Motivation in foreign language learning: a look at type of school environment as a contextual variable by Pavičić Takać Višnja, Berka Nives

“…Impelled by the observation that motivation might be one of the most important factors within the affective domain influencing foreign language learning (FLL), the field of second language acquisition (SLA) has seen an intense worldwide interest in empirical research in motivational issues. …”
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The role of gaze in meaning negotiation episodes in video synchronous computer-mediated interactions by Li Chenxi

“…Negotiation for meaning episodes, in which interlocutors try to resolve non-understanding through verbal interaction, were selected for analysis because they are widely believed to be helpful for second language acquisition. Specifically, this paper focuses on where interlocutors look during negotiated interactions in video SCMC and whether a statistical relationship exists between looking at a peer’s video image and successful meaning negotiation. …”
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Study Quality in Applied Linguistics: Highlights from Dr. Luke Plonsky’s Public Talk by Ashley Beccia, Zhizi (ZZ) Chen

“…Professor Plonsky currently serves as the Editor of Studies in Second Language Acquisition, as well as Managing Editor of Foreign Language Annals, and General Editor of Applied Linguistics Press. ​​…”
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On increasing students’ motivation for studying English as a foreign language at university by Nadezhda G. Pirogova, Grigory A. Rozhkov

“…The research into the connection between positive attitude and successful second language acquisition confirms this idea. However, it is important to understand that this correlation is influenced by a variety of factors including complex social and psychological aspects of behaviour. …”
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The effects of implicit corrective feedback on production of lexical stress in L2 English by Özgür Parlak

“…The interactionist approach to second language acquisition has yielded a plethora of studies confirming the positive impact of interaction and corrective feedback on second language (L2) development. …”
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Alignment and embodiment in a play script writing process: A sociocognitive perspective by Eka Margianti Sagimin, Setiono Sugiharto

“…Recent development in second language acquisition scholarship has advanced our understanding of how language is acquired by aligning the mind, body, and socio-material world.  …”
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Overlap or breakthrough? exploration of the academic buoyancy structure in Chinese EFL learners. by Tao Zeng, Ke Zhong, Wanting Wang

“…However, most research on buoyancy is limited to general educational contexts, lacking a comprehensive theoretical framework that poses challenges in evaluating buoyancy's impact on learners within the domain of second language acquisition (SLA). This study seeks to bridge this gap by investigating academic buoyancy within the realm of foreign language learning, specifically among university students in mainland China studying English as a foreign language (EFL). …”
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“We Need to Think about the Grammar”: Practices for Opening Explanations on Language and Changing their Linguistic Focus by Mark Romig

“… Although the role of grammar instruction is still highly debated within the field of second language acquisition and language pedagogy (Nassaji, 2017), explanations have emerged as fruit-bearing interactional phenomena that can illustrate the “how” of explicit grammar instruction (Fasel Lauzon, 2015; Hudson, 2011; Majlesi, 2018; Matsumoto & Dobs, 2017; Ro, 2021; Romig & Horan, 2023; Rosborough, 2011; Smotrova, 2014). …”
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Immigration modulates audiovisual emotional processing in adults: is this really an influence of the host culture? by Anna K. Nakamura, Anna K. Nakamura, Hisako W. Yamamoto, Hisako W. Yamamoto, Sachiko Takagi, Tetsuya Matsuda, Hiroyuki Okada, Chiaki Ishiguro, Chiaki Ishiguro, Akihiro Tanaka

“…This change may be explained by the decreased focus on prosodic aspects of voices during second language acquisition. The current and further exploration will aid in the better adaptation of immigrants to a new cultural society.…”
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Vers une cartographie systématique en diachronie de la recherche en prononciation de l’anglais L2 by Saandia Ali, Marie Garnier, Linda Terrier

“…These articles come from 35 major journals in the fields of phonology/phonetics (PHON), second language acquisition (SLA), and second language learning and teaching (SLLT). …”
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