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Doing Item Reviewing in and Through Interaction: What It Takes to Problematize and Revise a Language Test Item

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study brings an interactional perspective to item reviewing (IR) as one of the critical language test construction stages by using conversation analysis. Drawing on video recordings of IR sessions in an English preparatory school at the tertiary level, it examines how EFL teachers problematize and revise syllabus‐based language test items
Hümeyra Can, Çiler Hatipoğlu
wiley   +1 more source

An empirical analysis of EFL teachers’ digital literacy in Chinese higher education institutions

International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education
In 2022, China’s Educational Ministry, for the first time, released an industry standard for teachers’ digital literacy. This standard provides a holistic framework for teachers’ digital literacy (TDL) in five dimensions.
Lei Feng, Piyapong Sumettikoon
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring Interactions Between Young Chinese as Second Language Learners and Chinese‐Speaking Students in Hong Kong: Influence of Interlocutor and Patterns of Interaction

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Oral interaction plays a facilitative role in second language acquisition. While numerous studies have explored adult learners’ interactions, research that has examined young learners’ interactions, especially among Chinese as a second language learners (CSLs), is lacking. This study focused on CSLs and Chinese‐speaking students (CSSs) in Hong
Jing Yan
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Unraveling Student Anxiety in EFL Classrooms in China: The Roles of the Classroom Environment and Control–Value Appraisals

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this study, control–value theory (CVT) was used to investigate how students’ perceptions of the classroom environment shape their anxiety in the context of English as a foreign language (EFL) learning through the mediating effects of control and intrinsic value appraisals.
Quan Qian, Xianhan Huang
wiley   +1 more source

Iteratively Designing a Theory‐Driven Gamified Morphological Awareness Intervention to Improve EFL Learners’ Reading Performance and Engagement

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gamification has been increasingly implemented for language learning purposes across the globe. However, there remains unknown regarding how the change in gamification design might maximize students’ language learning outcomes and engagement.
Shen Qiao, Susanna Siu‐sze Yeung, Samuel Kai Wah Chu   +2 more
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How L2 Learners Negotiate Meaning in GenAI‐Supported Creative Writing

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This qualitative study explores how second language (L2) learners negotiate meaning and co‐construct knowledge with generative AI (GenAI) in a 12‐week multimodal creative writing project. Chinese middle school students (N = 75) created English picture books using a conversational GenAI agent supporting textual and text‐to‐image generation.
Zhihui Zhang, Scott Aubrey, Zihao Guo, Thomas K. F. Chiu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Relationship Between Iranian EFL Teachers’ Spiritual Well-being and Their Classroom Management Style [PDF]

Health, Spirituality and Medical Ethics
Background and Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Iranian EFL teachers’ spiritual well-being and their classroom management style.
Fatemeh Latifi Fard, Fatemeh Hemmati
doaj  

Beyond Compartmentalized L1/L2 Teaching: Connecting Languages to Foster In‐Depth Learning and Multi/Trans Lingual Selves

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines elementary Grade 5 and 6 students’ emic perspectives on their L1 French and L2 English teachers’ cross‐curricular efforts to build linguistic and conceptual bridges. Drawing on research on translanguaging pedagogies and recent motivation scholarship, we propose a multi‐competence view of motivation that aligns more closely ...
Sunny Man Chu Lau, Andrée‐Anne Tremblay   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vocabulary Strategy Instruction in the Argentine EFL Context: Teachers’ Perspectives and Practices

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite extensive research on vocabulary strategy instruction (VSI), little has been known about teachers’ perspectives on how it is understood and implemented in practice. This study investigated Argentinian EFL teachers’ priorities in vocabulary instruction, their perceived knowledge of learner strategies for spoken vocabulary, and factors ...
Isobel Kai‐Hui Wang, Andrew D. Cohen
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Exploring Peer L2 Grit in Relation to Grit and Motivation

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Grit has attracted considerable attention because of its positive association with second language (L2) learning; however, its socio‐contextual dimensions remain underexplored. Specifically, little is known about how learners’ perceptions of their peers’ perseverance and sustained interest in L2 learning, conceptualized in this study as peer ...
Mitsuko Tanaka, Tomohito Hiromori, Makoto Mitsugi   +2 more
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