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Richard L. Sparks; Abdullah Alamer – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Although researchers have found strong relationships between first language (L1) skills and second language (L2) anxiety, less is known about how L1 skills in primary school impact L2 anxiety years after L1 has been acquired. Previous research lacked evidence for the mediating role of L2 aptitude and L2 achievement in the relationship. This study…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Second Language Learning, Anxiety, Elementary School Students
Dayan Domisianus Toar; Concilianus Laos Mbato; Priyatno Ardi – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2024
This study examined the possible relationships between Indonesian Senior High School (SHS) students' attitudes and grit levels in EFL learning. The authors believed that EFL learners displaying positive attitudes and high grit would be successful in EFL learning. A quantitative method using questionnaires was administered in this correlational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Student Attitudes, Resilience (Psychology)
Tianxue Cui; Ying Sun – European Journal of Education, 2025
This study adopted a three-wave random intercept cross-lagged panel model (RI-CLPM) to explore the longitudinal reciprocal relationships between social support and engagement in EFL learning among Chinese high school students. Two samples, including 3505 students (Sample 1 = 1794; Sample 2 = 1711), were tracked with their perceived social support…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Support Groups, High School Students, English (Second Language)
Tran, Thao Quoc; Nguyen, Dung M. T. – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2023
Intercultural language learning (ICLL) has become an important concept that drives English learners' attention to the understanding and application of cultural elements in their English learning process; however, the learning motivation for and engagement in the proliferation of culture in English language teaching vary from one context to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation
Youngkyo Oh – English Teaching, 2024
Based on the motivation theories, we postulated that interest in learning languages influences the self-efficacy beliefs of students about their capabilities as second/foreign language (L2) English learners. This study examined the longitudinal causal relation between affective interest and cognitive self-efficacy in the L2 motivational context…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Self Efficacy, Correlation, Second Language Learning
Nobuhiro Kamiya – Language Testing in Asia, 2024
This study investigated to what extent the scores of two English tests are correlated to each other, namely, the English test of the "Common Test for University Admissions" (Common Test, henceforth) in Japan and the "TOEIC Bridge", a commercially available English test developed by "Educational Testing Service" (ETS)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
José Miguel Marenco Domínguez; Zaida Mabel Angel-Cuervo; Carlos Alberto Dávila Rubio; Dany Andrey Latorre Méndez; Laura Bibiana Quevedo-Padilla – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2025
Even when proficiency in foreign languages has emerged as a critical skill to foster academic, professional, and personal growth, there remains a notable gap in the literature regarding the relation between language learning strategies (LLS) and communicative competence in English among Colombian high school students. This investigation used an…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Grade 11
Jiuliang Li; Noriko Iwashita – Journal of Educational Research, 2025
This study applied expectancy-value theory (EVT) to examine the impact of diagnostic language assessment (DLA) on the learning activities of a group of Chinese learners of English as a foreign language (EFL). A model of test impact on learning was conceptualized by integrating EVT and DLA theories. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was performed…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
David Rock; Mahmoud Danaee – Applied Linguistics, 2025
The socio-educational model suggests that social milieu influences individual characteristics, which in turn affect engagement in learning contexts, ultimately impacting linguistic and non-linguistic outcomes. Operationalized representations of the model tend to focus on relations among integrativeness, attitudes to the learning situation,…
Descriptors: Models, High School Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Eerdemutu Liu; Junju Wang; Sachurina Bai – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This study examines the potential roles of self-guides (ideal L2 self/outght-to L2 self), enjoyment, and gender in language achievement. A total of 727 Chinese high school students participated in this study and data were collected through a questionnaire survey. Path analysis showed that ideal self was positively related to both enjoyment and…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Honggang Liu; Majid Elahi Shirvan; Tahereh Taherian – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2025
The current research aimed to examine the relationships among three key aspects of the language learning process, namely, foreign language boredom (FLB), English language engagement (ELE), and academic buoyancy (AB), utilizing data collected from 2,992 Chinese language learners. In order to strengthen the accuracy and robustness of the results, we…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Jessica Wallis McConnell; Pete Swanson – NECTFL Review, 2024
The burnout and attrition of teachers is a critical issue both in the United States and internationally. However, there is insufficient empirical research addressing these concerns among world language teachers. This paper reports the results of surveying high school world language teachers across all regions of the United States (N= 313) to…
Descriptors: Teacher Empowerment, Teacher Burnout, Teacher Persistence, Faculty Mobility
Zhenlei Huang; Xinjian Hu; Xiaojuan Yu; Jingjing Deng – Metacognition and Learning, 2024
The present study investigated the profiles of motivational regulation strategies for writing (MRSW) and examined the relationship between learners' use of MRSW and their English writing performance across different profiles. L2 Writing Strategies for Motivational Regulation Questionnaire (L2WSMRQ) was administered to examine the potential…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Martin J. Koch; Werner Greve; Kristin Kersten – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2025
Research suggests that heterogeneous life experiences (e.g. multilingualism) might facilitate the development of mental flexibility. The current paper presents the conceptual replication of a study originally presented by Greve and colleagues [Greve, W., Koch, M., Rasche, V., and Kersten, K. (2021). Extending the Scope of the 'Cognitive Advantage'…
Descriptors: Psycholinguistics, Multilingualism, Transfer of Training, Linguistic Theory
Ketema Addis; Abiy Yigzaw; Ebabu Tefera – Cogent Education, 2024
Research on recasts has gotten increasing attention from SLA researchers ever since 1990s. However, the studies on the effectiveness of recasts had inconsistent findings and are still debatable in what way recasts facilitate L2 learning. This study aims to examine the effects of recasts on English question production by adopting a pretest,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Questioning Techniques, Preferences