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Motivation for Learning EFL in Tunisia: An Eclectic Theoretical Approach and a Structural Equation Modeling Approach
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Hermessi, Tarek – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
Purpose: The study was meant to investigate the motivational set-up among high school students of English. Design and Methodology: The design of the study was quantitative and a Likert scale format questionnaire was used to collect data from 241 high school students of English in Tunisia. The structural equation modeling approach was used to…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Self Efficacy
Measuring Real-Time Learner Engagement in the Japanese EFL Classroom
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Bonner, Euan; Garvey, Kevin; Miner, Matthew; Godin, Sam; Reinders, Hayo – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
This paper reports on the development and piloting of Classmoto, an online application designed to measure learner engagement. The application enables teachers to collect real-time analytics of student social, affective, and cognitive engagement. The results are immediately visible to the teacher. We investigated and reported on the engagement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Learning Experiences in and outside Class by Successful Vietnamese Tertiary Students Studying English as a Foreign Language
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Nguyen, Vinh; Stracke, Elke – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
This article focuses on the roles of students in creating opportunities to practise their learning in class and out of class. This case study with four successful tertiary English as a foreign language (EFL) learners was conducted in a blended language learning environment to investigate these students' beliefs and practice of learner autonomy in…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Developing Self-Coaching Skills in University EFL Classrooms to Encourage Out-of-Class Study Time
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Fukuda, Steve T.; Sakata, Hiroshi; Pope, Christopher J. – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
Universities in the EFL context aim to foster graduates who can use English in the workplace. Regardless, university students' insufficient amount of out-of-class study time is a major issue. This problem may stem from learners' lack of learning skills, low levels of learning motivation, and high levels of academic procrastination. Self-coaching…
Descriptors: Universities, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Teaching Second Language Reading Comprehension: The Effects of Classroom Materials and Reading Strategy Use
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Kung, Fan-Wei – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
The past decade has witnessed a plethora of research in teaching second language reading, and how to teach with efficiency has gradually gained ground in the field of Second Language Acquisition. Even though empirical studies have revealed that there is a positive correlation between students' learning motivation and learning outcome for effective…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Reading Strategies
Time in the Experience of Agency and Emotion in English Language Learning in Rural Vietnam
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White, Cynthia; Pham, Cuong – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2017
While time and context have been found to have both synergistic and cumulative effects on language learners' cognitive and socio-affective development, time itself remains under-conceptualised in those processes. Drawing on the Bakhtinian construct of chronotope Bakhtin [(1981). "The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays". Translated by…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries