The improvement in critical reading skills (CRSs) plays a central part in college students' academic achievement, in the realization of which online collaborative learning (OCL) could perform a prominent role. This mixed-methods case study sets out to examine the influence of OCL on college students' CRSs due to the lack of research into it in the…

Research on input processing and processing instruction has often employed a scoring method known as trials to criterion to observe the effects of instruction that emerge during training. Despite its common use in this research (see Fernández, 2021) this metric has never been evaluated critically. The present study first discusses several…

The present study adopts the four-step framework of course development processes proposed by Graves (1996) to develop a writing course for EFL Vietnamese undergraduates. A total of 60 students were asked to take a writing test and a survey about writing problems to identify their "objective needs". Then "subjective needs" were…

This article explores how research on the teaching of pragmatics, specifically as it relates to the use of explicit and implicit instruction, can serve as a guide for expanding the instruction of social language to immigrant students in Australia as well as other students. The curriculum and expectations from the Australian Migrant English Program…

With the advent of positive psychology, the role of positive emotions has received more attention. This study explores the relationship among teacher-and-peer support, mindfulness, and positive academic emotions in EFL learning among non-English majors in China. The results reveal that teacher-and-peer support and mindfulness positively predict…

Given the breakout of the COVID-19 pandemic, online L2 learning has become more popular than ever so traditional in-person classroom instruction is giving way to virtual learning. The different approaches to virtual L2 learning entail learners' serious engagement to create their own learning pace. Instructors have a lasting effect on the students…

This conceptual essay examines the historic, ideological foundations of bilingual education in the United States as influenced by various perspectives and policies related to multilingual learners. Additionally, past and current curricular models of bilingual education are analyzed through an ideological lens, illustrating connections between…

This study will examine the United States undergraduate student. It will focus on students' perceptions of how the study of foreign language curriculum at a higher educational institution is vital for a student's chosen profession and becoming a part of the global economy. A qualitative approach will be the method used to organize and investigate.…

Flipped learning is a teaching methodology which holds most theoretical learning in asynchronous regime online, after which practical classes are conducted face-to-face. This constructivist methodology became especially valuable during and after the total online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The greatest academic benefits of this…

Librarians love stories, and libraries are among the few forums that can offer exposure to collections of stories in various formats as well as encourage independent exploration and group discussion. Librarians read, encourage talking, writing about, and searching for stories, but this is text-based. What of the students new to the English…

In this paper, I first provide a brief review of how scholars have conceptualized, tested, and elaborated aptitude frameworks relevant to second language (L2) speech learning. Subsequently, I introduce an emerging paradigm that assigns a fundamental role to domain-general auditory processing (i.e., having a good ear) in L1 speech acquisition and…

New Zealand (NZ) offers a unique entry to a new life for refugees, beginning at the Mangere Refugee Reception Centre (MRRC) just outside Auckland. The Centre includes the Mangere Refugee Education Centre (MREC), run by the Auckland University of Technology, that helps school-age students experience NZ-style education and adults gain…

Affective factors, such as anxiety, are located among the obstacles that hinder language learning and can result in language learners who are resistant to language input, especially in foreign language learning contexts. Thus, the current research effort aimed at examining the level of speaking anxiety among foreign language learners (English and…

Presenting pictures of faces side by side is a common paradigm to assess infants' attentional biases according to social categories, such as gender, race, and language. However, seeing static faces does not represent infants' typical experience of the social world, which involves people in motion and performing actions. Here, we assessed infants'…

This mixed-method study examines Ecuadorian preservice English as a foreign language teachers' cognition regarding pronunciation models and targets, identity, and confidence. Data were gathered through a self-reported, anonymous online questionnaire. Factor analysis and Spearman's correlations were conducted on the quantitative data, and content…