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Rodica Frimu; Bernard Ibrahim Issa – Foreign Language Annals, 2025
This study compares learner perceptions in a synchronous online versus face-to-face (F2F) learning context about four principles of communicative language teaching (CLT): promoting collaborative learning, using comprehensible input, considering affective factors, and providing corrective feedback. Data were obtained via online surveys from…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Aletha Stahl; Tatjana Babic Williams; Lan Jin; Jane Koch – Foreign Language Annals, 2024
Intercultural competence (IC) has been identified as a crucial outcome of world language education. The purpose of the study is to compare possible differences in IC development between face-to-face and asynchronous virtual modes of delivery that were taken as emergency measures early in the COVID-19 pandemic for a beginning Italian course with…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, In Person Learning, Comparative Analysis, Multicultural Education
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Fakhri Alamdari, Ebrahim; Ghani, Fariborz – Foreign Language Annals, 2022
Motivation, a major contributor to the acquisition of language skills, can be promoted consciously through principled methods. This study investigated the impact of cooperative learning (CL) on foreign language (FL) learners' motivation in Iran. Both quantitative and qualitative measures were applied to pursue the aims of this study. The…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Motivation, Foreign Countries
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Klimanova, Liudmila; Hellmich, Emily A. – Foreign Language Annals, 2021
Culture in the teaching and learning of foreign languages tends to be stereotypical and monolithic, marginalizing the diversity of local cultures and practices and resulting in a monocultural and monolingual bias. Expanding on the ACTFL Cultures and Comparisons Standards, the current article presents the MAPS model for Exploring Local Cultures…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Cultural Awareness, Teaching Methods
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Artamonova, Tatiana – Foreign Language Annals, 2020
This article describes the development of a new questionnaire for assessing L2 learners' language attitudes. Drawing on theoretical work in the fields of social psychology and applied linguistics, the author reviewed the concept of (language) attitudes and contrasted them with the concept of (language) motivation. This thorough literature review,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Language Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Zhou, Yan-Ling – Foreign Language Annals, 2021
This study examined how a dialogic reading (DR) program with a component of multisensory learning (MS) of Chinese characters improved early Chinese reading and writing skills in L2 Chinese-speaking kindergarteners in Hong Kong. The DR + MS program was compared to the same DR program but focusing on morphological awareness (MA) training. A total of…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Literacy, Chinese, Kindergarten
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Elena Shimanskaya – Foreign Language Annals, 2025
In this study, I compare the accuracy of automatic speech recognition (ASR) transcription against two measures of intelligibility provided by human listeners. The data came from readings of five texts recorded by 15 language learners of French. Human understanding was gauged by (i) asking a group of 36 naïve first language (L1) speakers of French…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, French, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Moreno-López, Isabel; Ramos-Sellman, Aida; Miranda-Aldaco, Citlali; Gomis Quinto, Maria Teresa – Foreign Language Annals, 2017
The researchers used qualitative and quantitative instruments to measure students' linguistic gains and their opinions and attitudes toward intercultural awareness while studying Spanish as a foreign language under four different pedagogical models: a traditional face-to-face classroom, face-to-face classes with a community-based learning…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Experiential Learning
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Li, Linghong; Valcke, Martin; Dessein, Bart; Badan, Linda; Anderl, Christoph – Foreign Language Annals, 2021
The increasing attention on Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) pronunciation instruction gives us an opportunity to look into the current directions of teaching CFL and the specific instructional pronunciation strategies employed by CFL teachers. This paper offers a review of empirical evidence on the use and impact of instructional pronunciation…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Pronunciation Instruction, Suprasegmentals
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Olsen, Michael K. – Foreign Language Annals, 2023
Evidence that L2 learners of Spanish overgeneralize indirect object pronouns (OPs) to direct object contexts with human referents and direct OPs to indirect object contexts with nonhuman referents has been provided by Zyzik (2006), Malovrh (2008), and Olsen and Juffs (2022). However, the effect of instruction on this phenomenon has not been…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish
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Miller, Alyssia M. – Foreign Language Annals, 2019
This study used achievement goal theory (AGT) in the Spanish second language (L2) classroom to determine what students' self-selected goals are and how those goals relate to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (National Standards Collaborative Board, 2015). AGT is built on the concept of goal orientation, which is the…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Mastery Learning
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Zhongqi Shi; Shuai Li – Foreign Language Annals, 2024
The study investigates whether and how mock interviews, an instructional component of business Chinese courses, prepare students for real interviews. The study included 11 American undergraduate students who participated in a 10-week summer study abroad program in China. Participants underwent two rounds of mock interviews with their instructors…
Descriptors: Employment Interviews, Teaching Methods, Work Environment, Business Communication
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Leonard, Karen; Bonilla, Nancy – Foreign Language Annals, 2022
This study examined the perceived and assessed speaking proficiency levels of 10 in-service Spanish teachers, their use of Spanish in and outside of work, and factors that motivate or hinder the maintenance or development of their proficiency. It also compared their current proficiency levels with their proficiency levels before completion of…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Sippel, Lieselotte – Foreign Language Annals, 2019
This study explored whether form-focused instruction (FFI) and peer corrective feedback (CF) facilitated vocabulary development during peer interaction (PI). Third-semester learners of German were assigned to a PI group (peer interaction only), PI FFI group (peer interaction and form-focused instruction), or PI FFI CF group (peer interaction,…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Error Correction, Grammar, Pretests Posttests
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Golparvar, Seyyed Ehsan; Azizsahra, Mahsa – Foreign Language Annals, 2023
The impact of task complexity on integrated writing performance is under-researched. This study purports to investigate the effect of graph complexity and planning time on graph writing performance as well as graph description strategies. Ninety-six EFL learners of English were assigned into three groups to examine the effect of three planning…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Difficulty Level, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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