Category: Applied linguistics research

The Role of Shame and Guilt Experienced by ESL Teachers: A Mixed-Method Study Across the Maldives, Palestine, and Kyrgyzstan
Shame and guilt, despite being two commonly experienced emotions by teachers, are often neglected in discussions on individual differences and …

English as a Second Language (ESL) Teachers’ Experiences in Incorporating Pragmatics in ESL Classrooms: A Case Study
It is imperative that ESL instructors understand the field of pragmatics, which is the knowledge of using the target language …

The Challenge of Sounds in FL Listening and Speaking: Perspectives From Dutch Learners of French and Their Teachers
Foreign language (FL) listening comprehension and pronunciation skills appeal to the mastery of the target language’s (TL) sounds and sound …

Evaluation of Innovative Teaching Tools ‘Canvas’ Learning Management System: A Case Study of Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on all aspects of life, including education. Many countries opted to physically …

Legitimation and Delegitimation Strategies: A Comparative Analysis of Presidential Inaugural Speeches in Africa
Language, a versatile and complex tool, is fundamentally salient within the realm of politics. In this dynamic world, political leaders …

Foreign Language Anxiety and Study Abroad: Chinese Students’ Voices of Experiencing Foreign Language Anxiety During Their Study in Australia
Foreign language anxiety (FLA) has been investigated as a significant factor in language performance and achievement. Increasing studies have focused …

Investigating the Effectiveness of Feedback Loop on Second Language Writing Accuracy Among Young Learners
Feedback and its effectiveness on L2 writing performance has been studied by many scholars, and the debate about its effects …

The Social Aspects of Code-Switching in Online Interaction: The Case of Saudi Bilinguals
This research aims to investigate the concept of code-switching (CS) between English, Arabic, and the CS practices of Saudi online …

Against the Odds – A Hong Kong Primary One English Immersion Class
This study reports the findings of a Hong Kong aided school which debuted one English (L2) immersion class in Primary …

Critical Literature Review: Age Factors on Second Language Acquisition
Our understanding about second language acquisition is constantly updating itself due to new and compelling research. This article supports the …

Learners’ Expectations and Satisfaction in an Intercultural Telecollaboration Project
The aim of this paper is to analyse the data collected in a six-week intercultural telecollaboration project between the Universitat …

Investigating the Impact of Acquiring Collocation and Lexical Bundles on Improving Language Proficiency of First Year College Students
This presentation introduces the outcome of a study that investigated the impact of teaching collocation & lexical bundles on increasing …

Transmission of Distress and Urgency Calls – Aeronautical English in Use
With ongoing challenges to the accuracy of aeronautical communications, distress and urgency calls need to be brought into sharper focus. …

The Consequences of Chaos/Complexity Theory in Adults Learning Maltese as a Second Language
Despite extensive research in second language acquisition (SLA), we are still a long way from understanding what exactly happens in …

BRANEN and BRANES Corpora
This paper presents two learner corpora built to investigate anaphora: the Brazilian Learners of Anaphora in English (BRANEN) and the …

Impact of Learners’ Backgrounds on Speaking Proficiency of EFL Young Learners in Mexico
This study investigated how learners’ background characteristics have an impact on the language ability of young learners of English (YLE). …

Correlation Between Interlanguage and Internalization in SLA
Interlanguage is the type of language or linguistic system used by second- and foreign-language learners who are in the process …

Effects of Using Self-regulated and Metacognitive Learning Strategies in L2 Writing Through Instructional Cognitive Involvement at a Thai University
This mixed method research study has investigated the possibilities and effects of instructionally induced cognitive load to facilitate self-regulated and …

Spaced Repetition (SR) for Long-term Vocabulary Retention: When Exactly to Repeat?
One of the most recurrent topics in education is the fact that learners tend to forget what they have learned …

Are High-proficiency Learners Effective Feedback Providers? A Case Study on Online Peer Feedback in L2 Writing
Due to the advancement of technology or computers, it provides language learners with ample opportunity to engage in meaningful communication …

The Change in Accentual Patterns in Certain English Words – A Diachronic Study
All languages tend to change in certain respects over a period time. These changes become perceptible only when they remain …

Transcontextualizing Contemporary Filipino Gay-Themed Movies: Its Message to the LGBT Community
This study focused on transcontextualizing contemporary Filipino gay-themed movies. Utilizing Content Analysis, this study deciphered the underlying message of each …

Color Coding Japanese Kana for Second Language Acquisition
In this research, the pedagogical effects of endowing alphabetical properties on Japanese Hiragana by phonetically mapping the Kana syllabary to …