Volume 15 Issue 2
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.
The relationship between modified output and working memory capacity
Prior work by Mackey et al (2001) and Trofimovich et al (2007) implicates the role of working memory (WM) in learning from interactional feedback. This study sought to determine whether there is a relationship between WM and phonological short-term memory (PSTM) on the one hand and modified output on the other.
The Effects of Verbal Glosses on Vocabulary Learning and Reading Comprehension
The study explored the effectiveness of four types of verbal glosses in terms of reading comprehension and incidental vocabulary learning and retention among 95 Iranian undergraduate university students. There were two instances of each of fifteen target words in the text.
