Xiao, Xian He, Gaoda
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Frontiers in Psychology
Recent years have seen a rapid proliferation of game-based learning applied in language classes. Second language teaching and learning are being inspired by the increasingly mature game-based learning technology. Currently, educational games are regarded as a new technology with great potential. The game-based promotion of oral English has also bec...
Cheung, Allison
This paper examines how usage-based perspectives make contributions to insights about second language (L2) learning in the field of education. It first locates usage-based approaches in language learning, in particular L2 learning. It moves on to highlight two key usage-based features, namely frequency and salience, that have been applied successfu...
Li, Ningning Liu, Yingliang
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Frontiers in Psychology
Research on Collaborative Writing (CW) has proliferated over recent decades, but the role that pair dynamics plays in second language (L2) learning remains unclear. This study compared the effect of dyadic interactions and proficiency pairing in CW on L2 learning. Sixty-two Chinese EFL learners participated in this study, forming three types of pro...
Zhao, Yanlin Yang, Lianrui
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Frontiers in Psychology
As an important contextual factor influencing various aspects of students’ learning, teacher support has been widely explored in general education but largely overlooked in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context. Given its potential positive role in students’ academic performance, the present study intended to investigate the relationship ...
Rivera, Marta Paolieri, Daniela Iniesta, Antonio Bajo, Teresa
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Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Second language learning has been shown more difficult for older than younger adults, however, the research trying to identify the sources of difficulty and possible modulating factors is scarce. Extrinsic (learning condition and complexity) and intrinsic factors (executive control) have been related to L2-grammar learning in younger adults. In the...
Aubrey, Scott
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Frontiers in Psychology
Research has found that levels of enjoyment and anxiety fluctuate on a moment-to-moment timescale during second language (L2) spoken task performances as learners attempt to cope with various communication challenges. For L2 speakers, surges in these emotions can limit or expand cognitive resources, affecting speech processing capability. However, ...
Nusrat, Aasia Khan, Sardaraz Kashif, Farah Fawad, Rakhshanda
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Frontiers in Education
This research aims to assess the efficacy of electronic feedback (e-feedback) and traditional oral feedback on undergraduate students’ English writing over 12 weeks of teaching. Three treatment groups were involved: Asynchronous written e-feedback through Microsoft Word Track Changes; teacher–student oral metalinguistic conferencing; no feedback co...
Tunkiel, Katarzyna A. Bus, Adriana G.
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Frontiers in Education
Reading picture books in the first language (L1) before rereading them in the second language (L2) is assumed to be beneficial for young dual language learners (DLLs). This pilot study examined how sharing digital picture books in L1 or L2 at home before reading them in L2 in kindergarten affected L2 book-specific vocabulary learning and story comp...
Hofweber, Julia Elisabeth Aumonier, Lizzy Janke, Vikki Gullberg, Marianne Marshall, Chloe
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Frontiers in Psychology
A key challenge when learning language in naturalistic circumstances is to extract linguistic information from a continuous stream of speech. This study investigates the predictors of such implicit learning among adults exposed to a new language in a new modality (a sign language). Sign-naïve participants (N = 93; British English speakers) were sho...
Degani, Tamar Prior, Anat Wodniecka, Zofia
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Frontiers in Psychology
