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Neff, Peter; Dewaele, Jean-Marc – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
Humor can provide a multitude of benefits for language learners, including improvement of classroom atmosphere (Dewaele et al. 2018) and a reduction of anxiety (Tarone 2000). Moreover, the integration of humor into language lessons has been strongly endorsed by both students and instructors (Askildson 2005; Azizinezhad and Hashemi 2011). What is…
Descriptors: Humor, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Psychological Patterns
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Hsieh-Jun Chen – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
Purpose: Despite the acknowledged benefits of digital storytelling in fostering language development, investigations into its cognitive and affective dimensions in English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) education, especially concerning high and low achievers, have been scarce. This study, therefore, aimed to scrutinize the effects of multimodal…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Educational Technology, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Myhre, Tone Stuler; Dewaele, Jean-Marc; Fiskum, Tove Anita; Holand, Anna Marie – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
Purpose: The aim of this study is to explore how outdoor education can influence foreign language anxiety (FLA) and foreign language enjoyment (FLE) when young teenagers are learning a foreign language (FL). We applied a dynamic perspective to investigate if using English in an outdoor context would reduce FLA and boost FLE, leading to a stronger…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Outdoor Education, Anxiety
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Fazzi, Fabiana; Lasagabaster, David – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
In the last two decades, several studies have reported on the benefits of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) on students' affective and cognitive gains. These studies, however, have mainly concentrated on the implementation of CLIL within the formal (school) context, with very little research on its impact in non-formal…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Content and Language Integrated Learning, Museums, Nonformal Education
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Weimei Li; Xiuwen Chen; Lihe Huang – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
Purpose: Despite the increasing use of technology-driven multimodal pedagogies in second-language writing education, there is a dearth of studies investigating the value and design of multimodal text feedback. Based on Chong's (Chong, S. W. 2019. "College Students' Perception of e-Feedback: A Grounded Theory Perspective."…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Writing Instruction, Educational Technology, Feedback (Response)
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Moskowitz, Sharona; Dewaele, Jean-Marc – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
There remains a dearth of research on the effects of student perception of teacher happiness and the ramifications of those perceptions on student feelings and attitudes. Using an online questionnaire, data were collected from 129 adult students of ESL/EFL across the world who were enrolled in formal English classes of intermediate to advanced…
Descriptors: Correlation, Language Teachers, Psychological Patterns, Learning Motivation
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Fukuda, Steve T.; Sakata, Hiroshi; Pope, Christopher J. – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
Universities in the EFL context aim to foster graduates who can use English in the workplace. Regardless, university students' insufficient amount of out-of-class study time is a major issue. This problem may stem from learners' lack of learning skills, low levels of learning motivation, and high levels of academic procrastination. Self-coaching…
Descriptors: Universities, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction