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Cognitively Complex Tasks and Individual Differences: Two Influential Factors in Iranian EFL Learners’ Written Text Quality [PDF]

Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning, 2019
Robinson’s Cognition Hypothesis and Skehan’s Limited Attentional Capacity Model provide the major impetus for this study. The present article reports the findings of a between-subject factorial experimental research study which explored 1) the effects of
Farahman Farrokhi, Simin Sattarpour
doaj  

Trajectories of second language student classroom engagement: Profiles and correlates

British Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Research on the development of second language (L2) student classroom engagement is growing; however, this body of research primarily relies on designs that preclude the examination of whether this development is common to all students or whether different developmental trajectories emerge for different groups. Aim Adopting a person‐
Hoi Vo
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Harnessing Metabolic Priming to Engineer Human Nucleus Pulposus Macromass Overcoming Scalability‐Phenotype Tradeoff

Cell Proliferation, EarlyView.
Human platelet lysate acts as a metabolic primer for hNPCs, enhancing fatty acid oxidation to drive proliferation while preserving phenotype. This enables construction of high‐quality, large‐size macromasses without necrotic defects, demonstrating exceptional efficacy in repairing degenerated discs in situ and providing a novel paradigm for ...
Yingbo Wang, Ou Hu, Jian Wu, Sha Huang, Peng Lin, Pulin Yan, Yangyang Li, Huaijian Jin, Yutong Wu, Jun Zhu, Jungang Pu, Bo Hu, Jian He, Yibo Gan, Peng Liu   +14 more
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Is anxiety always harmful? An exploration of the impact of language anxiety on EFL learning motivation, EFL competence and EFL academic performance

BMC Psychology
Anxiety is widely recognized as a debilitating emotional state that brings negative outcomes. However, the concept of facilitating anxiety, which is believed to be beneficial in certain situations, has often been neglected in prior scholarly work. This study emphasizes the distinction between facilitating anxiety (beneficial anxiety) and debilitating ...
Luo, Zhanni, Xiong, Yuanlu
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Foreign language anxiety and its mediating role on Chinese language proficiency: A case study of Chinese flagship students

Foreign Language Annals, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explored the relationship between foreign language anxiety (FLA), oral proficiency, and other individual differences among 58 students in an intensive Chinese language program in the United States. The individual differences tested in this research include overseas experiences, academic year, and self‐efficacy.
Yiping Zhang, Wayne He
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond study abroad: Korean English as a foreign language learners who choose to stay

Foreign Language Annals, EarlyView.
Abstract Research on study abroad (SA) has focused on students who leave their home institutions, often treating at home (AH) learners as a reference group. This study reverses that perspective by centering AH learners and using SA learners for comparison.
Yunjung (Yunie) Ku, Cristina Sanz
wiley   +1 more source

Transitioning From L1 Medium of Instruction to L2 English Medium Instruction: The Role of Translanguaging in Contributing to EFL Students’ Language Learning Motivation

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on English‐Medium‐Instruction (EMI) highlights inadequate support for students transitioning from L1‐medium‐instruction to EMI. To date, little research has focused on how L2 students’ adaptation to an EMI environment influences their L2 learning motivation (LLM).
Kevin W. H. Tai
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Motivation, Self‐Regulated R2W Strategy Use, and Their Relationship Patterns Among Different Writing Performance Groups

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The study investigated how writing motivation and self‐regulated read‐to‐write (SRL‐R2W) strategy use was related to writing performance and how the relationship between motivation and SRL‐R2W strategy use varied among different writing performance groups.
Huixuan Zhou, Barry Bai, Jing Wang, Pinge Nie   +3 more
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A Systematic Scoping Review of Self‐Regulated Learning With AI in Language Education

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology has brought new opportunities for second/foreign language (L2) education while also raising concerns about the use of AI tools. This systematic scoping review provides a snapshot of the current state of research situated at the intersection of self‐regulated learning (SRL) and AI
Zheng Zhang, Sihan Zhou, Barry Bai
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial Intelligence for Language Learning: A Systematic Review of its Design, Theoretical Foundations, Implementation, and Impact

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although the use of AI technologies (e.g., chatbots and automated writing evaluations (AWE)) has gained considerable attention in language learning fields in recent years, how AI technologies have been designed and implemented in language learning education, as well as their effectiveness, is understudied.
Shen Qiao, Michelle Mingyue Gu, Chaoqun Lu   +2 more
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