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Miaomiao Shen; Chenzhe Peng – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2025
This paper explores the application and efficacy of task-based teaching (TBT) methods within the context of internet-based distance learning for English, with a particular focus on integrating environmental education. Through an empirical study involving two groups of college students, the authors examine how TBT can enhance students' language…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Innovation, Internet, Distance Education
Daniel Jung – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Research into second language acquisition (SLA) has shown that individual difference (ID) variables can be strong predictors of language achievement (e.g., Dornyei, 2003; Skehan, 2003). Traditionally, this research conceptualized ID variables as static and monolithic variables (e.g., Dornyei, 2010). More recently scholars have questioned this…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Undergraduate Students
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Selami Aydin; Isil Tekin; Ferdane D. Akkas – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
Since the original and adapted versions of the scales that aim to measure foreign language enjoyment may not be appropriate for learners with low English proficiency levels, it seems necessary to develop scales in their native languages. This study aims to create a valid and reliable scale of foreign language learning enjoyment that can be applied…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learner Engagement, Measures (Individuals)
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Shiyao Ashlee Zhou; Phil Hiver; Yongyan Zheng – Applied Linguistics, 2023
In this study, we investigated how student engagement and disengagement change over the course of a semester in the L2 classroom. We modeled change at the inter- and intra-individual levels, using time-variant predictors to examine differences in student classroom engagement and disengagement trajectories. In addition to these temporal dynamics,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Learner Engagement
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Yuting Zheng; Yuanlan Jiang; Jian-E- Peng – SAGE Open, 2025
English Language MOOCs (LMOOCs) employ multimodal resources to enhance second language learners' engagement and motivation. This study examined the multimodal instructional discourse in English LMOOCs in a Chinese MOOC platform, focusing on the rhetorical relations between the linguistic mode, termed verbiage, and two non-linguistic modes, namely…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Hyang-Il Kim – Journal of Experimental Education, 2024
Recently, there has been considerable academic interest in the positive emotions of language learners. As a contribution to this field, the aims of this study were to identify foreign language pleasure (FLE) patterns and their relations with language learning motivation. A total of 145 Korean university students joined the study and their…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Futures (of Society), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Mansour Amini; Wang Qiufen; Davoud Amini; Latha Ravindran; Debbita Tan Ai Lin; Malini Ganapathy; Manjet Kaur Mehar Singh – Discover Education, 2025
In the context of an increasingly interconnected world, the incorporation of humanistic approaches in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and English as a Second Language (ESL) classrooms proves essential for fostering a positive and inclusive learning environment. This narrative review explores the significant positive impacts of humanistic…
Descriptors: Humanistic Education, Humanism, Moral Development, Second Language Instruction
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Qi Zhang – International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2024
This study investigates how engagement (E), foreign language enjoyment (FLE), and ambiguity tolerance (AT) exert mediation/moderation in metaverse-based foreign language learning (FLL). Featuring augment/simulation-based experiences and self-fulfillment/external-control-oriented mechanics, metaverse provides virtualized interactive circumstances…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Cognitive Style, Affective Behavior
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Jean-Marc Dewaele; Kazuya Saito – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
The current study focuses on the effect of the target language on learner emotions and attitudes/motivation. More specifically, it investigates whether the status and prestige of English results in more positive learner emotions and attitudes/motivation compared to less prestigious languages other than English (LOTE). Statistical analyses of a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learner Engagement
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Ali Derakhshan; Xuesong Gao – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
Online education may induce different negative emotions and emotional reactions in language learners. One such reaction emerging from emotional experiences in online contexts is academic disengagement, which has been limitedly examined in L2 research. To fill this lacuna, this study has been done to probe into the sources and solutions of student…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Cross Cultural Studies
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Büsra Müge Özdil; Naciye Kunt – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2025
The concomitant relationship among language, identity and power has been intimately connected to the ELT world. The bi/multilingual learner identity negotiation has been viewed as a site of struggle from a postmodernist perspective. To this end, learners' existing capital in relation to their involvement in new capital is a significant issue in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingual Education, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning
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María Luquin; María del Pilar García Mayo – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2025
This study investigated how the inclusion of model texts as a feedback technique affected students' task motivation and engagement in writing tasks. Adopting a longitudinal design, 60 English as a foreign language (EFL) children (aged 11-12) were divided into three groups: a treatment group, a long-term treatment group, and a control group. The…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Ali Derakhshan; Mehdi Solhi; Jean-Marc Dewaele; Farzaneh Shakki – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2025
The present study aimed to explore the association between 302 (93 males and 209 females) English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' perceived teacher support (i.e., personal support and academic support) and their reading motivation. This inquiry also sought to assess the potential mediating influences of second or foreign language (L2)…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Theories
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Majid Elahi Shirvan; Tahereh Taherian; Elham Yazdanmehr – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
In an attempt to measure the dynamic features of foreign language enjoyment (FLE), we adopted a longitudinal confirmatory factor analysis-curve of factors model (LCFA-CFM) approach to substantiate the validity of the original FLE scale (Dewaele and MacIntyre [(2014. "The Two Faces of Janus? Anxiety and Enjoyment in the Foreign Language…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learner Engagement, Learning Motivation
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Di Zou; Morris Siu-Yung Jong; Xinyi Huang; Gary Cheng; Gwo-Jen Hwang; Michael Yi-Chao Jiang – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
Spherical video-based virtual reality (SVVR) is a form of virtual reality that employs 360-degree videos to immerse learners in virtual environments. As SVVR can simulate realistic experiences, the current trend of language education is towards more use of it. To examine its current status, this study systematically reviewed 31 articles on…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Video Technology, Computer Simulation, Second Language Instruction
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