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Mostafa Papi; Mijin Eom; Yiran Zhang; Yang Zhou; Zachary Whiteside – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
The study examined how learners' motivational dispositions predict the complexity, accuracy, fluency of their oral task performance and their overall second language proficiency. Eighty-one speakers of English as a second language in the United States completed a regulatory focus and a regulatory mode questionnaire, an oral interview task, and a…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Oral Language, Learning Motivation
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Zhangwei Chen – SAGE Open, 2024
Motivation and anxiety are two crucial factors influencing learning outcomes, yet limited empirical research on expectancy-value theory can be found within previous literature about Chinese undergraduate students studying English as a foreign language (EFL). Moreover, few studies have examined the interaction between motivation and skill-specific…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Jia Lin – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Using a structural equation modeling approach, this study investigates the structural relationships between second language (L2) oral proficiency and interest in learning the target language (L2 interest), in the presence of potential mediating variables (i.e. perceived importance of speaking, out-of-class contact with L2 resources). It also…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Proficiency, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Dimitra Karoulla-Vrikki, Editor; Lucilla Lopriore, Editor – Multilingual Matters, 2025
This volume presents research on oracy development in early language learning, with a particular focus on the pedagogical implications for growingly plurilingual classrooms. The chapters offer empirical results from diverse international contexts which reveal common and differing experiences of teaching methodologies and assessment practices,…
Descriptors: Oral Language, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Gong, Kaixuan – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2023
The extensive use of automated speech scoring in large-scale speaking assessment can be revolutionary not only to test design and rating, but also to the learning and instruction of speaking based on how students and teachers perceive and react to this technology. However, its washback remained underexplored. This mixed-method study aimed to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Automation
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Dereje Teshome Abebe; Getachew Seyuom Weldemariam; Guta Legese – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2023
Communication, particularly verbal communication, is central to the development of a desired competence in a second or foreign language. Approaches such as communicative language teaching (CLT) in second language acquisition emphasize practical use of the target language for effective learning/acquisition. However, despite the necessity of using a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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María Martínez-Adrián; Francisco Gallardo-del-Puerto – Language Teaching Research, 2024
Task modality (oral vs. writing) has been found to affect the production, nature and resolution of the language-related episodes (LREs) produced by adult learners in collaborative interaction, a finding also attested in very recent and still limited research with young learners, a population that deserves greater attention in the literature.…
Descriptors: Accuracy, Editing, Task Analysis, Oral Language
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Nakamura, Sachiko; Reinders, Hayo; Darasawang, Pornapit – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2022
This classroom-based study investigated the antecedents of epistemic curiosity among 25 Thai university students in an English oral communication course. Using a whole-class survey and focus group interview, we recursively asked the students to describe a time in class when they experienced epistemic curiosity and the reasons behind it. A modified…
Descriptors: Psycholinguistics, Second Language Learning, Epistemology, Teaching Methods
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Cheng-Chun Tsai; Chatraporn Piamsai – rEFLections, 2025
This study explored the effectiveness of integrating peer assessment (PA) and non-scripted role-play (NSRP) activities in enhancing the oral performance of Thai EFL high school students. Conducted at a public secondary school in Bangkok, the research involved 31 Grade 12 students and utilized a mixed methods approach. Over nine weeks within the…
Descriptors: High School Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Agis Andriani; Fuad Abdullah; Arini Nurul Hidayati; Noer Aini Nanda Syafira – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2024
Teaching English speaking has become a centre of attention among scholars and teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) practitioners for a few decades. However, the issue of teaching English speaking in "Kampung Inggris"/English Village remains under-researched, notably viewed from the tutors' challenges and solutions in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development, Self Motivation
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Bulelwa Makena; Viwe Lungisani Feni – Research in Social Sciences and Technology, 2023
To unlock language proficiency among learners, speaking is regarded to be an essential and crucial aspect to master, not only for learning purposes but for recognized communication dynamics. Language learning has numerous critical aspects. To be lacking in speaking proficiencies has been noted to impart negatively toward language learning. This…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Elizabeth Machin; Elsa Tragant – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2022
The present study seeks to offer insights into how former study abroad students, temporally beyond the period of initial re-entry into their home environments, perceive Spanish as a foreign language in their lives now. This post-sojourn period is explored within the framework of the L2 Motivational Self System (Dörnyei, 2009) and the expanded…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Kara Moranski; Juan Godoy-Peñas; Bernard Issa; Mandy Faretta-Stutenberg; Harriet Wood Bowden – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2023
This exploratory study evaluated the impact of a Spanish second language (L2) domestic immersion (DI) program that was developed expediently at a large university in the United States in response to widespread study abroad (SA) program closures due to COVID-19. Spanish language learners (n = 14) participated in an intensive, six-week summer…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Study Abroad, Task Analysis
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Suliman, Wijdan Mohieldeen Mohammed – Journal of English Teaching, 2022
The present paper focuses on pinpointing the implications of Oral presentation for fostering learners' autonomy by employing experimental and qualitative research methods. The study investigated a group of participants comprised of 15 students majoring in English as A foreign language (EFL) at Qassim University. The key data was collected from the…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Juliette D. Duthoit – ProQuest LLC, 2022
With the recent surge of online language learning, it is important to explore the different possible modalities of online learning and the factors that could influence the success of those modalities in language learning. This study found differences in (1) motivation, (2) anxiety, (3) perception of the learning community, and (4) oral proficiency…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Proficiency, French, Second Language Learning
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