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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

The effect of EFL learners' identity on English speaking proficiency and autonomous learning skills among university students: the mediating role of speaking anxiety. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Tao Y, Xiao M, Mofreh SAM, Salem S.
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

Expert consensus on designing a metaverse supported blended EFL module in chinese higher education: A Fuzzy Delphi method. [PDF]

PLoS One
Jiao Y, DeWitt D, Razak RA.
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．
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Does Information About the Origins of Figurative Idioms Help Learners to Remember Them? A Multi‐Site Study

The Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT It has been suggested that informing language learners about the original, literal meaning of idioms helps them to remember these expressions, but the empirical evidence is limited. A new study was conducted with three groups of learners of English (53 Chinese students at a university in Canada, 56 students at a university in China, and 77 ...
Xiaofei Wang, Frank Boers, Xinqing Wang, June Eyckmans   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Self-efficacy and self-regulated learning strategies as significant predictors of english writing proficiency in Chinese EFL senior high school students. [PDF]

PLoS One
Chen X, Yan J, Guo W.
europepmc   +1 more source

Modal verbs in South Asian online Englishes: must, (have) got to, have to and need to

World Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract This research article presents an analysis of four (semi‐)modals of necessity/obligation (must, (have) got to, have to and need to) in four CMC registers (comments, tweets, web forums and websites) originating from four South Asian countries (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) along with the United Kingdom and United States.
Muhammad Shakir
wiley   +1 more source

How generative AI enhances self-regulated learning in EFL learners: a chain mediation model of "intention to use" and "learning engagement". [PDF]

Front Psychol
Xu J.
europepmc   +1 more source

EFL learning, religious faith and globalization in Indonesia's pesantren

World Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract Increasing global demands to teach and learn English in religious educational institutions remain high, yet little EFL research has been conducted in such contexts. Using Indonesia's Islamic educational institutions (i.e., the pesantren) as a focus of analysis, this article seeks to narrow that gap by examining the key factors driving EFL ...
Muhammad Jauhari Sofi, Christopher J. Jenks   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source