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Lixuan Sun; Adelina Asmawi; Hui Dong; Xiaotian Zhang – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Amidst the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, this study investigates the impact of Problem-based Language Learning (PBLL) using DingTalk on enhancing Business English Writing skills among Chinese undergraduates. Employing a mixed-method approach, the research involved two phases. In the quantitative phase, a twelve-week quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Business English, English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning
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Huashan Wu – SAGE Open, 2024
Multiple previous studies in language learning have examined the static effect of various independent variables on Foreign Language Enjoyment (FLE) and Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety (FLCA), but little attention has been given to the dynamic features of these two learner emotions. The present study is based on a pseudo-longitudinal design to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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He, Jiaju; Zhao, Hong; Jiang, Fei – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2022
During the COVID-19 prevention and control period, large-scale online education was the largest digital transformation practice in education in human history. This study launched a questionnaire survey on primary and high school students. The survey was conducted from four aspects: demographics, online learning preparation, the online learning…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Elementary School Students, High School Students, Intention
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Sun, Peijian Paul – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2023
Informed by Segalowitz's (Cognitive bases of second language fluency, Routledge, 2010) L2 speech production model and MacIntyre et al.'s (Mod Lang J 82(4):545-562, 1998. https://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2102/10.1111/j.1540-4781.1998.tb05543.x) L2 willingness to communicate model, this study sought to understand the influence of cognitive, affective and sociocultural…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Language Fluency, Advanced Students, Chinese
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Huang, Zilin; Benati, Alessandro – Applied Language Learning, 2023
This study investigates the effects of motivation and structured input on the acquisition of English past tense regular forms. The role of motivation in the positive effects generated by processing instruction has been investigated in one previous study (Farhat & Benati, 2018). However, more research is needed to generalize the initial…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Linguistic Input
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Zhu, Xinhua; Yao, Yuan; Pang, Wanru; Zhu, Siyu – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2023
Existing studies on L2 motivation have established a significant association between ideal self, learning engagement, and academic achievement, but few have examined the internal relationships between these variables in the L2 writing domain. In addition, students' linguistic competence, a fundamental element of writing achievement, remains…
Descriptors: Correlation, Linguistic Competence, Learning Motivation, Writing Achievement
Ying Mimi Guan Kasner – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this participatory action research project (PAR) was to study how a group of teachers designed and implemented strategies with the intent of amplifying joyful learning experiences for Chinese English Language Learners (ELLs). The research focused on four classroom teachers in an elementary school as Co-Practitioner Researchers (CPR)…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Fu, En; Gao, Qiufeng; Wei, Chuqian; Chen, Qianyi; Liu, Yijun – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2021
Smartphone use in learning settings is a common behaviour amongst college students. Building on the theory of consumerism, self-efficacy and addictive behaviours, the current study developed a three-component conceptual framework to understand college students' smartphone use in organizational as well as self-directed learning settings. One…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications
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Liu, Meng – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
The present study contributes to the field of L2 motivation by exploring the link between emotional experience in language learning and motivational self from a multilingual perspective. Specifically, it evaluated the empirical support for the validity of the ideal multilingual self on simultaneous language learners in China and assessed the…
Descriptors: Self Concept, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Wang, Qi; Du, Fengning – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2020
Introduction: In the past decades, studies have been conducted to explore the role of anxiety in the learning of Western languages such as English, French, and Spanish. However, when it comes to the predictive relationship between anxiety, motivation, attitude, and Chinese achievement, the findings are inconclusive. This study aims to test a model…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Language Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Chinese
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Xu, Heng; Durgunoglu, Aydin Y. – TESOL Journal, 2020
Most research on the predictors of successful reading comprehension in a second language (L2) has been focused on cognitive factors. Very few studies exist on how motivational factors impact L2 reading comprehension. In this study, 179 Chinese college students read passages in English (their L2) and answered either literal, relatively superficial…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Shiran Wang; Saifon Songsiengchai; Kanon Somrang; Nadda Angsuwotai; Panjanat Vorawattanachai – World Journal of Education, 2024
This study was conducted with Zhuang and Miao students and Mandarin teachers in grades four to six in four township elementary schools in Dehou Township, Wenshan City, Yunnan Province. The purposes of this study were:1) to study the influences of the native language that affect Zhuang and Miao students when they learn Mandarin,2) to study…
Descriptors: Native Language, Language Minorities, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Lili Qin; Xibei Ouyang; Yang Gao; Mairin Hennebry-Leung – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2024
In new paradigms, teachers' cognition and emotion must be considered dialectically shaped co-evolving processes. To address the issue, the study examined how language teachers' "perezhivaniya" (plural form of "perezhivanie," a concept from Sociocultural Theory that describes a unity between cognition and emotion) developed.…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Sociocultural Patterns, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Wen Liu; Zhen-fang Xie – SAGE Open, 2024
Although recent years have seen a growing interest in students' experiences of boredom in foreign language learning, scant attention has been paid to this negative emotion in online live classes. With a mixed-methods approach, this study investigated what factors were responsible for student boredom in online live classes and what made Chinese…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Online Courses, Peer Influence, Internet
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Li, Baomin; Yu, Qing; Yang, Fenglei – Best Evidence in Chinese Education, 2022
Blended instruction integrating off-line and on-line teaching has become an important instrument for promoting educational reform and innovation. However, the results of current empirical studies diverge on the effect of blended instruction on student performance, which necessitates further research on the effectiveness of blended instruction and…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Teaching Methods, Effect Size, Academic Achievement
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