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Bérénice Darnault – Multilingual Matters, 2025
This book traces the motivational dynamics embedded within lifelong foreign language learning trajectories, examining the factors which generate and sustain motivation throughout a learner's life. Embracing a complexity approach, it views motivation as a long-term individual process that evolves along a narrative continuum, developing over the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Lifelong Learning, Learning Motivation
Vladimir Román Gutiérrez-Huancayo – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2025
The present study aims to investigate how social media can influence the development of oral skills in 60 students from a higher education institution in Peru. In this regard, mixed-methods research was conducted, with pre and post-tests, to evaluate the before and after of implementing a program that involved uploading videos recorded by the…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Social Media, Oral Language, Psychological Patterns
Marianne Eek – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2025
This article investigates the significance of the use of multilingual language assistants (MLAs) in second language teaching for adult migrants with limited formal schooling. Norton's theories of investmentand critical pedagogy serve as an analytical backdrop. An emic perspective is adopted, with interviews with nine adult learners taking centre…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Critical Theory, Teaching Methods, Adults
Silvia Corral-Robles; José Luis Ortega-Martín; Nazaret Martínez-Heredia; Gracia González-Gijón – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2024
In today's interconnected world, increasing longevity has elevated the societal role of older adults, fostering their active participation. Education, particularly language learning supported by technology, empowers this demographic to thrive in a globalized society. Integrating Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) into language…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Nur Ilianis Adnan; M. Arif Rahman Hakim; Anisha Sasidharan; Mohamad Jafre Zainol Abidin – MEXTESOL Journal, 2024
English is widely used in the working environment globally. In Malaysia, many employers have English courses which relate to their job requirements. This is to help employees to become more competent, fluent, and confident in communicating in English while working. Besides academic qualifications, employers pay great attention to employees'…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Alastair Henry; Cecilia Thorsen; Peter D. MacIntyre – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
In many contexts of multilingualism, language learners can initiate communication in the target language (TL), or a contact language (such as English). Patterns of use emerging from these choices affect TL development. They also vary between individuals. Willingness to communicate (WTC) needs to be investigated in ways that capture these…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Multilingualism, Swedish
Shakiba Razmeh – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2024
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of computer-assisted language learning on cultural adaptation and language learning in non-traditional classroom settings. Design/methodology/approach: The data of this study came from extended periods of observation, multiple rounds of semi-structured interviews and home visits. Using…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Joshua Buffington – ProQuest LLC, 2023
For many people, learning a second language as an adult is a challenging endeavor. Much interest in the study of adult second language learning has concerned the type of input that learners receive in their second language, with findings suggesting that second language learners are often exposed to a register of speech called 'foreigner talk' that…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Memory
Alastair Henry; Cecilia Thorsen; Peter D. MacIntyre – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
In many contexts of multilingualism, language learners can initiate communication in the target language (TL), or a contact language (such as English). Patterns of use emerging from these choices vary between individuals and affect TL development. Willingness to communicate (WTC) needs to be investigated in ways that capture these variations. So…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Context Effect, Intercultural Communication, Adult Education
Mirzaei, Azizullah; Farhang, Maryam; Eslami, Zohreh – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2023
Emergentist, usage-based L2 research has witnessed that emphasizing formulaic sequences as entry points in meaning-based instructional contexts contributes to the development of linguistic comprehension and production. Related studies have thus far striven to find the most effective methods of highlighting these word strings. This study explored…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Zhang, Jie; Li, Hong; Liu, Yang – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2021
The present study investigated the effects of exposure to Chinese orthography on learning phonological forms of new words in learners of Chinese as a second language. A total of 30 adult learners of Chinese studied spoken label and picture associations presented either with phonologically accurate characters, characters with partial phonological…
Descriptors: Chinese, Written Language, Orthographic Symbols, Phonology
Yankun He; Kenan Xiao – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2024
ChatGPT is revolutionizing education by offering innovative learning methodologies and expanding accessibility to language learning. Existing studies stated that exposure to language-rich environments can help learners study a new language. ChatGPT can potentially increase language learning outcomes and performances by providing real-time…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Learning Processes, Second Language Learning
Shusaku Kida – Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2019
This paper argues the nature of adult foreign or second language (L2) vocabulary learning and points out the importance of word-form learning at the initial stage of vocabulary development. The Type of Processing-Resource Allocation (TOPRA) model is introduced as a prominent theoretical framework to capture it. Finally, some future studies are…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Adult Learning
Xiao Han – TESL-EJ, 2024
Within the communicative language teaching approach, current instructional materials often lack explicit guidance or fail to provide L2 learners with a wide range of resources in the target language. Conversation analysis (CA), which focuses on authentic talk, has been proposed as a potential resource for language classrooms. This study examines…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Oliver, Rhonda; Bogachenko, Tatiana – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2019
A great deal of research has focused on tasks, particularly for adult second language learners. In this paper we provide an account of studies that have investigated children and tasks -- an age group that have received far less attention. We consider, in particular, the impact of tasks on children's language learning, how their design features…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Task Analysis