Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers in Indonesia had to shift from an offline environment to an online mode, including their professional development activities. Numerous research studies on this topic have been conducted, but they have not focused on the future use of online teacher professional development (OTPD). In response, this article…

Background/purpose: This investigation centres on the effectiveness of the Buddy Reading approach in promoting vocabulary progression among fifth-grade EFL students in Jordan. Recognizing vocabulary as fundamental to linguistic aptitude, the research addresses the ongoing challenge instructors face in selecting fruitful instructional tactics.…

The present paper aims to determine and compare religiosity levels in university students (n = 2098) from the United Kingdom (n = 1010) and Poland and to attempt an explanation of how nationality differences in the cultural context and affiliations with different religious traditions influence their religiosity. The current global trends regarding…

Using a qualitative, multiple cross-sectional research design, this study investigated the evolving perspectives on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and academic integrity between two cohorts of English as a Foreign Language learners (n = 48 and n = 96, respectively) enrolled in an English Language Preparatory Program at a Turkish…

Recent English as a foreign language (EFL) research has focused on flipped learning as one of the innovative teaching methods for enhancing language learning quality. Given this recent attention, this study examines the impact of the flipped classroom method on EFL students' reading comprehension. With the use of quasi-experimental mixed method…

Much research has explored the intersection of music and language but has mostly focused on first language (L1) acquisition in early childhood. The few studies on second language (L2) learning and music have mainly concentrated on listening and speaking skills. Therefore, this study aims to address this gap by investigating how music perception…

Background: Phonological awareness is an important skill for literacy development. However, limited research has been conducted on tonal languages or non-alphabetic orthographies, including Thai. Understanding the development of phonological awareness in Thai-speaking children is important for identifying risk factors for dyslexia and for…

Background: The increasing capabilities of generative artificial intelligence (AI), exemplified by OpenAI's transformer-based language model GPT-4 (ChatGPT), have drawn attention to its application in educational contexts. This study evaluates the potential of such models in generating German reading comprehension texts for educational large-scale…

This study investigates how writing short stories can be integrated into the curriculum of teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) to consolidate students' knowledge of the language and promote their creative writing skills. It aims to understand students' experiences writing fiction and nonfiction short stories. The participants were 20…

This study examines the mathematization approaches and science, engineering, and mathematics (SEM) practices utilized by 18 elementary bilingual pre-service teachers (PSTs) when solving a model-eliciting activity. The activity prompted participants to design ramps with certain constraints. A case study methodology was used to analyze the…

Long before ChatGPT, it was an open secret that students did not always read the books they were assigned in their English Language Arts (ELA) classes, relying instead on online study guides like SparkNotes. Via a retrospective survey, our exploratory study examined (1) the rate of SparkNotes use among high-school ELA students; (2) why students…

Undertaking further education can be attractive for those seeking to improve their professional mobility, including post-migration. This article shares findings from a digital ethnography of a diverse group of graduate students hoping to begin a new career practicing migration law. Drawing on longitudinal qualitative interviews, virtual classroom…

This scoping review aimed to identify and evaluate apps designed to screen or monitor speech, language, and communication (SLC) development in young children. Early identification and intervention are crucial for children with SLC difficulties, but traditional assessments can be time-consuming and lack ecological validity. Technological…

With the growth of artificial intelligence (AI) tools available to anybody with internet access, English language learners are increasingly turning to these resources to improve their writing skills. By examining their utilization of AI tools to improve their writing proficiency, this research examines the perspectives of Turkish English language…

This study implemented a multimodal Google Translate- (GT) assisted approach incorporating multiple literacies to online academic reading on global warming and climate change for 152 non-English major students of English as a foreign language (EFL) in Taiwan. A five-step model of the digital multimodality of a GT-assisted approach was employed.…