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Giampieri, Patrizia – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2021
The World Wide Web has often been considered too vast to be consulted for linguistic purposes or for language learning. This paper will explore whether second language learners can be taught how to navigate the web (i.e., how to perform Google linguistic research, or "Googleology"), in order to improve their language skills. To this aim,…
Descriptors: Syntax, Computer Software, Search Engines, Phrase Structure
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Toprak-Yildiz, Tugba Elif; Colak, Tugba Seda; Koc, Mustafa; Dusunceli, Betul – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2021
The present study aimed to apply Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) treatment to foreign language (FL) anxiety, a complex and multidimensional phenomenon that has been found to exert profound effects on many aspects of FL learning and performance. EMDR originally emerged as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Intervention, Anxiety, Second Language Learning
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Kwok, Chung Kam; Carson, Lorna – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2018
Since the 1990s, many researchers in the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA) have become focused on second/foreign language learners' motivation to learn a language, and the role of motivation in determining future success. However, much of the research agenda has revolved around the acquisition of English as an Additional Language, and…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Predictor Variables, Second Languages, Second Language Learning