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Praise in the EFL Classroom

Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition, 2021
This study investigates how praising students’ success in tasks affects the performance of other students who were not successful. Possible and impossible crossword puzzles were used as an experiment to engender fixed mindsets in half of the sample.
openaire   +3 more sources

Modeling the Paths from L2 Use and Socio‐Affective Variables to Communication Skills: A Mixed‐Methods Approach

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Previous research demonstrated that communication anxiety reduces L2 learners' willingness to communicate and communication frequency, but left unexplored its impact on performance. The current mixed‐methods study investigated factors impacting L2 communication skills.
Debra M. Hardison
wiley   +1 more source

Teacher support as predictors of Chinese EFL learners’ classroom flow: the mediating role of academic self-efficacy

Frontiers in Psychology
Informed by social support theory and control-value theory, this study investigates the predictive role of teacher support on classroom flow among English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners and the mediating effect of academic self-efficacy.
Wenting Gong, Wenting Gong, Chuang Xu
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The Role of Practicum in TESOL Education: Integrating Theory and Practice for Effective Language Teaching Development

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract For this TESOL Quarterly 60th anniversary special issue, we examine the journal's contributions to research on the TESOL practicum, synthesizing trends in theory, research, and practice. We identified 28 TESOL Quarterly articles published between 1967 and 2025 that have a specific focus on the practicum.
Chang Pu, Wayne E. Wright
wiley   +1 more source

The text, dead or alive: Expanding textual repertoires in the adult ESOL classroom [PDF]

, 2006
The paper explores the manner in which written texts are selected and used in the adult ESOL classroom. Taking a sociocultural view of the reading process and of the nature of text, it argues that ESOL students have potentially rich textual resources ...
Wallace, Catherine
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Research Synthesis in TESOL

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Research synthesis plays a pivotal role in bridging the gap between research and practice in TESOL by systematically consolidating evidence to inform decision‐making, policy, and pedagogy. Although well established in disciplines such as Medicine and Education, research synthesis remains emergent in TESOL, where its relevance continues to grow
Sin Wang Chong
wiley   +1 more source

Learner Perspective on English Pronunciation Teaching in an EFL Context [PDF]

, 2013
On the basis of the findings, the learners do not seem to have aspirations to native-like pronunciation, but rather aim at achieving intelligible and fluent speech. Only few reported an accent preference (British or American).
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Metalinguistic Awareness in the EFL Classroom and Beyond: Exploring the Potential of Translation Tasks

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Current trends encouraging a move away from monolingual teaching have sparked a renewed interest in the role of translation in language instruction. Yet, there are few theoretically and empirically grounded proposals regarding specific uses of translation in the language classroom.
Monika Bader, Sandra L. Halverson, Christine Möller‐Omrani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysing the speech act of refusing in the TV show Grey’s Anatomy [PDF]

, 2016
XXI Jornades de Foment de la Investigació de la Facultat de Ciències Humanes i Socials (Any 2016)Appropriate refusal interactions may be a difficult task for learners of English in a foreign context since they tend to apply the pragmatic rules of their ...
Nieto Bernat, Davinia María
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A Structured Review of Research‐Informed Instructional Strategies to Support CPA Enabling Competencies in Future Accountants*

Accounting Perspectives, Volume 24, Issue 1, Page 189-249, March 2025.
ABSTRACT CPA enabling competencies underpin the human skills and professional values that all future accountants should possess. Nevertheless, to date, the discourse is limited within the scholarship of teaching and learning on how to best inculcate these competencies in future accountants.
Sanobar Siddiqui
wiley   +1 more source