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Aleksandra Wach; Robertus de Louw; Mikolaj Buczak; Gert Loosen – Language Learning & Technology, 2025
Taking the interactionist perspective, this study investigates the use of communication strategies in Dutch as a lingua franca videoconferencing discussions within a telecollaboration project between Polish and Hungarian learners (N = 21). Specifically, the study explores the types and frequencies of the strategies used, the influence of the…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Language Usage, Videoconferencing, Foreign Countries
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Elvira Barrios; Irene Acosta-Manzano – Language Teaching Research, 2025
This study aimed to identify associations and predictors of willingness to communicate (WTC) of adult foreign language (FL) learners and whether they are contingent upon the FL being learned. To this end, our research investigated learner variables associated with WTC in adult FL learners of English and of French in an under-researched field of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), French, Foreign Countries
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Nazlinur Gokturk; Evgeny Chukharev – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2024
While several studies support the appropriateness of tasks delivered through Spoken Dialog Systems (SDSs) for L2 oral communication assessment, few studies have explored the construct of interactional competence (IC) as measured by such tasks. This study aims to address this gap in the literature by investigating the use of IC features by high-…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Interpersonal Communication, Interaction, Dialogs (Language)
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Tzu-Yu Tai – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
Intelligent personal assistants (IPAs) are a valuable tool in language learning because they provide opportunities for authentic interaction. However, their effectiveness, compared with that of human interlocutors, in facilitating second and foreign language interaction has not been explored. Therefore, this study investigated the effect of IPAs…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Rintaro Sato – TESL-EJ, 2023
Maximizing English as a foreign language (EFL) students' use of their second language (L2), minimizing native language (L1) can help them to develop L2 proficiency. In the monolingual approach, the exclusion of L1 is preferred. However, students' use of their first language (L1) in code-switching or translanguaging can be advantageous. This study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Code Switching (Language), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Raja Bahar Khan Soomro; Rifat Abbas Khan; Irfan Ahmed Rind – Discover Education, 2025
This study examines the experiences of university-level English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers in relation to the integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)-based 4Cs (communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity) skills in English language teaching and learning. The research aims to explore the impact of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Teachers, Educational Technology, Technology Integration
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Hien Nguyen T. Dieu; Ngoc Nguyen T. Nhu; Quyen Kieu Minh – Cogent Education, 2024
In a supportive and immersive environment, engaging in English extracurricular activities is crucial for university students as it enhances their language skills, cultivates valuable communication and teamwork abilities, and significantly alleviates their anxiety levels. This quantitative study aimed to examine the causality between the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, English (Second Language), English Language Learners
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Gizem Yilmazel; Ciler Hatipoglu – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2025
This study investigated the social interactions of Pakistani students with their Turkish friends at a Turkish host university, Middle East Technical University (METU). The article describes the nature of the communication between students from different backgrounds from the perspective of Pakistani students, focusing on communication occurring in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Peer Relationship, Cultural Differences
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Alruwaili, Areej Radhi; Altalab, Aser – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2023
English is an international language with diverse varieties around the world that are referred to as Global Englishes (GE). Numerous studies demonstrate the importance and effectiveness of integrating GE-informed materials in English Language Teaching (ELT) practices but in the context of the Gulf countries, particularly in Saudi Arabia, such…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Graduate Students
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Turhan, Burcu; Tuncer, Hülya – Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, 2022
Apology may be defined as "a compensatory action for an offense committed by the speaker which has affected the hearer" (Marquez-Reiter, 2000, p. 44), and a compliment is another speech act "which explicitly or implicitly attributes credit to someone other than the speaker... which is positively valued by the speaker and the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Second Language Learning
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Stroud, Robert – Language Learning Journal, 2021
This article expands upon research into task planning effects by looking at how the addition of planning prior to group discussions may positively and negatively influence performance. 24 Japanese university students performed three weekly discussions in groups of four. Prior to each discussion, they undertook either no planning, strategic…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Group Discussion, Undergraduate Students, Accuracy
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Dhanisa Kamila M. Huda; Seok-hoon You – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2024
This study investigates the realisation of apology speech act strategies of Bahasa Indonesia by 60 Indonesian people from across Indonesia as well as their perceptions and evaluations of apologies. For triangulation, the data was collected using three methods: Oral Discourse Completion Task (DCT), Likert scale surveys, and in-depth interviews. The…
Descriptors: Speech Acts, Pragmatics, Oral Language, Likert Scales
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Satima Rotjanawongchai – rEFLections, 2024
Research on teacher strategies to improve learners' willingness to communicate (WTC) is limited. However, encouraging outside-the-class conversations could increase L2 exposure and improve communicative skills. This study investigated the effects of self-assessment of self-recorded conversations on Thai university EFL learners' WTC and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Interpersonal Communication, Second Language Learning, Communication Skills
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Siriprapa Srithep; Patharaorn Patharakorn – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2024
Through the lens of conversational analysis (CA), humor or funniness is not an inherent property of a message, nor an internal state of any social action, but as something interactionally achieved (Glenn, 2003). Teachers are often encouraged to utilize humor to reduce anxiety, lower affective filters, and make language more "memorable"…
Descriptors: College Students, English Language Learners, Humor, Role Playing
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Ekizer, Feyza Nur – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2022
It is a fact that personal features and qualities play a crucial role in determining learners' success or failure in their attempt to learn foreign languages. It was these factors that lit a bulb in the mind and opened a path to set off to find out how these features affected the learners' communication eagerness in L2. The main aim of the current…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Interpersonal Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language)
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