Articles

The role of EFL learners’ demotivation, perceptions of classroom activities, and mastery goal in predicting their language achievement and burnout

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 ...

Authors: Safoura Jahedizadeh, Afsaneh Ghanizadeh and Behzad Ghonsooly

More than a response to Andrew Sampson’s (2012) “Coded and uncoded error feedback: effects on error frequencies in adult Colombian EFL learners’ writing”: a call for replication

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...

Authors: Barry Lee Reynolds and Chian-Wen Kao

Exploring the implementation of FonF tasks from learners’ perspective: a study on young learners

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...

Authors: Neda Moezzipour and Amir Rezaei

Erratum to: An interview with Professor Farzad Sharifian

Authors: Musa Nushi, Zahra Abolhassani and Naiemeh Mojerloo

On the exploration of the ecology of English language teachers’ personal styles in Iran

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...

Authors: Majid Elahi Shirvan, Samira Rahmani and Laleh Sorayyaee

The official trilogy and public paradox: understanding mainland Chinese policies of ELT on secondary level from the perspective of culture politics

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...

Authors: Fuli Liu

The effects of planning time on complexity, accuracy, fluency, and lexical variety in L2 descriptive writing

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...

Authors: Mahmoud Abdi Tabari

An emic perspective toward challenges and solutions of self- and peer-assessment in writing courses

Self-assessment and peer-assessment have been appraised in a large number of studies, aiming at investigating their effectiveness in different contexts. However, the challenges of implementing self-assessment ...

Authors: Hussein Meihami and Seyyed Ayatollah Razmjoo

Investigating the structural relationships of cognitive and affective domains for L2 listening

This study examines the links between L2 linguistic knowledge, L2 listening strategy use, self-determined motivation, and L2 listening anxiety relative to L2 listening proficiency. Prior theoretical and empiri...

Authors: Sujin Bang and Phil Hiver

Strategies to promote Chinese international students’ school performance: resolving the challenges in American higher education

In recent years, there has been an increase in Chinese international students attending American universities. Chinese international students in American higher education represent the largest group of interna...

Authors: Dongfang Liu

An interview with Professor Farzad Sharifian

In this interview Professor Farzad Sharifian, a pioneer of Cultural Linguistics, gives a concise history of this relatively new field, which he introduces as a multidisciplinary area of research that examines ...

Authors: Musa Nushi, Zahra Abolhassani and Naiemeh Mojerloo

EFL learners’ perceptions and preferences of written corrective feedback: a case study of university students from Mainland China

Although a growing body of research has examined the effectiveness of written corrective feedback (WCF) for improving L2 learners’ grammatical accuracy, fewer studies have investigated the extent to which diff...

Authors: Sibo Chen, Hossein Nassaji and Qian Liu

Response latency as a tool to study L2 Learners’ ZPD, ZAD and ongoing information processing

Under the influence of Vygotsky, dynamic assessment (DA) has recently crept into the realm of L2 testing to assess learners’ cognitive modification through the concept of mediation and zone of proximal develop...

Authors: Iman Bakhoda and Karim Shabani

Student engagement and foreign language learning through online social networks

Nowadays, one of the most important questions in teaching and learning involves increasing the degree of students’ engagement in learning. According to Astin’s Theory of Student engagement, the best learning e...

Authors: Elham Akbari, Ahmad Naderi, Robert-Jan Simons and Albert Pilot

Social capital: a vital ingredient for retaining foreign language teachers

A major source of concern across a number of English-speaking countries is the loss of language teachers from the profession. In a global era where the ability to engage across languages and cultures is seen a...

Authors: Shannon Mason and Cristina Poyatos Matas

Limiting professional trajectories: a dual narrative study in Chinese language education

The globally expanding community of educators involved in the teaching of Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL) is being pushed to adapt to diverse educational contexts, engendering tension and dislocation. The...

Authors: Robyn Moloney and Danping Wang