The stronger peers’ dominance in the discussion process was taken for granted, suggesting that learning took place in a mutually beneficial and constructive manner and that student teachers’ willingness to cooperate and readiness to express themselves were indicative of their intention to maintain group cohesion and dynamics. These, in turn, are necessary prerequisites for student teachers to become collaborative and reflective practitioners.
Read MoreThe teaching and assessment of writing is considered one of the most demanding tasks for the language teacher. Technology has played a significant role in facilitating these tasks, for example through the use of electronic dictionaries, automated writing evaluation, the use of corpora and numerous innovations over the last four decades. However, more recent technological developments have not been investigated for their affordances to the field of writing instruction to the same degree. For example, whereas the potential befits of mobile technologies, digital gaming, learning analytics and digital storytelling (to name only a few) have been widely documented for other domains, the same cannot be said for the teaching and assessment of writing. This special issue thus calls for papers that will fill this gap.
Read MoreAsian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education is an interdisciplinary journal of second and foreign language education studies, a peer-reviewed journal of international scope. It provides a forum for high-quality linguistic and experimental research on topics which investigate applied linguistic theories,second and foreign language learning and teaching. It offers new insights not only into applied linguistics but also into a wide variety of second and foreign language education phenomena. The disciplines covered include applied linguistics, educational linguistics, second language acquisition, foreign language learning and teaching, etc.
The journal welcomes authoritative, innovative applied linguistic scholarship from all viewpoints and practices, centered on topics such as:
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