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Optimizing EFL Learners’ Writing Skills through Reflective Journaling

Journal of English for Academic and Specific Purposes
Integrating an in-depth reflective activity is pivotal in these modern second language writing learning enterprises. In the light of a profound writing learning reflection, EFL learners can pave more rewarding and promising writing trajectories as they ...
Kristian Florensio Wijaya
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Teaching Enjoyment and Vitality as Mediators of Cognitive Flexibility and Reflective Teaching in EFL Teachers: A Mixed‐Methods Serial Mediation Analysis

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Reflective teaching (RT) is influenced by a range of cognitive, pedagogical, and psycho‐affective factors in second/foreign language (L2) education. However, empirical evidence on the influence of psycho‐affective variables on teachers' reflectivity remains limited.
Lili Qin, Hossein Nassaji, Ali Derakhshan   +2 more
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Modeling the Paths from L2 Use and Socio‐Affective Variables to Communication Skills: A Mixed‐Methods Approach

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

The Effectiveness of a Differentiated Instruction-based Program for Developing English Writing Fluency among Preparatory Schoolers [PDF]

Maǧallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ Al-Tarbiyyaẗ Bil ʿarīš
The present study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of a differentiated instruction-based program (DIBP) for developing English writing fluency among preparatory schoolers.
Wafaa Mostafa Ebeid Badawy
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Metalinguistic Awareness in the EFL Classroom and Beyond: Exploring the Potential of Translation Tasks

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
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, Sandra L. Halverson, Christine Möller‐Omrani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Writing Anxiety during Writing Process: An Analysis of Perceptions in Chinese English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Learners

Qualitative Research in Education
Writing anxiety has been identified as a significant obstacle for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners in China, with previous studies indicating that it can negatively affect writing performance.
Jing Sun, Saeid Motevalli, Nee Nee Chan
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Using Virtual Exchange for Teaching BELF Pragmatics: Developing an Online Negotiation Activity

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
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, Kaisa S. Pietikäinen   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Longitudinal Tracking of Persistence in Other‐Repair Practices in an Audio‐Mediated English Private Tutoring Setting

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
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

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
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, Ergün Cihat Çorbacı, Volker Hegelheimer   +2 more
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Assessment of Digital Multimodal Composing: Toward Ethical and Responsible Use of Generative AI

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
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, Youngjoo Yi, Tony Cimasko   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source