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Vocabulary Opens the Door; Creativity Guides the Search: Complementary Contributions to Second Language Semantic Fluency Across Domains

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
wiley   +1 more source

Relationship among motivation, vocabulary learning strategies and the breadth of vocabulary knowledge: A structural equation modeling study on second language learning. [PDF]

PLoS One
Yang C, Yu X, Li H.
europepmc   +1 more source

Second Language Interactional Competence in Roleplay: Comparing Generative Artificial Intelligence and Human Interlocutors

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
wiley   +1 more source

Writing self-efficacy, achievement emotions, and engagement among Chinese EFL learners: a variable- and person-centered investigation based on control-value theory. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Lei H, Zhan Q.
europepmc   +1 more source

Differential Effects of Age, Linguistic Distance, Gender, and Education on English Proficiency: A Comparative Crosslinguistic Study of Immersion and Nonimmersion Learners

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
wiley   +1 more source

Bridging the human-AI gap: the role of perceived teacher support in shaping EFL learners' willingness to engage in collaborative writing. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Gong W, Xu C, Ye JH.
europepmc   +1 more source

Poetry Writing in the EFL Classroom

Poetry Writing in the EFL Classroom
This paper discusses the use of poetry writing in the　EFL classroom as a low－stress and motivational tool in helping students to generate language．It offers a rationale for the use of poetry writing and nine types of exercises exercises that you can try out in your own classroom．
openaire   +1 more source

Diving Into High‐Variability Phonetic Training: Stimuli Type and Learners’ Auditory Selective Attention in Second Language Vowel Training

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, Cristina Aliaga‐Garcia, Joan C. Mora, Mireia Ortega   +3 more
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Feedback literacy in EFL listening: structural associations and reported action strategies among Chinese university students and instructors. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Zhang Y, Huang J, Liu Y, Kumar J.
europepmc   +1 more source