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Schuhmann, Katharina S.; Smith, Laura Catharine – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2022
German plural formation appears unsystematic and largely arbitrary to many second language (L2) learners. While some approaches have attempted to identify patterns and rules to help L2 learners (e.g., Anton et al., 2017; Di Donato & Clyde, 2020; Kraiss, 2014), one central observation from linguistic analysis has been absent from pedagogical…
Descriptors: German, Morphemes, Intonation, Suprasegmentals
Shao, Yujie; Saito, Kazuya; Tierney, Adam – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2023
Growing evidence suggests that auditory processing ability may be a crucial determinant of language learning, including adult second language (L2) speech learning. The current study tested 47 Chinese English-as-a-Foreign-Language students to examine the extent to which two types of auditory processing, i.e., perceptual acuity and audio-motor…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Pronunciation Instruction, Auditory Stimuli, Teaching Methods
Yachao Sun; Huan Feng – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2025
This study explored the impacts of translingual practices on English as an additional language (EAL) writing education in a non-English as a medium of instruction (non-EMI) context at a Chinese university. The findings highlighted the benefits of translingual practices in enhancing students' comprehension, easing cognitive challenges, and…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Qiu, Xuyan; Fang, Chang – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
The globalisation of higher institutions has led to the emergence of EMI courses offered by faculty with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Existing literature has revealed that the cultural and linguistic backgrounds of English language teachers affect their teaching behaviour. However, this issue is relatively under-explored among EMI…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Undergraduate Students
Iten Ezz – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The problem addressed in this study was that second language learners have difficulties pronouncing some English consonants that are not part of their language. Such errors occur because of first-language interference. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the perceived effectiveness of using minimal pair training to…
Descriptors: Arabs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Alfaifi, Adel – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Native Arabic speakers used idiomatic expressions such as idioms, formulas, and collocations, in their daily communications. In learning Arabic as a second language (L2), effective communication requires "the ability to understand and use idioms appropriately and accurately in a variety of sociocultural contexts, in a manner like that of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Figurative Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Julia Lipinska – Language Learning Journal, 2024
Improvisational theatre activities can be used as a tool for developing interactional competence in a language classroom. The unpredictable nature of improvisation resembles authentic communication, as it requires topic negotiation, spontaneous reactions and cooperation. The present article examines the student perspective on improvisation, which…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Second Language Learning, French, Foreign Countries
Jiang, Fan; Kennison, Shelia – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2022
The current study investigates the influence of L2 English learners' belief about their interlocutor's English proficiency on phonetic accommodation and explores whether interaction-induced phonetic convergence could improve L2 English learners' vowel pronunciation. Results from two experiments show that when the subjects believed that their…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Student Attitudes
Hetrovicz, Lauren – Foreign Language Annals, 2021
According to the functional model proposed by Sampasivam and Clément in 2014, the two determinants that build towards second language confidence (L2C) are "richness and self-involvement" of the contact experience. This study adds to previous research by investigating, for the first time, the role of interlocutor type in the context of…
Descriptors: Videoconferencing, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish
Douglas Fleming; Leilah Mbida; Francis Bangou; Carole Fleuret; Mimi Masson; Joël Thibeault; Stephanie Arnott – TESL Canada Journal, 2023
This article outlines a literature review of the current anglophone academic literature pertaining to plurilingualism. We summarize 24 of the most pertinent articles in terms of resistance to the adoption of plurilingual pedagogy; key factors in changing attitudes toward the approach; identified classroom options; and implications for teacher…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Language Attitudes, Language Variation, Standard Spoken Usage
Iftikhar Ahmad; Saleem Mohd Nasim – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
Guided by Activity Theory framework, this study tends to uncover prominent contradictions in the activity systems in which non-native English as a Foreign Language (EFL) grammar teacher cognition operates. The study attempts to fill the existing research gaps, as there are visible gaps in the literature to address the problem from this angle. To…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Grammar, Language Teachers, English (Second Language)
Yoshida, Reiko – Foreign Language Annals, 2020
The present study examines the kinds of emotional scaffolding that occurred in online text chats in Japanese between 19 learners of Japanese at an Australian university and 19 native-speaking students at a Japanese university, together with the emotions that the learners experienced in relation to the scaffolding. The learners chatted in Japanese…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Japanese, Second Language Learning, Native Speakers
Kidwell, Tabitha; Triyoko, Hanung – English Teaching Forum, 2023
Traditionally, many English language teachers around the world have conformed to an English as a foreign language (EFL) model. In this model, they expose their students to the standard language norms of English-dominant nations, such as the United States and the United Kingdom. However, English learners do not only need language skills to…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Zhang, Xiaopeng; Mai, Chunping – Language Teaching Research, 2023
This article reports on two studies, testing how three different types of input (skewed first, skewed random and balanced) affect second language (L2) learning of English present counterfactual (IF-Is) and past counterfactual (IF-IIs) conditionals, two constructions differing in complexity. The experiment included a proficiency test, a pretest, a…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Xiaoji Wang; Wenying Jiang – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
Affordance refers to the opportunity available to a learning activity. Taking affordance as a theoretical and analytical construct, this exploratory study investigates learners' attitudes and the opportunities WeChat may provide for Chinese cultural knowledge (CCK) learning. The aim is to find out the potential new affordances and compare learners…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Mediated Communication, Cultural Awareness, Learning Activities