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Miroslaw Pawlak; Ali Derakhshan; Mostafa Mehdizadeh; Mariusz Kruk – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Although boredom has been the subject of increasing scrutiny in second language (L2) learning recently, very little is known about how this emotion can affect teachers and students involved in COVID-19 prompted online English education. To address this gap, through maximum variation sampling, this qualitative study surveyed the opinions of 34…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Negative Attitudes, Electronic Learning, English (Second Language)
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Tajabadi, Azar; Ahmadian, Moussa; Dowlatabadi, Hamidreza; Yazdani, Hooshang – Language Teaching Research, 2023
Inspired by Vygotsky's sociocultural theory and Storch's framework of peer interaction, this study investigated the nature and outcome of peer interaction in EFL (English as a foreign language) learners' peer review and revision activities. During two 16-week semesters, 32 lower-intermediate learners participated in an Advanced Writing university…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Rahimi, Mohammad – Language Teaching Research, 2013
Vygotsky-inspired sociocultural theory (Vygotsky, 1962) indicates that human learning is mainly a social and cultural process that occurs through meaningful negotiation and interaction (scaffolding) between learners. The present study investigates whether training student reviewers can help them provide stronger scaffolding for their peers through…
Descriptors: Writing Improvement, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response)