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Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract Semantic fluency, the ability to retrieve words within a category, relies on lexical knowledge, semantic memory and executive control mechanisms. A richer, interconnected semantic memory and optimal executive control, as seen in creative individuals, enhance fluency through broad associative searches and quicker access to remote concepts ...
Almudena Fernández‐Fontecha
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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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Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract Do immersion and nonimmersion learners’ English grammaticality judgment test (GJT) scores reflect the same underlying processes in language learning? Drawing on data from Chen and Hartshorne's (2021) study, we argue that they do not. Using generalized additive mixed models (GAMMs), we found that age of onset was the strongest predictor of GJT ...
Frans van der Slik, Roeland van Hout
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Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigated the phonetic training performance of 80 first language (L1) Catalan/Spanish advanced second language (L2) English learners in a four‐session high‐variability phonetic training (HVPT) program and how their training progress interacted with stimuli type (nonwords vs. words) and individual differences in auditory selective
Ingrid Mora‐Plaza +3 more
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Introduction: Charting the Evolution of English and Anglophone Writing in Asia
World Englishes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This introductory article explores the history of the English language and literatures in the Asian ‘Outer Circle’ countries, or English in its ‘second diaspora’, focusing primarily on literature from its beginnings to the present. Due to space limitations, the scope is further narrowed to poetry and the novel – the two genres that, arguably ...
Mohammad A. Quayum
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Human or GenAI Support? Conditions Impacting Students' Strategy Choices in an Essay Revision Task
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, Volume 42, Issue 5, October 2026.ABSTRACT Background Students often struggle to effectively self‐regulate their learning strategies during writing tasks and typically require external support from teachers, peers or AI tools to overcome these challenges. While emerging research explores how generative AI can dialogically interact with students to support the writing process, little is
Sehrish Iqbal +6 more
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Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, Volume 42, Issue 5, October 2026.ABSTRACT Background The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) has fundamentally changed how education is delivered and how students perform. Since its launch, ChatGPT, a popular generative AI tool, has generated mixed reactions. Objectives This research systematically reviews the opportunities, perceptions, and challenges of using ChatGPT among ...
Olukayode Emmanuel Apata +2 more
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TESOL Journal, Volume 17, Issue 3, September 2026.ABSTRACT The rise of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), particularly OpenAI's ChatGPT, has sparked global debate in education regarding authorship, ethics, and knowledge production. While much research highlights AI's affordances and risks, less attention has been paid to how early‐career multilingual teacher educators navigate this terrain ...
Amr Rabie‐Ahmed, Curtis Green‐Eneix
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TESOL Journal, Volume 17, Issue 3, September 2026.ABSTRACT This study examines how two pre‐service English teachers in Türkiye navigate the racialized (whiteness‐Europeanness‐indexed) and marketized legitimacy regimes of the private English language teaching sector. Drawing on a language teacher identity lens and a political economy account of accent commodification, we analyze the contrasting ...
Onur Özkaynak, Peter Sayer
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An Exploratory Practice on Task‐Based Pragmatics Instruction: Insights From an EFL Classroom
TESOL Journal, Volume 17, Issue 3, September 2026.ABSTRACT Situated within the framework of Exploratory Practice (EP), this practitioner research explores the effectiveness of task‐based pragmatics instruction in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom in Türkiye. Task‐based pragmatics instruction, which integrates pedagogic tasks to enhance language learners' pragmatic competence, was a ...
Bircan Nur Kavrazlı +2 more
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