Ignoring the Elephant in the Room': (Under-)Representation of Impoliteness Phenomenon in Popular ELT Textbooks
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Hossein Talebzadeh; Marzieh Khazraie – Language Teaching Research, 2024
One of the underrepresented aspects of pragmatic competence development is perceiving and responding to impoliteness acts. The present study reports on a quantitative and qualitative investigation of two international English language teaching (ELT) textbook series published by Oxford and Cambridge University Press; it focuses on the books highly…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Textbooks