This study explores the impact of a classroom intervention on second language (L2) Spanish learners' attitudes towards bilingualism and language learning. Language attitudes are crucial to student success (Cummins, 2000), influence students' decisions to continue language learning (Bartley, 1970) and can start developing as early as childhood…

Language teacher educators (LTEs) enter their roles with complex personal histories and experiences. Little research examines the ways in which LTEs of varying backgrounds reflect on these histories, their emotional responses to these reflections, and their connections to cultural contexts or systemic (in)justice. In this article, we treat the…

Humor is seen as an effective tool to create a conducive learning environment. However, there is a dearth of research into the use of humor devices by second language (L2) learners. To fill this gap, this study investigated the role of proficiency and self-reported creativity in the quantity and diversity of humor devices used in written comedy…

In recent years, studies have investigated "Subtitles as a Support" (SaS) and "Subtitling as a Task" (SaT) as two distinct approaches to audiovisual input, which have the potential to foster learners' vocabulary. In line with the Involvement Load Hypothesis (ILH) (Laufer & Hulstijn, Applied Linguistics 22(1):1-26, 2001),…

Despite the increasing empirical research on the psychological dimensions of language learning, Foreign Language Learning Anxiety (FLLA) remains comparatively underexplored, particularly in subject-specific academic contexts. This mixed-methods case study investigates FLLA among English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners in British literature…

Foreign language education can promote international trade, which, in turn, informs the planning of foreign language education. This study examines how bilateral trade between China and other countries promotes the development of Chinese language education from the perspective of policy planning. The research introduces the structural absorption…

The study explores the role of AI-driven chatbots in fostering collaborative learning among English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers. By examining the experiences of 25 pre-service EFL teachers who used a chatbot as part of their teacher training, the study investigates how the tool supports peer interactions, enhances collaborative learning,…

Recent calls for the "annulment of Spain exceptionalism" (Herlihy-Mera 7) in Spanish programs across developmental levels in the United States, and a greater emphasis on local Spanish language communities and practices compelled the author to reassess her scholarly background as a "Peninsularist" and her approach to teaching…

Background/purpose: The persistent risk of semantic anachronism challenges both literary interpretation and pedagogy, as modern readers frequently impose contemporary meanings onto historically charged vocabulary. This study introduces the Contextual Diachronic Semantic Framework (CDSF), a five-layered analytical model designed to trace the…

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the theoretical issues and existing research in relation to the emotions that learners' experience when learning and using a FL, highlighting the two emotions under investigation, enjoyment and anxiety, which are the focus of the empirical research reported later in the book. Highlighting the crucial…

Predominantly White educator groups often struggle to talk about race, even when that is their explicit aim. This study examines conversational patterns in one district's antiracist book study to explore how individual comments promote or obstruct racial dialogue. We find that contributions that blocked race talk (what we call red lights)…

This research paper explores the role of speaker, listener and real-time social attention for pronoun comprehension in autistic and nonautistic children in the northeast United States. We assessed the pronoun comprehension of 22 autistic children (average age of 62 months, range 46-80 months) and 22 nonautistic children (average age 44 months,…

Language acquisition unfolds within inherently multimodal contexts, where communication is expressed and perceived through diverse channels embedded in social interactions. For hearing children, this involves integrating speech with gesture; for deaf children, language develops through fully visual modalities. Such observations necessitate a…

This article connects two fields of applied linguistics: research into the role of the social context in learning additional languages and Language Policy and Planning. It introduces Family Additional Language Policy and Planning as an approach to analysing parental role in children's additional language learning. We applied Family Additional…

In this article I use the form of 'language autobiography' to reflect on a speech event that occurred while bathing my young daughter. Through an analysis of this early attempt at verbal communication I destabilise any overly simplistic notion of linguistic mastery and offer an account of language acquisition that is collaborative, palimpsestic…