Differences in Korean learners’ acquisition of causative expressions: focus on learners’ proficiency levelAsian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education - Tập 8 - Trang 1-24 - 2023
Hyeyun Jeong, Hojung Kim
This study examines the learning patterns of intermediate and advanced Korean learners in the acquisition of causative expressions according to their proficiency and the causative sentence type. We measured their grammatical knowledge using three types of grammaticality judgment tasks (GJTs) and self-paced reading tasks (SPRTs) differing in time limit and modality. We included the GJT A' score and...... hiện toàn bộ
Flipped classroom with gamified technology and paper-based method for teaching vocabularyAsian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education - Tập 9 Số 1
Damar Isti Pratiwi, Sri Wuli Fitriati, Issy Yuliasri, Budi Waluyo
AbstractWhile gamified technology integration in vocabulary instruction within a flipped classroom has yielded beneficial teaching outcomes, specific studies have raised concerns about potential adverse effects linked to this approach. As a result, conducting a comparative analysis between gamified technology and conventional paper-based methods within the flipped ...... hiện toàn bộ
Iranian EFL teachers’ self-efficacy: structural equation modeling of the consequencesAsian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education - Tập 9 - Trang 1-20 - 2024
Mohammadnasser Mossafaie, Goudarz Alibakhshi, Hossein Heidari Tabrizi
Within the field of teacher education, the concept of self-efficacy—which includes teachers' self-perceptions of their competence and abilities in particular tasks—has attracted a lot of attention. It shows how confident a teacher is in their ability to help students achieve the learning objectives. In spite of its critical importance, there hasn't been a single study that thoroughly examines the ...... hiện toàn bộ
The role of English and the sociocultural structure of Bahasa: a study of Brunei DarussalamAsian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education - Tập 8 - Trang 1-18 - 2023
Roshan K. Morve, Xu Wen, Nasser Mansour
This paper looks at the role of English in Brunei and the sociocultural structure of Bahasa/language in Brunei Darussalam. The aim of this research is to critically analyse sociocultural theory from Vygotsky’s “peak psychology” approach and understand depth-knowledge of sociocultural theory from other scholars’ perspectives. The scholars’ views on education, language and sociocultural importance-r...... hiện toàn bộ
Foreword: translanguaging LPPAsian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education - Tập 7 - Trang 1-4 - 2022
Li Wei
For me, language policy and planning (LPP) is both a field of practical enquiry and a field of theoretical enquiry. As a practical field, LPP is about actions; actions that are taken by various agents and agencies on the structure, use and acquisition of language. As a theoretical field, LPP critically assesses these actions and further our understanding of why individuals and society decide to ta...... hiện toàn bộ
Strategies to promote Chinese international students’ school performance: resolving the challenges in American higher educationAsian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education - Tập 1 - Trang 1-15 - 2016
Dongfang Liu
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 international students from a single country. However, research and media reports have documented that Chinese students in America are now facing a variety of difficulties in their education in Amer...... hiện toàn bộ
On the Plausibility of Bloom’s Higher Order Thinking Strategies on Learner Autonomy: The Paradigm ShiftAsian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education - Tập 2 - Trang 1-29 - 2017
Morteza Teimourtash, Massood YazdaniMoghaddam
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 finding proper solution to authentic novel problems (higher order thinking). It is helping the practitioners pave the continuum of knowledge construction towards logic construction, meanwhile ...... hiện toàn bộ
Exploring the association among working memory, anxiety and Iranian EFL learners’ listening comprehensionAsian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education - Tập 3 - Trang 1-17 - 2018
Ehsan Namaziandost, Mitra Hafezian, Sajad Shafiee
This study was intended to investigate the relationship between working memory, anxiety and Iranian EFL learners’ listening comprehension. For the purpose of this study, 60 Iranian pre-intermediate EFL learners were selected among 80 students at a private language institute in Hamadan, Iran. They participated in a homogeneity test (Oxford Quick Placement Test) to determine their homogeneity level....... hiện toàn bộ
Developing engineering students’ engagement in academic writing classes using corpus-based instructionAsian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education - - 2024
Amare Tesfie Birhan, Yenus Nurie
Engagement is a core issue in language teaching and learning. Without the students’ active involvement in the teaching–learning process, educational objectives could not be achieved. Accordingly, the concept of engagement has been the focus of researchers, practitioners, and policymakers. This research examined the effects of corpus-based instruction on engineering students’ engagement in academic...... hiện toàn bộ