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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
Qian Wu; Pengpeng Feng; Mingyue Michelle Gu – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2025
Working with peers in small groups is conducive to learning, and collaborative learning has been widely adopted in second language classrooms. Leadership, defined as the initiative taken to influence others in a group, plays a significant role in successful teamwork, but has not received due attention in research on collaborative peer work. To…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Peer Relationship, Cooperative Learning, Second Language Learning
Yabing Wang; Na Wang; Bin Shen – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
Despite the growing recognition of the impact of affective factors on second/foreign language (L2) learning, there remains a paucity of knowledge regarding academic burnout in L2 learning. Moreover, the intricate interplay between L2 burnout, maladaptive emotion regulation strategies, and negative L2 emotions remains inadequately explored. Given…
Descriptors: Burnout, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Negative Attitudes
Jean-Marc Dewaele; Kazuya Saito – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
The current study focuses on the effect of the target language on learner emotions and attitudes/motivation. More specifically, it investigates whether the status and prestige of English results in more positive learner emotions and attitudes/motivation compared to less prestigious languages other than English (LOTE). Statistical analyses of a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learner Engagement
Yongliang Wang; Mariusz Kruk – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
Adopting a sequential mixed-methods approach, the current inquiry examined English major students' perceptions of the role of teacher confirmation and teacher credibility in enhancing their academic engagement in the Chinese context. In doing so, through WeChat messenger, three scales were provided to 1168 English major students chosen from…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Ali Derakhshan; Mehdi Solhi; Jean-Marc Dewaele; Farzaneh Shakki – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2025
The present study aimed to explore the association between 302 (93 males and 209 females) English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' perceived teacher support (i.e., personal support and academic support) and their reading motivation. This inquiry also sought to assess the potential mediating influences of second or foreign language (L2)…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Theories
Yongliang Wang; Ali Derakhshan; Miroslaw Pawlak; Mostafa Mehdizadeh – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
Learning a second language is a life-long process requiring acquaintance with a repertoire of language learning strategies (LLS). Despite copious research on LLS and their role in fostering autonomous learning, few studies have examined strategies employed when trying to master specific subsystems of the target language, especially grammar.…
Descriptors: Grammar, Learning Strategies, Psychometrics, Second Language Learning
Ellen J. Serafini; Sara I. Roca-Ramirez – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
Previous research has proposed a crucial role for critical experiences in language learning to better understand how learners understand and discursively construct their self-concept (Mercer, 2011, 2016; Serafini, 2020a; Thompson, 2020). However, studies have mainly explored critical experiences in the narratives of foreign language learners of…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Cultural Background
Maria Kostromitina; Yongzhi Miao – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
English has become an international language (EIL) as speakers around the world use it as a universal means of communication. Accordingly, scholars have investigated different aspects of EIL affecting communicative success. Speech scholars have been interested in speech constructs like accentedness, comprehensibility, and acceptability (e.g., Kang…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Speech Acts, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Geòrgia Pujadas; Carmen Muñoz – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
The extent to which L2 television is viewed by foreign language learners will depend on the degree to which it is understood. The addition of captions has been shown to support comprehension (e.g., Birulés-Muntané & Soto-Faraco, 2016; Montero-Perez, Peters, & Desmet, 2014), especially when proficiency is low (e.g., Lavaur & Bairstow,…
Descriptors: Captions, Television Viewing, Programming (Broadcast), Second Language Learning
Derakhshan, Ali; Eslami, Zohreh R.; Curle, Samantha; Zhaleh, Kiyana – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2022
To expand the literature on the rather new concept of student burnout, the present study examined the influence of teacher immediacy and stroke variables on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students' experience of burnout. To fulfill this aim, a group of 631 undergraduate EFL students from various universities in Iran answered questionnaires…
Descriptors: Burnout, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Undergraduate Students
Sybille Heinzmann; Zeynep Köylü; Kristina Ehrsam – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
This paper presents insights from two interview studies with the aim of shedding light on the learning potential of studying abroad in an area where English is used as a lingua franca. The majority of previous research on study abroad focuses on students' experiences of studying abroad in target-language regions, for example learners of English…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Bobkina, Jelena; Gómez-Ortiz, María-José; Núñez del Río, María Cristina; Sastre-Merino, Susana – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
The study explores the motivational profiles of Spanish EFL sports science university students from the second language (L2) motivation self system (L2MSS) perspective to ultimately support Spanish higher institutions' plans committed to improving employability and competitiveness. The study analyzes the relationships between L2 motivation, L2…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Student Motivation
Kevin McManus – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
This study revisits and extends McManus and Marsden (2019a) to better understand "how" and "why" providing additional explicit information (EI) about learners' first language (L1) alongside EI and comprehension practice in the second language (L2) improved the accuracy, speed, and stability of L2 comprehension of the French…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Transfer of Training, French
Fakieh Alrabai; Wala Algazzaz – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
This study assessed the influence of a 10-week teacher emotionally supportive quasi-experimental intervention on the perceived teacher emotional support (PTES), basic psychological needs (BPNs) satisfaction, emotions of anxiety and enjoyment, and emotional engagement of learners of English as a foreign language (EFL). Strategies targeting the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Psychological Needs