Original article
Shadowing has increasingly been recognized as an effective practice for developing listening skills in second language learning. However, there is very little study focusing on learners’ psychological aspects ...
Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education 2017 2:16
Published on: 2 October 2017
Review
Cross-linguistic transfer embodies language learners’ use of linguistic knowledge of their first language to leverage the learning of a second language. The cross-linguisitc transfer between Chinese and Englis...
Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education 2017 2:15
Published on: 2 October 2017
Original article
The ultimate goal of any academic program is to educate and bring up thoughtful citizens in societies. By “thoughtfulness” we mean paving the spectrum from simply applying the rules (lower order thinking) to f...
Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education 2017 2:14
Published on: 25 September 2017
Original article
With a growing number of Asian students attending Western universities, the difficulties they seem to face in adapting to a new academic environment has provoked much discussion amongst educators, particularly...
Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education 2017 2:13
Published on: 22 September 2017
Original article
Self-efficacy is the belief in one’s own ability to carry out a given task, and has been shown to be a powerful predictor of performance. Although researchers have considered self-efficacy within language lear...
Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education 2017 2:12
Published on: 8 September 2017
Original article
Interest in providing Mandarin foreign language at K-12 schools in the United States has grown steadily since the language was identified as critical to the U.S. finance and social security. However, the short...
Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education 2017 2:11
Published on: 8 September 2017
Original article
This study aimed to investigate the dynamic assessment of writing proficiency in Iranian English learnersˊ writing ability in transcendence tasks based on Vygotskian perspective. The questions which this resea...
Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education 2017 2:10
Published on: 5 September 2017
Original article
Strategies-based instruction (SBI), as a learner-centered and participatory approach, allows learners to be the center of attention and explicitly taught how, when, and why strategies can be used. The study re...
Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education 2017 2:9
Published on: 28 July 2017
Original article
It is the aim of this study to investigate EFL (English as a Foreign Language) students’ perceptions of teacher/learner responsibilities and learner decision-making abilities at tertiary level - questioning wh...
Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education 2017 2:8
Published on: 24 July 2017
Original article
The Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Science and Technology (MEXT) are facing a plethora of pressures to become more global. This has led MEXT to draw up the ‘English Education Reform Plan C...
Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education 2017 2:7
Published on: 18 July 2017
Original article
The present article reports on a study which explores the impact of listening strategies instruction on typical strategic behaviour. Participants were 38 Hong Kong students of Spanish divided into two groups: ...
Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education 2017 2:6
Published on: 19 June 2017
Original article
High-stakes testing has frequently exerted a strong influence on teaching and learning in educational contexts. In 2012, the Ministry of Education passed legislation that made the new Test of English Listening...
Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education 2017 2:5
Published on: 30 May 2017
Case report
Project-based language teaching (PBLT) provides a number of potential language learning benefits through opportunities for authentic meaningful language use. Previous research has also indicated how PBLT can e...
Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education 2017 2:4
Published on: 4 April 2017
Original article
Anxiety in speaking English is a critical affective reaction to second language acquisition. Moreover, language learning is an emotionally dynamic process which produces fluctuations in learners’ speaking anxi...
Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education 2017 2:2
Published on: 13 March 2017
Original article
Maximizing learning opportunities has long been the focus of research in teaching English as a foreign language. Besides the degree to which learners are engaged with the linguistic aspects, investigating othe...
Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education 2017 2:3
Published on: 13 March 2017
Review
Word Associates Format (WAF) tests are often used to measure second language learners’ vocabulary depth with a focus on their network knowledge. Yet, there were often many variations in the specific forms of t...
Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education 2017 2:1
Published on: 9 March 2017
Original article
The present study investigates the impact of higher order thinking enhancing techniques as two post-reading strategies on the EFL students’ reasoning power as determined by their private speech production. Als...
Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education 2016 1:18
Published on: 6 December 2016
Original article
In this paper, Chinese curricula in the contexts of China and Singapore on primary level are compared and contrasted by both quantitative (Word Segmenter and Text Analyzer) and qualitative methods (in-depth th...
Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education 2016 1:17
Published on: 18 November 2016
Original article
The present study aims at delving into English as foreign language students’ demotivation, burnout, mastery goal orientation, and perceptions of classroom activities. This is accomplished by building a causal ...
Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education 2016 1:16
Published on: 8 November 2016
Commentary
In an article published in System Vol. 40 Andrew Sampson (2012) made several claims regarding the positive effect of “coding” or “marking” of second language writing errors and how the use of said coding can have...
Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education 2016 1:15
Published on: 25 October 2016
Original article
This study reports on the investigation of young learners’ perceptions of FonF tasks regarding enjoyment, ease, performance, and persuasion. It was attempted to explore young learners’ attitudes toward FonF ta...
Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education 2016 1:14
Published on: 13 October 2016
Erratum
Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education 2016 1:13
Published on: 11 October 2016
The original article was published in Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education 2016 1:6
Original article
With the shift from a linear predictive perspective to a complex dynamic one in the field of applied linguistics, more ecological studies on English language teachers’ behaviors and styles are needed. Thus, th...
Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education 2016 1:12
Published on: 10 October 2016
Commentary
The history of English test reform on secondary level in China is a reflection of Chinese development in recent 30 years. The stress on English language helps move on Chinese reform-and-open process. On the ne...
Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education 2016 1:11
Published on: 26 September 2016
Original article
This study investigates the effects of pre-task planning and online planning on L2 writing production (complexity, accuracy, fluency, and lexical variety). Seventy-eight intermediate EFL learners were randomly...
Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education 2016 1:10
Published on: 21 September 2016
