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Acceptance and Engagement Patterns of Mobile-Assisted Language Learning among Non-Conventional Adult L2 Learners: A Survival Analysis
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Hyun-Bin Hwang; Matthew D. Coss; Shawn Loewen; Kaitlyn M. Tagarelli – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2024
Research on mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) has revealed that high rates of attrition among users can undermine the potential benefits of this learning method. To explore this issue, we surveyed 3,670 adult MALL users based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) and also conducted an in-depth analysis of their…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Handheld Devices, Nontraditional Students, Adults
Growth, Fixed, and Mixed Mindsets: Mindset System Profiles in Foreign Language Learners and Their Role in Engagement and Achievement
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Lou, Nigel Mantou; Chaffee, Kathryn Everhart; Noels, Kimberly A. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022
Language learners' mindsets--their beliefs about whether language is a fixed aptitude that is immutable or a malleable capacity that can be developed--are associated with achievement goals, language-use anxiety, reappraisals of challenges, and persistence. This study integrates these mindset-related constructs to identify mindset-system profiles…
Descriptors: World Views, Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Learner Engagement
Construction and Validation of a Questionnaire to Study Engagement in Informal Second Language Learning
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Henriette L. Arndt – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
This article reports on the development and validation of the Informal Second Language Engagement questionnaire (ISLE) for capturing various aspects of learner engagement with informal second language practices. Whereas other questionnaires have primarily focused on learner behavior (the frequency, quantity, and diversity of informal activities in…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Questionnaires, Second Language Learning
The Effect of Learner Choice on L2 Task Engagement
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Nakamura, Sachiko; Phung, Linh; Reinders, Hayo – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2021
This study examined the effect of choice on EFL learners' task engagement. Twenty-four Thai university students completed two opinion-gap tasks. In one, they discussed and agreed on three items among given options (+constraint). In the other, they discussed and agreed on three items among the options they generated (-constraint). Spoken…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Learner Engagement, Task Analysis
Role of the Emotions and Classroom Environment in Willingness to Communicate: Applying Doubly Latent Multilevel Analysis in Second Language Acquisition Research
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Khajavy, Gholam Hassan; MacIntyre, Peter D.; Barabadi, Elyas – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2018
The purpose of the present study was to examine the relations between emotions, classroom environment, and willingness to communicate (WTC) using the advanced quantitative methodological procedure of doubly latent multilevel analysis. To this end, 1528 secondary school students from 65 different classrooms in Iran participated in the study.…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Classroom Environment, Interpersonal Communication, Intention
The Development of Self-Determination across the Language Course: Trajectories of Motivational Change and the Dynamic Interplay of Psychological Needs, Orientations, and Engagement
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Noels, Kimberly A.; Lascano, Dayuma I. Vargas; Saumure, Kristie – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
Research suggests that students put more effort into language learning when they feel that it is a voluntary and self-relevant activity or they enjoy the process of mastering that language (i.e., they have a more self-determined orientation). This orientation is fostered when learners feel autonomous, competent, and related to others in their…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Psychological Needs, Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning
Engagement Portraits and (Socio)linguistic Performance: A Transversal and Longitudinal Study of Advanced L2 Learners
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Mougeon, Françoise; Rehner, Katherine – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2015
This study considers, both transversally and longitudinally, advanced second language (L2) learners' profile portraits, how these correlate with their sociolinguistic and linguistic performance, and how changes in these portraits over time connect to changes in sociolinguistic performance. The results show a strong correlation between high degrees…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Sociolinguistics, Correlation