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Investing in Game‐Based Informal Digital Learning of English (IDLE): A Chinese‐Speaking Gaming Community

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As a rapidly evolving sub‐field of computer‐assisted language learning, informal digital learning of English (IDLE) has become a significant catalyst for linguistic, affective, and pedagogical development among English as a second language (L2) learners.
Yue Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Markedness Theory and Conditional Clauses: An Interlanguage Developmental Study of Iraqi EFL Learners

open access: yesالأستاذ, 2017
    This study investigates how the linguistic factor of markedness theory affects Iraqi EFL Learners’ acquisition order of English conditional clauses.Three research questions are formulated to achieve the aim of this study, and these are; (i) How do ...
Tahani Awad Jasim Al-Tameemi (MA)
doaj   +1 more source

From Clueless to Confident: How ChatGPT Transforms Academic Writing in Chinese as a Second Language

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has demonstrated its potential to enhance the quality of second‐language (L2) academic writing. This study used a qualitative approach comprising analysis of ChatGPT usage‐history screenshots, written assignments, and semi‐structured interview data on students’ use of GenAI in their L2 Chinese ...
Lanfang Sun   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

EFL Learners’ Negotiation of Meaning

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics & English Literature, 2013
This study aimed at investigating EFL learners’ frequency of negotiation of meaning when performing focused and unfocused communication tasks. The sample consists of thirty learners divided into ten groups. Three research instruments were used to collect data; communication tasks, field notes and interviews.
openaire   +2 more sources

TEACHING ENGLISH TO EFL YOUNG LEARNERS THROUGH CHILDREN POETRY [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The preliminary study revealed that EFL teachers never used children poetry as a learning material for EFL young learners. The teachers thought it was not relevant and demotivating.
Setiyani, Solis
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Patterns of uptake and repair following recasts and prompts in an EFL context: Does feedback explicitness play a role? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This study sought to examine the effectiveness of two categories of feedback, namely recasts and prompts. Also, the study focused on the relationship between subsets of each feedback type and the extent to which they led to learner uptake and repair in ...
Shirani, Reza
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Motivation, Self‐Regulated R2W Strategy Use, and Their Relationship Patterns Among Different Writing Performance Groups

open access: yesInternational 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   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Investigation on Meta-cognitive Strategies Training and Pragmatic Knowledge in Online Contexts [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Evolutionary Educational Psychology Journal
Objective: Online learning is an area that reflects the integration of technology in education. Moreover, pragmatic knowledge, as an important part of EFL learning, cannot be neglected in EFL research.
Forough Amirjalili
doaj  

The Construct of Willingness to Communicate and Its Relationship with EFL Learners’ Perceived Verbal and Nonverbal Teacher Immediacy [PDF]

open access: yesIssues in Language Teaching, 2014
Given the fact that developing an intimate relationship between teacher and students creates a safe learning environment (Harran, 2006), and because teacher immediacy is proved to increase students’ motivation for learning (Velez & Cano, 2008), this ...
Maryam Gol   +2 more
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Malaysian and Indonesian Learners: They Are Judges of How They Learn English Most Effectively in and Out of Classrooms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The position of English is that of a Second Language in Malaysia and a Foreign Language in Indonesia. But the objective is the same that is to enable the learners to communicate effectively and efficiently in social and professional situations. Learners'
Kardiansyah, M. Y. (M)   +2 more
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