Abstract This classroom study explored the effects of vocabulary support on collocation learning and affective responses in task‐based language teaching (TBLT) among English‐as‐a‐foreign‐language (EFL) learners at a Japanese university. For this purpose, 68 EFL learners completed two interactive information‐gap tasks under either vocabulary‐support or ...
Yuichi Suzuki, Sachiko Nakamura
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The Flowering of Positive Psychology in Foreign Language Teaching and Acquisition Research. [PDF]
Dewaele JM, Chen X, Padilla AM, Lake J.
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Subjectification and Chronotopes in Early‐Career TESOL Teachers' Professional Development in Japan
Abstract This study presents case studies of three early‐career secondary TESOL teachers in Japan, focusing on their professional development experiences. Their narratives were collected in two phases: (1) reflective reports submitted by the teachers during the fourth year of their teacher training, which included reflections on their previous L2 ...
Yoshiyuki Nakata +2 more
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Investigating the Role of Resilience, Foreign Language Teaching Enjoyment, and Mindfulness in Predicting Loving Pedagogy in English Language Teaching. [PDF]
Alipour S +2 more
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Abstract This article proposes the concept of disciplinary languaging to account for the regulated forms of communication that are characteristic of TESOL master's preparatory programs in the UK. It does so with a view to the effects on the socialization of international students who are attracted by the global promotion of such programs and the ...
Yunpeng Du, Miguel Pérez‐Milans
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A bibliometric and content analysis of strategy-based instruction and self-regulated learning in second or foreign language teaching from 1994 to 2024. [PDF]
Chen R, Wang X, Zhu K.
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Abstract This study explores an understudied question of who teaches English in the Singaporean English language teaching (ELT) industry. Study 1 analyzed the website contents of ESL schools, and Study 2 conducted questionnaire surveys and interviews with three schools.
Yoko Kobayashi
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A qualitative study on Chinese primary school EFL teachers' beliefs about incorporating intercultural competence into foreign language teaching. [PDF]
Wang H, Xu T, Zhong Z.
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A Bird's Eye View of English Grammar: Connecting the Dots in Two Dimensions
Abstract Over the past few decades, discussions on grammar instruction have primarily focused on teaching methodologies, such as whether grammar should be taught explicitly or implicitly, and whether the focus should be on form or forms. This paper, however, shifts the focus to grammar itself, aiming to provide a “shape” for pedagogical grammar.
Akira Tajino, Yoshitaka Kato
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35 Years of the Continua of Biliteracy: A discussion of what has been, what is, and what is to come
Abstract This issue of the Forum celebrates the 35th anniversary of the seminal publication on the continua of biliteracy (Hornberger, 1989). The issue has brought together scholars who each shed light on the continued need for such conceptual framing, illuminating ways in which “the hope for understanding biliteracy, as well as literacy and ...
Nancy H. Hornberger, Jamie L. Schissel
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