Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: profesorado práctica docente enseñanza en línea e híbrida

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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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Temas: motivación factores afectivos competencia intercultural

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This study aims to test a mediation model to understand how the second language motivational self-system (L2MSS) affects second language (L2) proficiency and intercultural communication competence (ICC) through the mediating effects of foreign language enjoyment, anxiety, and boredom among English as a foreign language (EFL) learners in China. A total of 2,713 Chinese EFL learners, comprising 1,376 English majors and 1,337 non-English majors, voluntarily participated in the present study. Structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis was conducted to analyse the collected data. Additionally, a multigroup SEM approach was applied to compare potential differences between the two major types in the hypothesized relationships. The results revealed that the impacts of the ideal self and learning experience positively and directly predicted...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: adquisición de segundas lenguas expresión oral corpus

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Oral fluency is critical to oral proficiency, as it reflects both linguistic competence and communicative confidence, which are essential for effective interaction and successful language use. However, its characteristics across different educational stages remain underexplored. Drawing on the Spoken Corpus of Chinese Learners of English and guided by Kormos’ ( 2014 ) Bilingual Speech Production Model, this cross-sectional study investigated oral fluency characteristics of Chinese English-as-a-foreign-language learners ( N = 152) at three educational stages: Grade 7 (n = 52), Grade 10 (n = 52), and first-year English majors (n = 48). Speech samples were annotated using Praat software (Version 6.1.48) and analyzed with analysis of covariance and Bonferroni-adjusted pairwise comparisons in SPSS (Version 26). Semi-structured interviews (...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: factores afectivos diferencias individuales educación superior

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Language learners’ well-being is crucial for promoting their learning achievement and supporting holistic psychological development. However, the overall level and specific manifestations of well-being among English as a foreign language (EFL) learners remain insufficiently examined. Further, prior research mainly adopted a variable-centered approach to investigate well-being, overlooking the potential individual differences in learners’ experiences. To address these gaps, this study adopted a person-centered perspective and employed latent profile analysis (LPA) combined with follow-up interviews to examine the well-being of 3,995 EFL learners from 16 Chinese universities. The results demonstrated four dimensions of well-being among Chinese EFL learners, namely emotional, cognitive, social, and cultural well-being, with overall...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: factores afectivos motivación expresión oral

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Learners’ foreign language engagement (FLEng) plays a crucial role in language acquisition, yet its mediating influence between learner emotions and willingness to communicate (WTC) in a second language (L2) remains underexplored. This study investigates how emotional contexts—including positive emotions such as foreign language peace of mind (FLPoM) and foreign language enjoyment (FLE), as well as negative emotions such as foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA) and foreign language boredom (FLB)—affect English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ L2 WTC. Utilizing the 3D pyramid model of L2 WTC, we analyzed data from 301 participants who completed six questionnaires. The findings revealed that FLPoM, FLE, FLCA, and FLB did not directly influence L2 WTC. However, learners’ FLEng was found to fully mediate the relationships between...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: AICLE/CLIL cultura diseño curricular

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Content-based instruction (CBI) is a pedagogical approach used in the second/other language classroom that commits to addressing both language- and content-learning objectives. Scholars have found that, particularly in the planning stages, teachers struggle with achieving that balance (Donato, 2016; Lyster, 2007). This study examines world language (WL) teachers’ planning for CBI via these research questions: (1) When experienced teachers from traditional WL classroom contexts design CBI unit plans, what do these plans reveal about the pathways they take towards CBI in a traditional WL settings? (2) What broader challenges and opportunities related to using CBI in the traditional WL context are revealed? The data sources in this qualitative lesson analysis study are 36 unit plans developed as the final project for a graduate-level...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: inteligencia artificial feedback/retroalimentación expresión escrita

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Model texts have been widely recognized as an effective feedback instrument in enhancing second-language (L2) writing. Recent advances in generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), capable of producing humanlike text in response to user prompts, offer an accessible and efficient alternative for generating customized model texts tailored to L2 learners’ specific goals and proficiency levels. Despite this potential, little empirical research has examined L2 students’ practice and perceptions of leveraging GenAI for model text creation to support their revision. To address this gap, this study follows a process approach to investigate students’ prompting strategies to elicit AI-generated model texts, their noticing and incorporation of the model text features, and their perceptions of this process. Data were collected from 12 university...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de vocabulario creación de materiales motivación

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This study investigates the effect of personal investment in the form of learner-generated content (LGC) on the lexical recall of beginning-level learners of Chinese. The study employed a 2 × 2 repeated-measures design with content at two levels – teacher-generated content or TGC, and learner-generated content or LGC – and time at two levels (immediate, delayed). Quantitative results were triangulated with qualitative thematic analyses of follow-up interviews. The study was conducted at an Australian university and aimed to identify a way of modifying current intentional vocabulary learning activities to increase learner investment in the learning process and improve retention. Participants completed two versions of a picture description activity that was commonly used to introduce and practice new vocabulary in the program. The first...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas inteligencia artificial pronunciación

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The acquisition of Chinese language skills presents significant challenges for non-native speakers, particularly in mastering tonal pronunciation and topic-prominent grammar structures. This study developed and evaluated an artificial intelligence driven (AI-driven) personalized learning system to enhance Chinese pronunciation and grammar skills among university students. Through a 16-week quasi-experimental study involving 60 undergraduate students in Thailand, we compared traditional classroom instruction with our AI system that provided real-time feedback, adaptive learning paths, and personalized practice opportunities. The experimental group utilizing the AI system demonstrated remarkable improvements compared to the control group across all tonal categories and grammatical structures. User satisfaction ratings were consistently...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: competencia intercultural literatura AICLE/CLIL

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Intercultural competence in foreign language teaching has gained importance in recent times. Although current work has highlighted the advantages of content and language integrated learning (CLIL) for intercultural development, little is known about its potential for teaching literature in secondary schools. Treating literature itself as an art form, the aim of this article is to formulate research-based design principles for an integrated intercultural literary pedagogy (IILP) that may foster intercultural competence through arts integration in foreign language classes. This article reports on the process of evaluating IILP-based pilot lesson materials in pre-university education in the...

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