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Paleczek, Lisa; Seifert, Susanne; Schöfl, Martin – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2021
The current study digitalised an assessment instrument of receptive vocabulary knowledge, GraWo-KiGa, for use in Austrian kindergartens. Using a mixed-methods approach, this study looks at 85 kindergarteners in their last year (age M = 5.79 years, 51.8% male, 71.8% L1 German), to find out (a) whether the form of digital assessment employed meets…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Receptive Language, Foreign Countries, Native Language
Kim, Peter – ProQuest LLC, 2022
While language aptitude and motivation are considered to be important contributors to second language (L2) attainment, two major gaps in the past research have been (1) a lack of nonlinear models stemming from a naive and tacit assumption that learning outcomes are linearly related to their predictors, and (2) a lack of unified and integrative…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Aptitude, Learning Motivation
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Lai, Kuo-Wei Kyle; Chen, Hao-Jan Howard – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2023
Research on vocabulary acquisition in digital game-based learning has been increasing over the years, with advancements in technology giving rise to numerous learning alternatives in second language acquisition. As virtual reality gaming offers new opportunities to explore its effectiveness in language learning, it is thus important to investigate…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Game Based Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Kevin R. Hirschi – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Millions engage in learning a Second Language (L2) using their mobile devices with a wide range of success. Concomitantly, there exists a growing interest in research on the effects of mobile-assisted language learning and predictors of learner outcomes (e.g., Loewen et al., 2020; Sudina & Plonsky, 2023). However, few of these apps and studies…
Descriptors: Native Language, Spanish, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Sanjaya, I Nyoman Suka; Sitawati, Anak Agung Raka; Suciani, Ni Ketut; Putra, I Made Ardana; Yudistira, Cokorda Gede Putra – TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English, 2022
No study has investigated the relationship between student engagement per se and student motivation within second language (L2) pragmatics, notwithstanding the significance of engagement for L2 learning. The present study aimed to explore the effects of two global motivational orientations (autonomous and controlled motivations) on behavioral…
Descriptors: Likert Scales, Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Jin, Yinxing; Zhang, Lawrence Jun – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2021
This paper reports a study that investigated the dimensions underneath the construct of foreign language classroom enjoyment and explored the pattern in which these enjoyment dimensions affect foreign language achievement. To this end, 320 first language Chinese senior high school students, who were learning English as a foreign language (EFL),…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Native Language
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Yung, Kevin Wai Ho; Chiu, Ming Ming – Language Teaching Research, 2023
As many students worldwide receive second language (L2) English private tutoring (EPT) that shadows school curricula, examining student perceptions of it is essential to understanding their L2 learning. From the L2 Motivational Self perspective, students' "ideal L2 self," "ought-to L2 self" and "L2 learning…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Language of Instruction, Chinese
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Farah, Rida; Choe, Mun-Hong – English Teaching, 2022
This study investigated the extent to which explicit and implicit instruction improve L1-Arabic speakers' articulation of English words whose cognates were acquired earlier in their L2 French. Sixty-eight secondary school students, explicit (n=35) and implicit (n=33), participated in a programme incorporating focus-on-pronunciation activities,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Transfer of Training, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Inada, Takako – English Language Teaching, 2022
This study investigated the factors, such as students' foreign language enjoyment, their foreign language classroom anxiety, the teacher's language choice (English-only instruction versus English instruction with limited legitimate Japanese support), and demographics that affect improvement in English proficiency in EFL communicative classes.…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Language Proficiency, Outcomes of Education, Second Language Learning
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Torres, Julio; Estremera, Ricardo; Mohamed, Sherez – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
Individual differences (IDs) largely contribute to success in adult second language attainment (e.g., Dörnyei, 2006). Heritage language (HL) studies have also explored the role of IDs, namely psychosocial variables, and biographical factors with an adult HL learner population. However, the specific contribution of these variables to HL learners'…
Descriptors: Spanish, Heritage Education, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Yürük, Nurcihan – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
Pronunciation is one of the main problems in language teaching and learning and it gets little attention. Most of students underestimate the importance of pronunciation considering that pronunciation is less important than other aspects of language. Many researchers investigated the weakness of pronunciation among students in all stages. However,…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Pronunciation Instruction, Computer Software, Pretests Posttests
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Xerou, Eftychia; Papadima-Sophocleous, Salomi; Parmaxi, Antigoni – Research-publishing.net, 2016
This study presents the way Parmaxi and Zaphiris's (2015) social constructionist framework was used in order to teach and learn vocabulary in an Italian for Specific Academic Purposes (ISAP) tertiary course. The participants (beginner students) were guided to build in groups an artifact, i.e a specific academic vocabulary collection. To do so,…
Descriptors: Italian, Constructivism (Learning), Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning
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Mady, Callie – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2015
This paper examines the French achievement results of three groups of students: Canadian-born English/French bilingual, Canadian-born multilingual and immigrant multilingual Grade 6 French immersion students, by investigating how the variables of integrative and instrumental motivations, attitudes to the learning situation, French language…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation, French