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ABSTRACT Background This study examined the immediate and sustained effects of song‐based language learning on English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ academic development, cognitive engagement, and motivation for learning. The study is primarily grounded in self‐determination theory and sociocultural theory and is additionally informed by the ...
Yanyi Wang +2 more
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Negotiating Meaning via Communication Strategies: EFL Learners' Behavior in Peer Interaction. [PDF]
Li C.
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The Future of the Teaching Profession—Trends and Issues in Teaching and Teacher Education
ABSTRACT This special issue examines how the teaching profession is being reshaped by rapid societal, technological, and cultural change. It argues that teaching is shifting from knowledge transmission to fostering adaptive expertise, including critical thinking, creativity, and intercultural competence.
Wilfried Admiraal, Dineke Tigelaar
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Purpose Profiles in Informal Digital Learning of English: A Mixed‐Methods Study
ABSTRACT Background Research on Informal Digital Learning of English (IDLE) has largely emphasized engagement intensity, with less attention to learners' underlying purposes. Objectives This study identified purpose profiles in IDLE and examined their associations with digital competence, L2 emotions, and cross‐cultural competence. It also explored how
Huijie Yao +2 more
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The Comparative Effect of Immediate and Delayed Feedback on EFL Learners' Engagement and Willingness to Collaborate. [PDF]
Mai H.
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ABSTRACT Background The use of recent artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, such as chat generative pretrained transformer (ChatGPT), in second language (L2) writing may face criticism for potentially promoting plagiarism and raising ethical concerns.
Yuah V. Chon, Dongkwang Shin
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Assessing local cultural awareness in university EFL learners: A Delphi and AHP-based index framework. [PDF]
Fan L, Cheng G, Yan N.
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The study of Neotropical Apicotermitinae remains challenging due to the large number of undescribed taxa (Linnean shortfall) as well as the scarcity of distributional data (Wallacean shortfall). Despite recent efforts to reduce the first one, the second remains an even more significant challenge.
Camila C. Mellado +10 more
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The impact of self-efficacy on psychological resilience in EFL learners: a serial mediation model. [PDF]
Xu J, Xu Y.
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ABSTRACT Positive psychology (PP) has become a key perspective in second language acquisition (SLA), with growing attention to learners' emotions, motivation, engagement, well‐being, and self‐regulation. However, existing PP–SLA studies have not been sufficiently mapped in terms of how theoretical frameworks are selected, classified, and ...
Kenan Gao, Juan Zhang
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