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Z. Banitalebi; M. Estaji; A. Coombs – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2025
Research has postulated a link between teachers' beliefs and agentic decisions. This study sought to investigate 215 Iranian EFL preservice teachers' conceptions of assessment, assessment agency, and the interrelationship between these two constructs. Using structural equation modeling, the results revealed that collaboration and reflection…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Justin Harris – Language Teaching Research, 2025
This article outlines the development of a 16-item instrument for measuring language learner's foreign language self-efficacy (SE) concerning their speaking and listening skills through repeated administrations to groups of Japanese tertiary students. Responses were analysed through the Rasch model, which allows researchers to investigate…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Questionnaires, Item Analysis, Second Language Learning
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Obsa Kebede Wakuma – Discover Education, 2025
The aim of this study was to explore the connection between students' anxiety levels during language classes and their performance on English achievement exams. A random sampling method was employed to select participants. Students' levels of foreign language classroom anxiety were measured using the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale, a…
Descriptors: Anxiety, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Feras Mahmoud Alslait; Mamon Saleem Alzboun; Lamia Muhammad Salim Omoush; Alaa A. Harahsheh; Rima Mahmoud Awad Al- Essa; Amer Lahad Salem Al-Masaeid; Malik Salim Odeh Alzboon – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2024
The study aims to investigate the impact of implementing the Numbered Heads Strategy on developing oral expression skills among Arabic learners who speak languages, as well as their attitudes towards this teaching method. The research involved 50 participants, both male and female, at the fourth level of a language center within Al al-Bayt…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Arabic, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Li, Jiuliang; Wang, Qian – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2021
Summary writing is essential for academic success, and has attracted renewed interest in academic research and large-scale language test. However, less attention has been paid to the development and evaluation of the scoring scales of summary writing. This study reports on the validation of a summary rubric that represented an approach to scale…
Descriptors: Validity, Rating Scales, Writing Skills, Writing Evaluation
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Eun-Young Choi; Jang Ho Lee – Oxford Review of Education, 2024
In line with increasing attention being paid to the role of positive emotions in second language (L2) proficiency and knowledge, this study set out to examine the relationships between domain-specific emotions (L2 grit, language learning curiosity, foreign language enjoyment, and foreign language classroom anxiety) and L2 vocabulary knowledge. To…
Descriptors: College Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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Zahra Maryam; Asad-Ur-Rehman; Ayesha Nawal; Muhammad Shoaib; Ihtisham Ullah – Journal of International Students, 2025
IELTS is a widely accepted English language proficiency test, required for academic and professional purposes. In this study, we examined the relationship between IELTS and the English proficiency skills of international students. We developed a proximal mediation model based on Bandura's triadic reciprocal determinism theory and tested it using…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
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Noroozi, Shadi; Karami, Hossein – Language Testing in Asia, 2022
Recently, researchers have expressed their growing concern over the scrutiny of language test items in light of cognitive load theory (CLT). While cognitive load has been central to language learning research, it has not enjoyed due attention in high-stakes language tests. The current study set out to delve into the relationship between difficulty…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Cognitive Processes, Correlation, Language Tests
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Bahador, Hamid; Raeasi, Somaya; Garmanjani, Najmeh – MEXTESOL Journal, 2023
This mixed method study was designed to discover the relationship between male and female Iranian EFL students' cultural schemata and their performance on three types of cloze tests. It also investigated the relationship between gender and Iranian EFL students' degrees of cultural familiarity with culture-specific cloze texts. In addition, the…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cloze Procedure, Marriage, Islam
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Afif Ikhwanul Muslimin; Bambang Yudi Cahyono – MEXTESOL Journal, 2023
The present study aimed at investigating the correlations between online learning readiness (OLR) and motivation (M) toward English learning achievement (ELA). The study employed a correlational design by gathering quantitative data from 35 first-semester students at the English Education Department at a public university in Indonesia. The data…
Descriptors: Online Courses, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Teng, Mark Feng; Wang, Chuang; Wu, Junjie Gavin – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2023
Metacognitive strategies, language learning motivation, and self-efficacy belief are crucial to online or remote learning success. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the interrelationship among metacognitive strategies, language learning motivation, self-efficacy belief, and English learning achievement. The data were collected from…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Distance Education
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Tan Shaojie; Arshad Abd Samad; Lilliati Ismail – SAGE Open, 2024
The ability to understand listening is an essential skill for non-native speakers of English as a foreign language (EFL). Research has shown that several factors can influence EFL students' English listening comprehension, including the listening strategy they use during listening activities. This study, therefore, used the meta-cognitive…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Listening Comprehension, Learning Strategies, Second Language Instruction
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Mitiku Tasisa Dinsa; Esayas Teshome Taddese – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2024
Social media is a communication tool that facilitates EFL students to improve their speaking proficiency as it enables them to fully engage in oral communication, exchange information, and form long-term bonds in this modern era. This study intended to investigate EFL students' social media as speaking strategies used vis-a-vis their speaking…
Descriptors: Social Media, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Mohamed Mekheimer – Discover Education, 2025
This study investigated the impact of generative AI-assisted writing feedback, specifically using Grammarly, on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' writing proficiency, revision practices, and writing quality. Sixty postgraduate EFL students were randomly assigned to either an experimental group using Grammarly as an AI-enhanced feedback…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Software
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Alek, Alek; Nguyen, Tuyen Van; Dollah, Syarifuddin – International Journal of Language Education, 2023
This investigation aimed to explore the correlation between undergraduate English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' academic self-concept and their formal English vocabulary knowledge. The quantitative method with a correlational analysis design was applied. The participants completed a written vocabulary test in English and filled in an…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Self Concept
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