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Revolutionizing L2 Speaking Proficiency, Willingness to Communicate, and Perceptions through Artificial Intelligence: A Case of Speeko Application
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Hanieh Shafiee Rad – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-based applications has become increasingly significant due to its transformative potential in various fields including language learning. These applications have the potential to enhance second language (L2) learners' speaking proficiency, willingness to communicate (WTC), and perception,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, College Students, Required Courses
To Praise or Not to Praise? Examining the Effects of Ability vs. Effort Praise on Speaking Anxiety and Willingness to Communicate in EFL Classrooms
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Zarrinabadi, Nourollah; Lou, Nigel Mantou; Darvishnezhad, Zeinab – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
This study examined the effects of praise for intelligence and praise for effort on Iranian EFL learners' language mindsets, perceived communication competence, speaking anxiety, and willingness to communicate (WTC). The students in three English classes (N = 63, all junior high school students) in a private language institute filled in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Positive Reinforcement, Ability, Anxiety
Automated Speech Scoring of Dialogue Response by Japanese Learners of English as a Foreign Language
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Yuko Hayashi; Yusuke Kondo; Yutaka Ishii – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
Purpose: This study builds a new system for automatically assessing learners' speech elicited from an oral discourse completion task (DCT), and evaluates the prediction capability of the system with a view to better understanding factors deemed influential in predicting speaking proficiency scores and the pedagogical implications of the system.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Japanese