With more and more non-Chinese speaking (NCS) students learning in Hong Kong mainstream classrooms, differentiated instruction has been called for application in Chinese language education to consider the diverse learning needs of all students. However, factors influencing Chinese language teachers' use of differentiated instruction remain…

In response to the increasing challenge of integrating students with migration backgrounds into school systems internationally, various models to support the learning of the language of education have emerged. In Austria, a model of 'German Language Support Classes' (GLSC), introduced in 2018, requires that students be pulled out of regular class…

This study aimed to assess the impact of digital storytelling on learners' receptive and productive vocabulary knowledge. For this purpose, 48 participants with intermediate English proficiency were divided into two equal groups: control and experimental. After conducting the pretest, implementing the treatment for the experimental group, and…

This study investigates the impact of dynamic glossing techniques on vocabulary acquisition among novice (A2) English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners. Specifically, the effectiveness of two forms of glossing i.e., Dynamic Textual Glossing (DTG) and Dynamic Auditory Glossing (DAG) in enhancing vocabulary learning are compared. The…

The purpose of this paper is to analyze two students as partners (SaP) collaboration experiences and identify transformations of four undergraduate students and faculty who partnered to enhance an English as a second language (ESL) course taught at a Sinoforeign university. This paper utilized qualitative exploratory research with a pre-post…

The relationship between academic stress and compulsive smartphone use among college students has been extensively studied, yet empirical findings remain inconsistent and inconclusive. Moreover, potential moderating factors affecting this relationship have received limited scholarly attention. This study addresses these research gaps by examining…

Although the distinction between explicit and implicit (automatized) knowledge of second or foreign language (L2) is of crucial importance to second language acquisition (SLA) theory and research, it has thus far not been directly applied to L2 pronunciation. The paper attempts to fill this gap by making an initial attempt to illustrate the…

This study utilized time series analysis to investigate the development of and the longitudinal relationship between grit and peer learning among high school students in an EFL classroom over a 36-week period. Based on autocorrelation, partial correlation, and developmental trajectories, we found the dynamic development of the two constructs,…

Language should be inclusive. This implies that it should be accessible for as many people as possible. The concept of easy-to-read language ("Leichte Sprache," LS) developed for this purpose and primarily for people with learning difficulties is beneficial for L2 learners of German as well. Inclusive language also entails the aspect of…

Education is frequently described through the use of the metaphor of 'delivery'. This occurs in policy documents, in curriculum and in school-level materials. As a figure of speech, this metaphor has become naturalised in education discourse. This article shares internationally relevant findings from a small Australian study that uses qualitative…

This handbook provides a systematic overview of language education from the perspective of internationalization. Internationalization includes but also goes beyond the integration of intercultural and international perspectives, practices, and dispositions into education with the objective of improving, pluralizing, and decolonizing pedagogy and…

Extending previous findings on adult L2 learners' integration of verbal and constructional information, this study investigated how child learners of English as a foreign language produce verbs in target constructions and whether (a) receptive skills and (b) the specific production modality (spoken versus written) modulate the integration process.…

In two artificial language learning experiments with four groups of highly proficient Basque-Spanish bilinguals and two groups of Spanish monolinguals, we examine the cues that allow adult listeners to parse new input into phrases. In addition, we investigate which factors lead bilinguals to switch between the segmentation strategies…

Based on 312 samples, this study investigated the relationship between two dimensions of L2 vocabulary knowledge (VK) and listening comprehension (LC) by comparing written and oral vocabulary measurements and further examined the mediating effect of L2 vocabulary fluency (VF) by using Bootstrapping and Monte Carlo Method. Results show that: (1)…

In many parts of the world, learners of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) or English as a Second Language (ESL) often face language difficulties and challenges in their performance in learning. These challenges and errors have multiple forms and causes, covering various language and skills aspects. This study focuses on the types of grammatical…