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Korean College Students’ Self-Regulated Learning Strategies and Self-Efficacy Beliefs in Learning English as a Foreign Language
This study investigates the relationship between self-efficacy, self-regulation, and English language proficiency for Korean college students.
Using Literature to Promote Language Learning: Issues and Insights for Implementation in Armenian Settings (A qualitative study)
This study investigates literature as a resource for teaching English by focusing on the following questions: How can the use of literature in the Armenian EFL setting affect the teachers and the students?
EFL Students’ Proficiency Outcomes: What do Epistemological Beliefs Have to Offer?
Personal epistemology, defined as a person’s implicit beliefs and assumptions regarding the nature, acquisition, structure, sources, and justification of knowledge…
EFL Learners Studying Abroad:Challenges and Strategies
This article focuses on research into the lives of students who were educated within Asian EFL learning contexts and studying at a US university. The purpose of the study was to understand the kinds of challenges that these students faced and the adaptation strategies they used when faced with them.
An Argument for Holism Part 2 (An Editorial Opinion Piece)
In ‘An Argument for Holism Part 1’ (Nunn, 2013), I focused on the meaning of holism within applied language studies considering in detail the relationship between focused atomistic studies and holistic views of epistemological diversity (Moser’s, 2002).
Overcoming Resistance in Post-Soviet Teacher Trainees in Kazakhstan
This paper reports on the resistance exhibited by Kazakhstani teacher trainees educated under the Soviet university system.
Using the L1 in L2 teaching and learning. What role does teacher identity play?
This article examines language teachers’ attitudes towards use of the first language (L1) in second language (L2) learning and teaching from the perspective of teacher identity.
Towards a lingua franca pedagogical model in the Hong Kong classroom: A sociolinguistic enquiry
This paper seeks to evaluate the appropriateness of employing an English as a lingua franca (ELF) pedagogical model in the Hong Kong classroom from a sociolinguistic perspective.
A Comparative Study of Metadiscourse Resources in Introduction Section of Introductory and Scholarly Textbooks
The purpose of this study was to compare interactive and interactional metadiscourse in the introduction sections of introductory and scholarly-level textbooks in the field of Applied Linguistics.
The Influence of L2 Motivation and L2 Anxiety on Adult Learners’ Socio-Affective Conditions and Language Production during Communicative Tasks
Through correlational analysis, this study examines the relationship between adult learners’ affect-related traits and their socio-affective and linguistic responses during task-based group work.
