Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: factores afectivos

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Although second language (L2) emotions have been intensively investigated in the recent decade, little attention has been paid to how L2 learners regulate their L2 learning emotions. It also remains unknown how different combinations of emotion regulation strategies (ERS) relate to learners’ regulatory emotional self-efficacy (RESE) beliefs and L2 burnout. The current study recruited 777 Chinese undergraduates of English as a foreign language (EFL) by administering a battery of questionnaires. Latent profile analysis indicated that three distinct groups of learners emerged, namely the Adaptive Group (40.5%), the High ERS Group (6.8%), and the Maladaptive Group (52.7%). Three-step Bolck–Croon–Hagenaars (BCH) analysis revealed distinct group differences in RESE and burnout. The Maladaptive Group reported the lowest levels on both RESE...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: pensamiento crítico

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Critical thinking and second language (L2) critical writing are very important for students at the tertiary level. However, applied linguistics and L2 acquisition research has mostly focused on linguistic knowledge development. Second language research has yet given scarce attention for examining the development of critical thinking and critical writing. This article explores the impact of critical analysis based on augmented reality (AR) technology on developing critical thinking and critical writing. Two groups of L2 undergraduates (n = 120) participated in this study. The experimental group used critical analysis based on AR, and the control group used online instruction based on a learning management system without AR. The findings showed that the experimental group outperformed the control group in critical thinking and writing....

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: escritura académica

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Academic writing, as a core skill in higher education, poses significant challenges in terms of language organization, logical reasoning, and creative thinking. Although educators have increasingly explored technology-assisted instruction as a solution, empirical findings on its effectiveness remain inconsistent. This meta-analysis therefore evaluates the overall effect of technology-assisted academic writing instruction and examines moderating factors by synthesizing 56 (quasi-)experimental studies from 6 databases, yielding 67 effect sizes. Findings revealed a significantly large and positive effect ( d = 1.209) of technology-assisted academic writing instruction on higher education students’ writing performance, with peak effectiveness observed in English-as-a-foreign-language contexts, genre-based approaches, low-intensity...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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The aim of this qualitative multiple-case study is to examine how six teachers implement linguistic mediation in their classrooms and to explore the implications of these practices for language pedagogy. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with three novice and three experienced teachers working at higher education institutions in Türkiye. Following the introduction of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages Companion Volume , mediation has become central to language education, with an increasing emphasis on mediation-oriented approaches. The findings indicate that, although 11 specific mediation activities and strategies (such as linking to prior knowledge and integrating technology) were identified, participants demonstrated limited conceptual clarity regarding mediation. Nevertheless, both novice...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: factores afectivos

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This study builds on insights into the crucial role learner emotions play in their flourishing. It investigates learners’ and teachers’ perspectives on how to enhance positive emotions both inside and outside modern foreign language classrooms in England, amidst a language crisis and reduced modern foreign language uptake across the United Kingdom. A thematic qualitative text analysis of 18 semi-structured interviews with secondary-level teachers and learners from 7 schools across England revealed that both learners and teachers emphasise the significant impact of teachers on fostering positive emotions in the classroom. They also showed that students lack awareness of the benefits of learning languages beyond English. Furthermore, the interview data suggests that the government, schools, school leaders, and parents must also engage...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza en línea e híbrida

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Few previous studies have focused on the effect of online environment factors (teachers’ enthusiasm, group interaction, etc.) on learners’ willingness to communicate in the context of learning Chinese as a second language (CSL). To fill this gap, this study investigated 471 CSL learners (1) to explore the mediating role of online learning enjoyment and perceived group interaction on the perception of teachers’ enthusiasm and willingness to communicate in L2 in online CSL classes; and (2) to clarify whether gender, weekly self-online learning time and learning achievement moderate those relations. A moderated mediation structural equation model with good fitness revealed that both perceived group interaction and online learning enjoyment fully mediated the relationship between perceived teachers’ enthusiasm and willingness to...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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Despite substantial development in second-language (L2) fluency research, fluency remains underexplored in L2 teaching. Emerging evidence suggests that research-based fluency-enhancing activities are not fully utilized in classrooms, partly due to teachers’ relatively broad conceptualization of fluency. To address this issue, this study examines (1) teachers’ beliefs about fluency and fluency-enhancing activities and (2) the extent to which these beliefs are reflected in their classroom practices. By triangulating data from questionnaires, interviews, and classroom observations, this study contributes to the growing body of L2 fluency research, which has primarily focused on teachers’ self-reported data, thereby paving the way toward bridging the research–pedagogy gap. Using a mixed-methods approach, the analysis revealed (1) a...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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Writing has long been seen as a challenging skill that language learners need to learn. In addition, by guaranteeing participant engagement in significant communication processes, visual methods such as photovoice can be utilized in language instruction to enhance language learning. Thus, the present study attempted to examine the effects of utilizing Photovoice as an innovative instructional method on Iranian intermediate English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ writing skills. The study also examined the participants’ attitudes toward the implementation of photovoice in language learning. The research followed a mixed-methods design to collect and process the data. Sixty female intermediate learners from a private English language institute in Isfahan, Iran, were selected through convenience sampling and then randomly assigned...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: evaluación

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This study systematically evaluates generative pre-trained transformer (GPT)-based large language models for the automated writing evaluation of Italian as a second language (L2). Drawing on 1,832 learner texts, we compare six GPT-based experimental conditions: zero-shot and few-shot prompting with GPT-4.1 and GPT-5, and two fine-tuned GPT-4.1 models trained on either class-balanced or proportionally distributed datasets. Model performance against human common European framework of reference for languages (CEFR)-based ratings is examined using exact agreement, correlation coefficients, Quadratic Weighted Kappa, precision, recall, and F1-scores. Results reveal a clear hierarchy: the balanced fine-tuned GPT-4.1 model achieves near-operational reliability, whereas all prompting-based methods, including GPT-5, remain substantially weaker...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: profesorado

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The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically impacted language teaching and learning environments. The current study explored how language teachers have adapted to post-COVID-19 classrooms. It also examined the ways in which their experiences during the pandemic influenced their teaching. Drawing on an ecological perspective toward language teacher agency (LTA), this study interviewed 10 less commonly taught language (LCTL) teachers to explore their expectations, preparations, and teaching strategies for post-COVID-19 classrooms. In addition, it aimed to discern the challenges encountered by teachers, their approaches to overcoming them, and the consequential influence of these experiences on their overall perspective of language teaching. The findings revealed mixed feelings among the teachers regarding returning to in-person instruction,...

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