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Miira Häkkinen; Mirjamaija Mikkilä-Erdmann – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2025
This study investigated adult learners' experiences with the language of their new living environment. Migrants and refugees' personal goals for language learning in their specific life situations were captured in in-depth interviews conducted as part of ethnographically oriented field studies in Finland and Germany. Interpretative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Students, Well Being, Immigrants
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Elka Todeva – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
This reflective piece seeks to shed light on the numerous contributions of Diane Larsen-Freeman to theory construction, applied linguistics, and language education by drawing parallels and insights from the FIFA 2022 Qatar World Cup Final. Looking at the multitude of factors that affect both soccer games and language development research,…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Applied Linguistics
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Paul Meara; Imma Miralpeix – Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2024
This paper is part 4 in a series of workshops that examine the properties of some simple models of vocabulary networks. This Workshop explores how the overall activity level of a vocabulary network can be altered by changing the connections in the network (i.e., by implementing relinking events). The Workshop is linked to an online practice room…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Models, Simulation, Workshops
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Manfred Pienemann; Anke Lenzing; Howard Nicholas – Second Language Research, 2024
In this article we address two key questions in the application of dynamical systems theory (DST) to second language acquisition (SLA) that have not been resolved in recent debates about this issue. The first question relates to reductionism. Is an antireductionist position a necessary element of DST? We show that the radical antireductionist…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Systems Approach, Linguistic Theory, Cognitive Processes
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Javier Bejarano – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée, 2024
This study investigates the effect of conventional and nonconventional expressions on listener comprehensibility. A forty-item comprehensibility test, including conventional expressions, interlanguage attempts, sociopragmatic deviances and alternative grammar constructions produced by French L2 (second language) speakers (N=27) was created.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Spanish Speaking, French, Listening Comprehension
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Melina Porto; Michalinos Zembylas – Modern Language Journal, 2024
The purpose of this article is to examine the ethical tensions and considerations that arise in the world language classroom from using pedagogies of discomfort. Although pedagogies of discomfort have mostly been seen through a positive lens in the literature for engaging students with difficult issues in the classroom, there are ethical concerns,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Ethics
Thomas Rowley – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Language ideologies can powerfully shape language learner perceptions and progress. This qualitative study investigated and reports findings based on analysis of interviews with 14 participants who self-identify as advanced users of Spanish. While dominant language ideologies in the U.S. often undermine learners reaching high levels of language…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Student Motivation, Student Attitudes
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Zhouhan Jin; Stuart Webb – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2024
There has been increasing interest in the effects of note taking in second language (L2) research. However, no meta-analysis has been conducted to examine the relationship between note taking and learning through exposure to L2 input. We retrieved 28 effect sizes from 21 studies (N = 1992) to explore the overall effects of note taking as well as…
Descriptors: Notetaking, Second Language Learning, Meta Analysis, Effect Size
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Tan Bee Tin – TESOL Journal, 2024
Teachers often repeat language learning tasks and materials with students year after year. Although some tasks do not render satisfactory outcomes, students' performances can serve as valuable historical autoethnographic data that teachers can reflect on to improve their teaching materials and language learning tasks. In this article, using…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Creativity, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Tergujeff, Elina; Kuronen, Mikko – Foreign Language Annals, 2023
Tongue twisters are a controversial pronunciation teaching classic. Whereas some see tongue twisters difficult and frustrating for learners, others find them fun and motivating. This study was inspired by these opposing views and the fact that previous studies have failed to offer convincing proof of whether this technique works for L2…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Pronunciation Instruction, Teaching Methods, Swedish
Diane Rak – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Ambiguity is a natural part of language and in studying the comprehension and resolution of ambiguity in a second language (L2), we must consider the influence of the native language. This dissertation examines L2 processing of the lexical semantic ambiguities, homonyms and polysemes. These are words that share the same form but have different…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Semantics, Ambiguity (Semantics), Language Processing
Sofia Fernandez – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation delves into second language acquisition, sociophonetic variation, and speech perception, investigating how prior linguistic experiences and exposure to regional variations in a second language influence the decoding of dialectal linguistic cues. It aims to enhance the understanding of words pronounced with different phones and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Spanish, Language Styles, Dialects
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Rosen, Russell S.; Quinto-Pozos, David – Language Learning, 2023
Additional language (L2/Ln) research largely focuses on learners whose first languages are spoken and who are learning additional spoken languages. In the past few decades, sign languages have become increasingly popular for hearing students in schools. These students must not only learn the vocabulary and grammar of sign languages but also manage…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Second Language Learning, Transfer of Training, Nonverbal Communication
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Mahajani, Urvi Shantanu; Karathiya, Rinku; B. P, Abhishek – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2023
Recall deals with the encoding, storage, and retrieval of information. Bilinguals have greater flexibility for recall as the person will have multiple language choices to come out with the target word. In other words, a bilingual will have more lexical choices to retrieve the target word. The current study investigates cross-language recall…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Bilingualism, Native Language, Second Language Learning
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Richard L. Sparks; Abdullah Alamer – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Although researchers have found strong relationships between first language (L1) skills and second language (L2) anxiety, less is known about how L1 skills in primary school impact L2 anxiety years after L1 has been acquired. Previous research lacked evidence for the mediating role of L2 aptitude and L2 achievement in the relationship. This study…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Second Language Learning, Anxiety, Elementary School Students
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