This paper aims at understanding the extent to which languages are taught collaboratively in higher education (HE), which team teaching (TT) models have been implemented, and what lessons were learnt from the experiences. Following the Arksey and O'Malley framework [2005. "Scoping Studies: Towards a Methodological Framework."…

Purpose: Since a thorough understanding of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the teaching profession in general and on TESOL teacher education in particular will take some time, this paper sheds some light on the associated psychological and emotional challenges faced by EFL student teachers in learning to teach in a practicum setting under…

Purpose: Globalization underscores the importance of developing language learners' intercultural communication competence (ICC). English language teacher education nowadays thus necessitates pedagogy training on not only linguistic, but also intercultural dimensions. However, the development of PSETs' home-country cultural knowledge (HCK) and…

Boredom is one of the most pervasive and unpleasant emotions in school settings, yet it still remains a neglected and underappreciated research area (Daschmann, Goetz, and Stupnisky, 2011. "Testing the predictors of boredom at school: Development and validation of the precursors to boredom scales." "British Journal of Educational…

In this study, the role of reflective practice and collaborative learning practice in promoting learner autonomy (LA) and improving reflective thinking skills (RT) and related learner perceptions were explored. A mixed-method design was preferred to investigate the issue, with participants enrolled in an Academic English Skills (EAP) course (N =…

This study was conducted to explore the effects of an augmented-reality (AR) creative project on English L2 learners' perceptions of creativity, as well as to investigate how to stimulate students' learning motivation. The AR project was developed and integrated into the course syllabus of a university English class, and 39 Taiwanese freshmen…

This study set out to evaluate Iranian EFL teachers' Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) beliefs and practices. An ICC belief scale was developed drawing on Byram's (1997) model of Intercultural Competence (IC) and Sercu's (2005) EFL teachers' opinion on Intercultural Foreign Language Teaching Questionnaire. To ensure the validity and…

Purpose: To date very few studies have explored how second and foreign language (SL/FL) teachers' attitudes affect their grammar teaching expertise acquisition. To shed light on this question, this study looked at what teachers' grammar teaching attitudes are and how these attitudes impact the frequency of explicit goals which are an integral…

Purpose: This poetic inquiry investigates second language (L2) learners' experiences of English language learning and examines the role of emotions in the language learning process. Design/methodology: The methodology chosen in the current study is qualitative, case-study research through which 209 English poems written by twenty-one Japanese EFL…

This paper reports on the development and piloting of Classmoto, an online application designed to measure learner engagement. The application enables teachers to collect real-time analytics of student social, affective, and cognitive engagement. The results are immediately visible to the teacher. We investigated and reported on the engagement…

Purpose: Communication technology is used in diverse ways in our everyday lives. This research aims to fill a gap in research into L2 learner psychology connected with using online communication tools such as messaging platforms. Approach: The article focuses on practitioner research into feelings experienced during online L2 text chat. Twenty-one…

Culture teaching in a foreign language (FL) classroom involves linguistic and cultural knowledge about the target culture as well as pedagogical skills of integrating these into classroom practice. In general, more attention should be paid to culture teaching methods in FL teacher education in order to move from the traditional, teacher-centred…

In the field of second language (L2) research, there is a growing recognition of the vital need to explore the diversity of emotional experiences of learning. The current paper describes part of action research with two classes of Japanese first-grade university students (n = 47) in compulsory English as a foreign language (EFL) lessons.…

This article focuses on the roles of students in creating opportunities to practise their learning in class and out of class. This case study with four successful tertiary English as a foreign language (EFL) learners was conducted in a blended language learning environment to investigate these students' beliefs and practice of learner autonomy in…

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to present Prof-teaching, an Englishmedium instruction (EMI) lecturer training program at the University of Alicante (UA) and to determine if it meets the needs of the institution's current and prospective EMI lecturers. Design/methodology/approach: In this case study, the EMI lecturer professional development…