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Tiantian Yang; Yuchao Wang; Chunli Yang – British Educational Research Journal, 2025
Self-regulated learning (SRL) is considered a critical competence for lifelong learning that requires explicit instruction and consistent practice, especially for college students. Despite the abundant intervention studies on the role of SRL in students' academic performance in the Western world, very little is known in China in English as a…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Intervention, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Elena Makarova – Journal of English Teaching, 2024
The paper deals with the investigation of theoretical and practical issues on the organization and management of EFL peer learning. Lack of understanding of the mechanism of peer learning as a system of relationships and interactions hinders creating the conditions for effective education. The study aims to identify and systematize the key…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Peer Teaching, Second Language Instruction
Yildiz, Cennet – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2023
Vocabulary is regarded as an important part of communicative language ability and a significant predictor of second language proficiency. The relation between vocabulary knowledge and communicative language ability has important implications for L2 students, foreign language teachers and educational systems. Thus, many studies have been conducted…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Student Motivation
Maria Teresa O'Brien – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Foreign languages have been studied since the beginning of civilization; in the past few decades, there has been increased interest in understanding the role of motivation in learning a foreign language. Less than a quarter of studies on learning languages other than English (LOTE) have studied motivation. The purpose of this quantitative…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Student Motivation, French, College Students
Julio Antonio Álvarez Martínez; Juan Fernando Gómez; Walter Darién Gómez Torres; Juan Carlos Restrepo Botero – Journal of Educators Online, 2025
This systematic review synthesizes evidence on the impact of integrating Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and the flipped classroom model (FCM) on student motivation, engagement, and English language proficiency. Relevant studies from 2015 to 2023 were identified through electronic databases. Eligible studies examined the integration…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Information Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Flipped Classroom
Jayson F. Permangil – Online Submission, 2024
The study aimed to assess the motivation and proficiency of English language learning among indigenous college students at Kapalong College of Agriculture, Sciences and Technology in the Municipality of Kapalong, Davao del Norte. It employed a mixed-method approach using a convergent parallel design. The quantitative phase involved 202 students…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, College Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Riccardo Amorati – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Language-specific (i.e. the ideal L2 self) and plurilingual selves are now at the forefront of scholarly inquiry in L2 motivation research. Yet, there is a lack of empirical studies examining how language learners reframe their sense of self as speakers of an L2. This study draws on a questionnaire (N = 162) and on semi-structured interviews (N =…
Descriptors: College Students, Second Language Learning, Italian, German
Ya Nan Wang; Hui Min Low – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
The expanding use of social media has the potential to enhance the quality of English as a foreign language (EFL) instruction and learning. The purpose of this online survey-based study was to investigate the mediating effects of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation for reading English social media text among 348 Chinese undergraduate EFL learners.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Undergraduate Students
Shiping Duan; Zhiliang Shi – Language Teaching Research, 2024
This study investigates the use of formulaic sequences (FS) in academic writings of Chinese learners of English as a foreign language across different levels of studies at a public university in China. Frequency-based formulas were retrieved from a corpus of student academic texts written at five time points between Year 1 and Year 3. The…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Writing (Composition), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Janire Zalbidea – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2024
This study investigates the extent to which (a) Spanish heritage (HL) and second language (L2) writers' linguistic complexity differs across register contexts and (b) Spanish proficiency and writing motivational beliefs differentially affect HL and L2 writers' performance. Participants were 58 HL and 54 L2 Spanish learners who completed two…
Descriptors: Native Language, Spanish Speaking, Second Language Learning, Writing Achievement
Dunn, Karen; Iwaniec, Janina – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022
A foundation of second language motivational theory has been that motivation contributes to explaining variance in language learning proficiency; however, empirical findings have been mixed. This article presents an innovative approach to exploring L2 proficiency and motivations of teenage English language learners in Madrid, Spain (N = 1773).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Zhihui Zhang; Jenifer Crawford – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Over the past few years, the world's attention has been focused on gaming systems and their application in education through gamification, incorporating game features into learning tools. Against this backdrop, this study aims to investigate the motivation of EFL learners in a Gamified Formative Assessment (GFA). Theoretical insights from…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Gamification
Yohanes Bagas Nur Setiawan; Paschalis Kurniawan Sanjaya; Martinus Hergirico Riandana; Concilianus Laos Mbato – Journal of English Teaching, 2025
In the post-pandemic situation, where hybrid learning has become prevalent, effective communication between lecturers and students is very important. Self-efficacy is a crucial factor that affects their communication or speaking in class. Nowadays, research on students' self-efficacy in speaking has received considerable attention among…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Blended Learning
Vlada, Nikitina; Sergey, Khromov; Fisenko, Olga – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2021
The current situation on the global education market bears the need for new approaches to learning Russian as a foreign language. The innovation concerns both professors and students' activity. The success in comprehension of scientific language is largely dependent on students' motivation to study the vocation-related language. The article covers…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Russian, Teaching Methods, Student Motivation
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)