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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
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Exploring the “what” and “how” of opportunities and challenges of AI in EFL teacher education
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has significantly impacted second language education, including English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching and learning. Although various studies have been conducted to examine the opportunities and challenges of AI in EFL ...
Sina Omidvar, Hussein Meihami
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The Construct of Willingness to Communicate and Its Relationship with EFL Learners’ Perceived Verbal and Nonverbal Teacher Immediacy [PDF]
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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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 +2 more
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On the Relationship between Iranian EFL Teachers’ Self-regulation, Self-resiliency, Gender and Teaching Experience [PDF]
The present study aimed to explore (a) if there is any relationship between EFL teachers’ self-regulatory and their resiliency, (b) if there is any relationship between EFL teachers’ self-regulatory and their genders, and (c) if there is any relationship
Nahid Partovi, Dara Tafazoli
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Using Virtual Exchange for Teaching BELF Pragmatics: Developing an Online Negotiation Activity
Abstract Teaching Business English (BE) is experiencing a paradigm shift to reflect the communicative needs of the global workplace. With the majority of interactions in English now taking place among multilingual speakers, there are increasing calls to integrate perspectives of English as a business lingua franca (BELF) into English language and ...
Miya Komori‐Glatz +1 more
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Abstract Private tutoring—or shadow education—has received ample scholarly attention due to increasing demand from parents for reasons of social mobility in ESL/EFL contexts. Referred to as English private tutoring (EPT) for language learning purposes, this type of non‐formal education shares certain features of formal education like content and ...
Semih Ekin, Ali Anaç, Muhammet Öcel
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Designing Feedback and Assessment for GenAI‐Assisted Digital Multimodal Composition in L2
Abstract The rapidly evolving use of GenAI leads to a crucial need for new approaches to instruction and assessment of language skills in DMC tasks. The study adopted a convergent mixed‐methods design within an 11‐week action research framework. The study was conducted with 12 Turkish tertiary‐level L2 learners based on a process‐genre pedagogy to ...
Sibel Söğüt +2 more
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The Effects of Self-Efficacy on Iranian EFL Teachers’ competency in ELT [PDF]
Teacher competency is defined as a knowledge, skill, ability, personal quality, experience or other characteristic that contributes to a teacher capacity to teach effectively.
Khalil Sazideh +2 more
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Assessment of Digital Multimodal Composing: Toward Ethical and Responsible Use of Generative AI
Abstract This Research Issues paper outlines the theoretical and practical foundations for assessing GenAI‐mediated DMC, with a particular focus on frameworks for ethical authorship, diverse assessment approaches and methods, and flexible quality criteria and rubrics.
Dong‐shin Shin +2 more
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