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Yi-Mei Chen – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2025
The current study investigates how second language (L2) learners' metacognition integrates practice strategies in self-regulated learning to develop speaking abilities. A Metacognitive Practice Speaking Strategy (MPSS) model was developed to explore specific configurations of metacognitive knowledge, metacognitive strategies, and practice…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Metacognition, Second Language Instruction
Pairin Srisinthon – Knowledge Management & E-Learning, 2024
This article aimed to explore which factors caused Thai learners' anxiety in an online Chinese course provided by Chinese universities, how Chinese proficiency affected online learning anxiety, and how online learning anxiety influences learning engagement. The participants, i.e., learners of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL), completed the…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Learner Engagement, Electronic Learning, Foreign Countries
Javad Zare; Khadijeh Aqajani Delavar – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
The purpose of the present mixed methods study was to investigate if enhancing Focus on Form (FonF) tasks with data-driven learning (DDL) affects English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' task motivation from the self-determination theory (SDT) perspective. Following a quasi-experimental comparison group pretest-posttest and sequential…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Instructional Materials, Data Use
Cao-Tuong Dinh; Hoang-Yen Phuong – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2025
Self-regulated learning (SRL) has been extensively explored in psychological research, particularly for its influential role in online education systems. Despite its importance, little is understood about how SRL-focused training impacts students' academic experiences. This study seeks to address this gap by examining SRL interventions within…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, MOOCs, Self Management, English (Second Language)
Glen Andrew Stewart – Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2025
Metacognition plays a crucial role in language learning, enabling learners to reflect on and adjust their strategies for more effective learning, particularly when reviewing for quizzes and exams. Technology can be a powerful aid in this context. This study examines the extent to which review-focused cognitive strategies, delivered using an online…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Blended Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Qingyu Yang – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation investigates the longitudinal development of Chinese language proficiency among students in a Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL) Flagship Program at an American public university from 2014 to 2024. Using Bayesian multilevel regression models, this study assesses the trajectories of listening, speaking, and reading proficiency…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Longitudinal Studies
Qing Zhou; Harwati Hashim; Nur Ainil Sulaiman – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
Amid globalization, the demand for English oral proficiency continues to grow. This study employs a quasi-experimental design to investigate the integration of an AI chatbot into the mobile-assisted blended learning (MABL) framework. It examines the impact of this approach on the spoken English abilities of Chinese non-English major university…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Calafato, Raees – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2023
Research on the relationship between students' language learning motivation (LLM), language learning strategies (LLS), self-efficacy beliefs (SEB), and achievement in non-European languages has been both limited and overwhelmingly cross-sectional, often with little attention paid to their multilingualism. Combining complex dynamic systems and…
Descriptors: College Students, Learning Motivation, Self Efficacy, Student Attitudes
Xin Yuan; Xuan Tang – Language Awareness, 2025
This study explored the effects of listening-based lexical focus-on-form (lexical FonF) on the acquisition and retention of morphologically complex words. One hundred eighty-two adult English learners with two levels of English proficiency (higher and lower proficiency) from a public university in mainland China were assigned to three different…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Morphology (Languages), Grammar, Second Language Instruction
Tien-Liang Liu; Yu-Fen Yang – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2023
Aiming to investigate how English as a Foreign Language (EFL) college students developed learning strategies to improve oral presentation, this study involved fifty participants in negotiation of meaning (NoM) with peer feedback and assessment through telecollaboration. The participants were randomly assigned to the control (28 students) and…
Descriptors: College Students, Learning Strategies, Oral Language, Public Speaking
Liu Yang; Jiraporn Chano – Higher Education Studies, 2025
Blended learning, integrating traditional and online instruction, has emerged as a significant approach to enhancing English proficiency (listening, speaking, reading, writing) among non-native university students. This study conducted a PRISMA 2020-guided systematic review of 52 articles (2020-2024) from Web of Science, Scopus, EBSCOhost, and…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Language Skills
Ardi Marwan; Wahyudi – Educational Process: International Journal, 2025
Background/purpose: Most Indonesian vocational university students majoring in a non-English program demonstrated low English mastery due to their lack of exposure to English in their previous studies. To tackle this problem, this study aims to guide vocational university students to spend more time on independent learning using the Cambridge…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Hung, Luu Nguyen Quoc; Bao, Tran Le Quoc – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2023
Online education has significantly gained popularity due to new technology and more importantly, the growing impact of the digitalization of the economy. Despite its prominent advantages such as accessibility, affordability and flexibility, the effectiveness of online education is still a constant debate and needs extensive investigations in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Instructional Effectiveness, Electronic Learning, In Person Learning
Shu-Ling Wu; Takako Nunome; Jun Wang – Second Language Research, 2024
As Chinese shows both satellite- and verb-framed properties (Slobin, 2004; Talmy, 2012, 2016), it provides a unique lens through which to observe the extent of first-language (L1) typological influence in second language (L2) acquisition of motion expressions. This study has dual purposes. First, it extends Wu's (2016) investigation on motion…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language
Wen Jia; Liping Zhang; Austin Pack; Yi Guan; Bin Zou – Language Learning & Technology, 2024
Although digital game-based vocabulary learning (DGBVL) has received increasing attention in the past two decades, the impacts of DGBVL on the depth of word knowledge are still not well understood, especially in regard to productive vocabulary learning and DGBVL's long-term efficacy. This study leverages a quasiexperimental research design to…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Video Games, Vocabulary Development, Receptive Language