Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract This study explores the potential of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) as an alternative to human interlocutors for assessing interactional competence (IC) in a second language (L2). Thirty L2 English speakers completed a 6‐item roleplay task designed to elicit refusals of requests, invitations, and offers, interacting with both a ...
Yunwen Su, Xi Chen
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Lost in translation: Decoding the errors in consecutive interpreting by Chinese EFL learners. [PDF]
PLoS OneZhuang Y, Chen L.
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The Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates the pedagogical impact of integrating cognitive linguistics (CL) into concept‐based language instruction (C‐BLI) for teaching English modal verbs. Eighty‐nine Mandarin‐speaking university learners were assigned to one of three instructional conditions: C‐BLI with CL‐based conceptualizations (C‐BLI‐CL), C‐BLI with non‐CL
Helen Zhao, James P. Lantolf
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The Impact of Flow on University EFL Learners' Psychological Capital: Insights from Positive Psychology. [PDF]
Behav Sci (Basel)Jia F +5 more
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The Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This article reports on a 2‐year collaborative action research project carried out in 2022–2023, which investigated the intersection of social justice and advocacy in English language teaching. The aim was to describe how English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers working at state secondary schools in two Argentinian cities harnessed their ...
Darío Luis Banegas +3 more
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The effect of EFL learners' identity on English speaking proficiency and autonomous learning skills among university students: the mediating role of speaking anxiety. [PDF]
Front PsycholTao Y, Xiao M, Mofreh SAM, Salem S.
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The Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates how pre‐service L2 English teachers manage turn allocation when student willingness to participate is uncertain or absent during microteaching sessions. Drawing on conversation analysis (CA), we examine video‐recorded teaching demonstrations conducted by undergraduate L2 English education majors in South Korea.
Eunseok Ro, Hyunwoo Kim
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How generative AI enhances self-regulated learning in EFL learners: a chain mediation model of "intention to use" and "learning engagement". [PDF]
Front PsycholXu J.
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Making all repertoires count: Re‐envisioning TBLT through critical multilingual language awareness
The Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.Abstract As calls intensify for language education to provide authentic exposure to linguistic and cultural diversity—an essential condition for preparing learners to navigate an interconnected world—concerns about the declining status of additional language study reveal an important challenge.
Koen Van Gorp
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From tool to scaffold: structured human-AI collaboration and its effects on academic writing and digital critical thinking among Saudi EFL learners. [PDF]
Front PsycholAlshehri OAO +5 more
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