Improving EFL students' impromptu speaking ability is a challenge for English language instruction. The development of AI technology has brought new opportunities for impromptu speaking instruction. Therefore, this study proposes an AI-supported interleaved training strategy that focuses on the effects on students' impromptu speaking performance,…

This longitudinal study examines the interconnectedness of foreign language enjoyment (FLE), foreign language anxiety (FLA), and willingness to communicate (WTC) among English major students, while also exploring the predictive role of L2 grit in the hypothesized model. Utilising a cross-lagged panel design and structural equation modeling (SEM),…

This study investigates how school practices can disrupt hegemonic monolingualism by fostering inclusive environments wherein recently arrived immigrant English learners (RAIELs) are encouraged to speak in both their home language and English. Through a case study of three public schools in New York City in the United States, we examine the…

We evaluated the impact of a small-group reading comprehension intervention taught by English as a second language (ESL) teachers to multilingual students classified as English learners (ML-ELs). Sixteen groups of students in grades 3-5 (n = 66) were randomly assigned to business-as-usual control or treatment conditions. Teachers implemented the…

This book explores pedagogical implications for how children read, write, respond to literature, and begin to learn an additional language in the home context. Using a longitudinal ethnographic study, it explores a bilingual child's literacy development over a span of four years from kindergarten to the third grade in a real-life home context in…

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) offers robust information generation, swift responsiveness and high personalization for education. However, it remains unclear how these specific technological features translate into improved learning engagement through the mediation of learners' psychological states. Grounded in the…

The quality of Chile's education system is key to the country's inclusive economic and social growth. In the context of the recent rise in immigrant levels in the country, ensuring the successful inclusion of students with an immigrant background in education is essential. This involves providing both access to education and continuity in their…

This classroom-based study explores how low-proficiency Chinese secondary school English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) learners cognitively process teacher feedback and peer feedback in authentic classroom settings. Eighty-two students from two classes completed three writing tasks over 8 weeks and received either written teacher feedback or peer…

Peer tutors make important contributions within higher education institutions, yet the tutoring program structures vary widely with regard to how tutors are positioned, which in turn, affords and constrains access to instructional knowledge. Using a multi-case method, this study contrasts the structures of four tutoring programs: two programs…

This article explores the relationship between place and the language challenges experienced by older Chinese migrants in Auckland with low English proficiency while undertaking daily-life errands. The ability to independently fulfil daily-life needs outside the home is a key factor that influences wellbeing and facilitates the social inclusion of…

Purpose: This research explored the intersection of cognitive processes, emotions and their impacts on digital game-based vocabulary learning (DGVL) among university students. Recognizing the scant research in this area, especially with integrating innovative technologies, this study aims to understand the influence of these elements using…

The year 2019 is a banner year for "The Canadian Modern Language Review/La Revue canadienne des langues vivantes (CMLR/RCLV)," which celebrates its 75th year of publication, and its profound impact on the field of applied linguistics in Canada and beyond since the conclusion of World War II. The year 2019 is also personally significant…

This brief evaluates the causal effect of attending Las Americas Middle School on newcomer students' early high school outcomes. Using administrative data from the Houston Independent School District (HISD) spanning the 2007-2008 through 2018-2019 school years, the study examined the academic performance, course-taking patterns, and school…

This explanatory sequential method was used in this study to investigate the non-native English speakers' extent of connectedness and willingness to communicate and their display of agency in the Filipino classroom. The participants of the study were foreign students whose first or second language is not English and who completed surveys on…

Little research has been conducted to investigate relationships between students' community of inquiry (CoI) perceptions and their attitudes towards reading circles (ARC). To bridge the gap this quantitative research reports a cohort of Chinese students' perceptions of CoI and its prediction for their attitudes towards reading circles (RC) in…