Article
Education & Educational Research
Yasser Teimouri, Luke Plonsky, Farhad Tabandeh
Summary: Grit, defined as a combination of perseverance and passion, is found to be positively related to language learning motivation and achievement in second language acquisition.
LANGUAGE TEACHING RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Linguistics
Lucas Kohnke, Benjamin Luke Moorhouse
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has led L2 educators to adopt online teaching, with Zoom being a popular and user-friendly synchronous meeting tool that facilitates communicative language learning through various features.
Article
Linguistics
Chengchen Li, Jean-Marc Dewaele, Yanhong Hu
Summary: This article reports on a study of foreign language learning boredom among Chinese university non-English-major students and English teachers. Through interviews and questionnaires, the study obtained a multidimensional conceptualization of foreign language learning boredom and developed the Foreign Language Learning Boredom Scale. The article argues that this study is important for the field of foreign language learning emotion research.
APPLIED LINGUISTICS REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Linguistics
Ju Seong Lee
Summary: This study investigates the link between grit, classroom enjoyment, and willingness to communicate in a second language (L2 WTC) among Korean EFL learners. The results suggest that grit and classroom enjoyment are predictors of L2 WTC, highlighting the importance for teachers to encourage continuous efforts and create a positive classroom environment.
JOURNAL OF MULTILINGUAL AND MULTICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
(2022)
Review
Education & Educational Research
Ruofei Zhang, Di Zou
Summary: Digital technologies have been widely used in language learning, with the most advanced ones including mobile learning, multimedia learning and socialization technologies, speech-to-text and text-to-speech recognition, and digital-game-based learning. The purposes and benefits of these technologies include promoting practices, delivering instructional content, facilitating interactions, and restructuring teaching approaches. Overall, these state-of-the-art technologies have a positive impact on language teaching and learning.
COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING
(2022)
Article
Linguistics
Chengchen Li, Li Wei
Summary: This study examines the independent and joint predictive effects of enjoyment, anxiety, and boredom on L2 achievement among junior secondary English learners in rural China. The findings suggest that enjoyment is the strongest and most enduring predictor of achievement, while anxiety has a negative predictive effect and boredom has no significant predictive power.
STUDIES IN SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Evan Kidd, Rowena Garcia
Summary: A comprehensive theory of child language acquisition requires representative evidence from the world's diverse languages, but many languages are disappearing rapidly. The study analyzed 45 years of research from four major journals in child language acquisition, and found that only around 1.5% of the world's languages were represented. The majority of articles focused on English and other well-studied Indo-European languages, with limited research on non-Indo-European languages. The research was predominantly conducted in the Global North, and more efforts are needed to include languages from other regions.
Article
Linguistics
Jack C. Richards
Summary: Emotions play a significant role in language teaching and learning, yet they have often been overlooked in favor of cognitive aspects. This survey article explores the emotions experienced by teachers and learners, their causes, and their impact on teaching and learning. It also provides suggestions for developing emotional competence in language learning and teaching.
Proceedings Paper
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Erik Cambria, Qian Liu, Sergio Decherchi, Frank Xing, Kenneth Kwok
Summary: This paper proposes a commonsense-based neurosymbolic framework to address the limitations of dependency, reproducibility, trustworthiness, interpretability, and explainability in artificial intelligence for sentiment analysis.
LREC 2022: THIRTEEN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE RESOURCES AND EVALUATION
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Barry Bai, Jing Wang
Summary: This study explored the role of growth mindset, self-efficacy, and intrinsic value in self-regulated learning and English language learning achievements in Hong Kong primary school students. The findings indicate that different motivational beliefs influence the use of self-regulated learning strategies in different ways. Monitoring and effort regulation significantly contribute to English language learning achievements, while goal setting and planning do not predict English language learning achievements. The study suggests that growth mindset is a stronger predictor of self-regulation than self-efficacy and intrinsic value.
LANGUAGE TEACHING RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Ming-Puu Chen, Li-Chun Wang, Di Zou, Shu-Yuan Lin, Haoran Xie, Chin-Chung Tsai
Summary: This study explored the effects of augmented reality (AR) enhanced theme-based contextualized learning on junior high school students' English learning effectiveness, motivation, and attitude. The results showed that captions did not impact knowledge comprehension, but English proficiency played a significant role. Higher proficiency learners performed equally under different caption conditions. Overall, students demonstrated positive motivation towards AR-enhanced contextualized learning, with higher proficiency learners being more motivated.
COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING
(2022)
Article
Linguistics
Li Wei, Ofelia Garcia
Summary: Translanguaging goes beyond the use of students' first language and has the potential to transcend named languages and challenge colonial ideologies. Understanding translanguaging as a unitary repertoire and fully engaging with students' language abilities and meanings helps to reject raciolinguistic ideologies that deem bilingual students deficient.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Tzu-Yu Tai, Howard Hao-Jan Chen, Graeme Todd
Summary: VR technology can provide learners with simulated, immersive, and interactive virtual environments for authentic learning activities. This study examines the effect of VR via mobile-rendered HMDs on EFL learners' vocabulary learning. The results show that mobile VR significantly improves vocabulary learning and retention compared to videos. VR-mediated vocabulary learning is found to be motivating and beneficial, contextualizing vocabulary in virtual environments with multimodal support and real-time interactivity.
COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING
(2022)
Review
Education & Educational Research
Mariusz Kruk
Summary: This study examines the effects of Second Life on English students' willingness to communicate, motivation, language anxiety, and boredom. The data analysis suggests that these variables undergo changes during the visits, influenced by various factors.
COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Sarah Mercer
Summary: The teaching profession, including language teaching, is highly stressful with high rates of burnout and attrition. This study focuses on the wellbeing of English language teachers working in the private sector in Malta, revealing the influence of the business model and working conditions on their wellbeing. Positive aspects such as enjoyment of teaching and positive relationships with colleagues and students are also highlighted.
LANGUAGE TEACHING RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Stephanie Link, Mohaddeseh Mehrzad, Mohammad Rahimi
Summary: In recent years, there has been growing interest in the use of automated writing evaluation (AWE) in second language writing classrooms. However, little evidence has supported the claims of its effectiveness. This study compared two groups of second language writing classes, one with AWE and teacher feedback, and the other with only teacher feedback. The results showed that AWE did not significantly impact the amount of feedback provided by teachers, but teachers without AWE tended to provide more lower-level feedback. Interestingly, students seemed to revise the teacher's feedback more frequently than computer-generated feedback and retained their improvement in accuracy in the long-term when they had access to AWE. This study contributes to the discussion on how AWE can best support second language writing development.
COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Wanying Xie, Samantha Curle
Summary: This article reports on a study conducted at a Chinese state university that investigates the factors contributing to academic success in English Medium Instruction (EMI). The findings highlight the importance of business English proficiency as a predictor of success in EMI, while language learning motivation does not significantly impact academic success. Perceived success in EMI is found to be a significant predictor, emphasizing the importance of enhancing students' perceptions of their own ability to succeed in EMI.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND BILINGUALISM
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Songshan Zhang, Xian Zhang
Summary: This study conducted a meta-analysis on more than 100 individual studies and found a moderate to high positive correlation between L2 vocabulary knowledge (VK) and L2 reading/listening comprehension. Different levels of vocabulary knowledge and the modality of VK measurement were found to contribute differently to L2 comprehension. The depth of vocabulary knowledge and publication factors were also found to be associated with the correlation between VK and L2 comprehension.
LANGUAGE TEACHING RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Linguistics
Anisa Cheung
Summary: This article reports on a case study of an ESL teacher in Hong Kong who used Zoom for lessons during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study found that while there were fewer interactions, synchronous online teaching provided opportunities for utilizing online features to enhance student understanding. The level of technology integration was influenced by the teacher's pedagogical beliefs, the context, and professional development. Embracing process-oriented pedagogies may be necessary for ESL teachers with adequate professional development opportunities and school support.
Review
Education & Educational Research
Di Zou, Shuqiong Luo, Haoran Xie, Gwo-Jen Hwang
Summary: This paper presents a systematic review of flipped language classrooms, covering theoretical foundations, learning activities, tools, research topics, and findings. The results show that the flipped language classroom can enhance students' academic performance, learning motivation, self-regulation, confidence, and higher-order thinking skills. Other research topics explored in the reviewed articles include the effects of external and learner factors, student readiness and technology acceptance, student interactions, and teacher perceptions.
COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING
(2022)
