ABSTRACT In this study, control–value theory (CVT) was used to investigate how students’ perceptions of the classroom environment shape their anxiety in the context of English as a foreign language (EFL) learning through the mediating effects of control and intrinsic value appraisals.
Quan Qian, Xianhan Huang
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Bridging awareness and behavior: decoding implicit metacognitive behaviors in AI-assisted programming via fine-grained log analysis. [PDF]
Hou X, Liu Z, Wang G, Shi N.
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Developing Pre‐Service Teachers’ Digital Self‐Efficacy Through Self‐Directed Language Learning
ABSTRACT Contemporary online language learning typically involves the use of multiple digital platforms. Drawing on digital self‐efficacy and self‐directed learning theories, this study investigates the self‐directed language learning experience of 19 pre‐service teachers as they navigate the affordances of two platforms, Duolingo and ChatGPT.
Yingqiu Chen, Louisa Buckingham
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Aligning AI affordances with critical thinking skills in Chinese EFL: a discrepancy-based needs analysis for an AI-integrated blended reading module. [PDF]
Yang A, Dong L.
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How L2 Learners Negotiate Meaning in GenAI‐Supported Creative Writing
ABSTRACT This qualitative study explores how second language (L2) learners negotiate meaning and co‐construct knowledge with generative AI (GenAI) in a 12‐week multimodal creative writing project. Chinese middle school students (N = 75) created English picture books using a conversational GenAI agent supporting textual and text‐to‐image generation.
Zhihui Zhang +3 more
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According to international studies one of the challenges faced by the Romanian educational system is functional illiteracy which means that students have difficulties in understanding first view long dimension texts and cannot use the knowledge like a resource in their life. A key factor related to reading comprehension is metacognition, or the ability
Castanheira, Luis +2 more
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An empirical study of intermediate and advanced Chinese learners of Japanese language about reading strategies based on think-aloud protocols. [PDF]
Sun Y, Zhang M, Tan S.
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Vocabulary Strategy Instruction in the Argentine EFL Context: Teachers’ Perspectives and Practices
ABSTRACT Despite extensive research on vocabulary strategy instruction (VSI), little has been known about teachers’ perspectives on how it is understood and implemented in practice. This study investigated Argentinian EFL teachers’ priorities in vocabulary instruction, their perceived knowledge of learner strategies for spoken vocabulary, and factors ...
Isobel Kai‐Hui Wang, Andrew D. Cohen
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Metacognition and cognitive dysfunction in post-COVID condition. [PDF]
Oliver-Mas S +10 more
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Take an Introductory Linguistics Course; It May Increase Your Language Learning Ability
ABSTRACT Can general linguistics knowledge be used to better learn a new language? This exploratory study is concerned with the potential advantageous transfer of general linguistics knowledge to the learning of a new, additional foreign language.
Kiyono Fujinaga‐Gordon +2 more
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