From Task Motivation to L2 Learning: Understanding Links through Learners' Task Engagement
Abstract This study investigated whether learners' task motivation predicts their task engagement, and whether their task engagement is associated with subsequent L2 learning. Task motivation was operationalized through situated expectancy‐value theory (SEVT; Eccles & Wigfield, 2020), a model of the proximal (i.e., task‐specific) social‐cognitive ...
Phil Hiver, Phung Dao
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Diabetes in Pregnancy and School-Age Developmental Outcomes for Offspring: A Statewide Retrospective Cohort Study. [PDF]
Gordon HG+10 more
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The Entangled Object of Language Ideology: Socio‐Material Stories of Becoming Content Teachers
Abstract As countries around the world experience a surge of individuals who come from culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) backgrounds, teacher education programs are reimagining ways to train content teachers with the necessary linguistic awareness, pedagogical tools, and skills to support CLD students while also incorporating teachers ...
Curtis A. Green‐Eneix
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Individual Differences in Statistical Learning and Semantic Adaptation: An N400 Study. [PDF]
Munding M+3 more
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Exploring the Potential of Conversational AI for Assessing Second Language Oral Proficiency
Abstract Interactional Competence (IC) is an important subcomponent of oral proficiency, but many computer‐mediated oral English assessments fall short in assessing this construct mainly due to technological limitations. Spoken Dialogue Systems (SDSs) have shown promise in assessing L2 oral communication, yet further investigation is needed on their ...
Yasin Karatay, Jing Xu
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On the interaction between implicit statistical learning and the alternation advantage: Evidence from manual and oculomotor serial reaction time tasks. [PDF]
Compostella A+3 more
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M. Kestemont, S. Moens, J. Deploige
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Grappling with Cisgender Positionality in Applied Linguistics Research with Trans Participants
Abstract Cisgender researchers can and must take action against transphobia within our spheres of influence (Knisely, 2023; Zimman, 2021). However, these processes, while necessary, can be fraught and problematic. Trans scholars have challenged the exploitative, cisnormative, and appropriative nature of much academic research by cisgender people on ...
Julia Donnelly Spiegelman
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Man vs. machine: can AI outperform ESL student translations? [PDF]
Alkhofi A.
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Maximizing the Economic, Environmental, and Social Impact of the Metaverse
ABSTRACT The metaverse is a transformative digital ecosystem with the potential to redefine economic, environmental, and social systems. This qualitative study examines how the metaverse and its enabling technologies—such as AR/VR, blockchain, and AI—might evolve to influence sustainability. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews with global experts and
Alessandro Lanteri+2 more
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