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Patharaorn Patharakorn – THAITESOL Journal, 2024
This paper investigates how an assessment roleplay task was being interpreted and performed by its student test-takers. The rationale for this is that we need feedback into whether the task is functioning as intended and to ensure that our interpretation of the scores from grading these students correctly informs our decision making about their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Role Playing
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Shachter, Jonathan; Sweller, Naomi; Kangas, Maria; Stewart, Jeffrey – Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning, 2022
While psychologists often use a combination of physiological and self-reported data to examine the dynamic effects of stress on performance, the impact of affective states on Foreign Language (FL) speaking performance has almost exclusively been assessed using self-report methodology (e.g., questionnaires, interviews). In fact, studies that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Kaplan-Rakowski, Regina; Gruber, Alice – Smart Learning Environments, 2023
Public speaking, especially in a foreign language, is associated with increased anxiety. Research has shown the potential of virtual reality (VR) for simulating real-life experiences, allowing for public speaking practice in an ecological and safe environment. This between-subjects study investigated the effect of VR on foreign language anxiety…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Videoconferencing, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Sasithorn Limgomolvilas; Patsawut Sukserm – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2025
The assessment of English speaking in EFL environments can be inherently subjective and influenced by various factors beyond linguistic ability, including choice of assessment criteria, and even the rubric type. In classroom assessment, the type of rubric recommended for English speaking tasks is the analytical rubric. Driven by three aims, this…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Speech Communication, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Art Tsang – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Learners' anxiety has drawn widespread attention in the field of second language/foreign language (L2/FL) teaching and learning (e.g. classroom anxiety, communication (with foreigners) anxiety, and anxiety associated with the four macro-skills, namely listening, reading, speaking, and writing). However, this topic is under-explored in L2/FL public…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Oral Language, Speech Communication, Public Speaking
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Karpovich, Irina; Sheredekina, Oksana; Krepkaia, Tatyana; Voronova, Larisa – Education Sciences, 2021
A significant number of studies are devoted to the psychological and social adaptation of students to the educational process at university. This research contributes to the solution of the problem of first-year students' academic performance in the framework of studying a foreign language by working with monologue speaking tasks. The study offers…
Descriptors: Public Speaking, Speech Skills, Speech Communication, College Freshmen
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Huashan Wu – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2024
Emotion research in second language acquisition has flourished under the growing influence of Positive Psychology in recent years. The present study focuses on foreign language enjoyment (FLE) and foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA) of 263 Chinese undergraduates in relation to learner variables as well as the sources of enjoyment and anxiety…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Anxiety, Psychological Patterns, Second Language Learning
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Balbay, Seher – Online Submission, 2021
Reflection journal writing is recognized as an effective learning activity in facilitating learners' self-regulative skills and abilities and their academic performance in the literature. It is evident that self-regulation is of vital importance in learning. Hence, this study aims to investigate self-reflective journal writing on university…
Descriptors: Student Journals, Reflection, Self Management, Learning Strategies
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Pierini, Francesco – English Language Teaching, 2020
The teaching of soft skills in EFL postgraduate courses is increasingly part of the Italian university curricula, albeit with some delay compared to foreign universities. Postgraduate English language courses need to focus on the use of language in foreseeable situations by creating opportunities to use the language in public contexts. Meetings,…
Descriptors: Public Speaking, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Political Science
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Faisal Mabrouk – Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2023
The aim of this exploratory practice research was to gain a better understanding of how tertiary education English as a foreign language (EFL) learners perceive oral presentations (OPs) in the formative assessment of their speaking skills. Participants were 150 pre-service teachers of primary education from the Higher Institute of Social Sciences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Public Speaking
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Gürbüz, Cem; Cabaroglu, Nese – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2021
In this study, we investigated preparatory class students' perceptions of oral presentations and their functions in EFL learning and teaching in connection with language ability, speech anxiety, and language learning motivation. Our participants were 29 adult EFL students in two intact classes attending a mandatory English preparatory program at a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Public Speaking
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Onat Küçük – Turkish Journal of Education, 2023
This study aims to investigate preservice English teachers' motivations for choosing the teaching career, and their student burnout levels. The correlation between these variables, and the participants' perspectives about student burnout reasons in English Language Teaching departments were examined. The sample consisted of 466 preservice English…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Burnout, Teacher Education Programs, English (Second Language)
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Cheng-Chun Tsai; Chatraporn Piamsai – rEFLections, 2025
This study explored the effectiveness of integrating peer assessment (PA) and non-scripted role-play (NSRP) activities in enhancing the oral performance of Thai EFL high school students. Conducted at a public secondary school in Bangkok, the research involved 31 Grade 12 students and utilized a mixed methods approach. Over nine weeks within the…
Descriptors: High School Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Bobkina, Jelena; Domínguez Romero, Elena – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
This research provides insight into Spanish English for Specific Purposes (ESP) engineering students' perceptions of the effectiveness of video production for developing their digital oracy skills versus the effectiveness of in-class presentations for developing their public speaking skills. In addition, the authors discuss students' preferences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Student Developed Materials
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Kerekovic, Snjezana – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2021
The paper presents a case study of an ESP course illustrating the implementation of formative assessment to increase students' participation and motivation. Formative assessment is an ongoing process teachers and students engage in while focusing on the learning goals and taking action to achieve them. It refers to monitoring students' learning…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Student Motivation, Student Participation, Graduate Students
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