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Rabab Ahmad Mizher; Kholoud Hussein Amoush; Bandar Khalil Mukattash – rEFLections, 2025
This paper attempted to investigate the relationship between English major learners' use of metacognitive strategies of listening to overcome the difficulties they face while learning listening skills at Al-Balqa Applied University (BAU). The data was collected by administering an online Microsoft Form questionnaire to 168 first-year English major…
Descriptors: Correlation, Listening Comprehension, Metacognition, Majors (Students)
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Azizullah Mirzaei; Hanieh Shafiee Rad; Mack D. Burke – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2024
Positive psychology (PP) is currently employing its modern research toolkit to examine how individual differences of hedonic (i.e. pursuing pleasure, fun, and painlessness) versus eudaimonic (i.e. pursuing meaning, self-worth, and growth) well-being motives play out against emotional and learning challenges or outcomes in life. Similarly oriented,…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Jee-Hee Kim; Tae-Hee Choi – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2025
As English is recognised as an influential language in the globalised world and social and economic capital for individuals, Koreans put tremendous effort and financial resources into learning English, instigating a social malady called 'English fever.' The fever has recently infiltrated early childhood education, leading to the expansion of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Early Childhood Education, English (Second Language)
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Andrew H. Lee – Language Teaching Research, 2024
This study investigated the extent to which second language (L2) learners benefited from proactive form-focused instruction (FFI) targeting French grammatical gender attribution and the degree to which L2 learners' attention control and working memory predicted their learning gains. A total of 102 L2 learners received either proactive FFI…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Grammar
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Chatchanok Chanyeam; Nuntana Wongthai – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2025
The linguistic relativity hypothesis has focused on the influence of grammar in language on speakers' cognition. Previous studies show that speakers of languages with grammatical number (e.g., English) are more aware of the number of objects. Additionally, recent studies reveal that bilinguals who speak languages with different grammatical…
Descriptors: Grammar, Linguistic Theory, Schemata (Cognition), Bilingualism
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Cui, Ying; Liu, Xiao; Cheng, Yuqin – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2023
Chinese subtitling of English trailers is essential for marketing foreign films in China, and there is a need to focus on audience reception. Ideal subtitles are expected to provide a necessary aid to the audience but to attract as little attention as possible. Paralinguistic factors like punctuation can influence the audience's attention and…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Punctuation, Films, Captions
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Minjin Lee; Jookyoung Jung – Language Teaching Research, 2024
This study examined the extent to which textual enhancement and task manipulation affect the learners' attentional processing and the development of second language (L2) grammatical knowledge. A total of 73 Korean college students read an opinion news article in one of four experimental conditions: (1) textually enhanced, careful reading, (2)…
Descriptors: Grammar, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Eye Movements
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Kamonchanok Muengnakin; Arthitaya Narathakoon – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2025
This study explored speaking anxiety and attitudes towards speaking English in the classroom setting. The data collected from 91 Thai EFL grade 11 students, using questionnaires, classroom observations, and semi-structured interviews. The findings showed moderate levels of speaking anxiety and attitudes among grade 11 students. The Pearson…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Communication (Thought Transfer), High School Students, Correlation
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Sachi Oshima – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2024
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a multimodal approach in which an additional camera was used to deliver online explicit reading strategy instruction. Targeting 20 Japanese beginner-level EFL college students taking online Zoom lessons during one academic semester, two research questions were investigated: (a) To what…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Multimedia Materials, Student Attitudes
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Surya S. Vellanki; Zahid K. Khan; Saadat Mond – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2024
This research paper explores the effectiveness of Metacognitive Strategy Instruction [MSI] in enhancing the listening skills and autonomy of adult EFL learners in the advanced level of university preparatory studies in Oman. Utilizing a quasi-experimental design, the study involved an Experimental Group [EG] and a Control Group [CG], each…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Simonis, Morgane; Galand, Benoit; Hiligsmann, Philippe; Szmalec, Arnaud – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2023
There is currently much controversy surrounding the cognitive advantages that are often associated with bilingualism, especially regarding the so-called executive control advantage. Recently, it has been suggested that bilingualism emerging from immersion education may not lead to an advantage in executive control, but rather to an improvement…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Immersion Programs, French, Bilingualism
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Andrea Révész; Matthew Stainer; Jookyoung Jung; Minjin Lee; Marije Michel – Language Learning & Technology, 2023
Eye-tracking is primarily used as a tool to capture attentional processes in second language (L2) research. However, it is feasible to design visual displays that can react to and interact with eye-movements in technology-mediated contexts. We explored whether gaze-contingency can foster L2 development by drawing attention to novel words…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Attention Control
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Juan Yang; Bo Sun; Xiaofang Kuang; Michael S. C. Thomas – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
E-storybooks are the most important auxiliary learning materials for English-as-Foreign-Language (EFL) learners. Few studies reported positive results on pronunciation and speech development from using audio accompanied e-storybooks, although audios are expected to play the role of recasts in providing pronunciation feedback for learners.…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Audio Equipment, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Robillos, Roderick Julian; Bustos, Irene Gaspar – International Journal of Instruction, 2022
The instruction of metacognitive strategies in listening has been increasingly implemented in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom. However, there is yet a growing need to carry out this strategy instruction within a process-based approach for a more engaging and effective listening tasks. Thus, the present study attempts to investigate…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Learning Strategies, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning
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Mahvelati, Elaheh Hamed – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2020
The present research aimed to investigate how field-dependent and field-independent learners perceived and processed information when they were engaged in an implicit foreign language learning task and to explore differences between them in this regard. The majority of studies in the pertinent literature have adopted quantitative methods to date.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Memory
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