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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

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

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

Digital storytelling interventions to enhance the speaking abilities of elementary-level students with English language difficulties. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Almulla AA, Khasawneh MA, Tashtoush MA, Alsayed A.   +3 more
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

Future L2 writing selves and EFL writing achievement: the mediating role of writing enjoyment and boredom. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Pan J, Chen H.
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

Integrating DeepL Write and Claude AI to enhance argumentative writing competence of engineering students in India. [PDF]

Front Artif Intell
Divya TJ, Alamelu C.
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

The role of gratitude in promoting agentic engagement among Chinese EFL learners: a chain mediation study. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Hu L, Zhang X.
europepmc   +1 more source