This study explored the ideal L2 self, ought-to and learning experience of motivational self system (L2MSS) among Thai EFL senior high school students. It took form an explanatory mixed-methods research design using L2MSS questionnaire adopted from Taguchi et al. (2009) Subekti (2018) to collect quantitative data 183 students a semi-structured interview with 6 for qualitative data. Results reve...

This paper analyses the effect of out-of-school contact in acquisition L2 English four groups students belonging to different educational levels: secondary education (n=38), baccalaurate (n=25), state language schools (n= 32) and university (n=18). Differences frequency with which learner engage types activities are analysed, i.e, films, games, music, reading, writing speaking, as well gender-r...

Abstract Academic self-regulation is a key factor for motivation and learning achievement. Yet with the large range of individual factors, this not one-size-fits-all proposition. This study L2 Technical English students at two German universities explored learners’ expectations motivations, in particular regarding self-efficacy via individual’s time investment self-led study. In an initial surv...

Purpose Grounded in second-language acquisition (SLA) field, with a particular focus on the positive psychology (PP) theoretical perspective, this study examined potential interplay between learning engagement (LE) and language strategies (LLSs), their impact achievement of Saudi English as foreign (EFL) learners. Design/methodology/approach This quantitative adopted cross-sectional design usin...

This paper describes an experimental study aimed at investigating the learning effectiveness of a Web-based course called Academic English (EAP) for Japanese learners of English. The main focus of the study was to examine the form, function, and impact of interaction in the course. Twenty university-level EFL students participated in this experiment. They were randomly assigned to two treatment...

Peer feedback can be described as the act of one learner evaluating performance another learner. It has been shown to impact student learning and achievement in language contexts positively. is a skill that trained, there have calls for research on peer training. Mobile microlearning type technology-enhanced which notable its short duration flexibility time place learning. This study aims evalu...

The purpose of the present study was to identify any significant relationship between critical thinking ability, L2 vocabulary knowledge, and L2 vocabulary learning strategies of Iranian EFL learners. To this aim, the productive vocabulary levels test was administered to measure the learner’s L2 vocabulary knowledge and observe homogeneity in terms of vocabulary knowledge. At the second stage, ...

In this work, we will focus on (2), which will be referred to as the reduced time-harmonic Maxwell (RTHM) equations. Under the assumption that k is not a Maxwell eigenvalue, the RTHM equations have a unique solution in H0(curl; Ω) ∩H(div ; Ω). Our main achievement in this work is that we design a numerical method for RTHM equations using locally divergence-free Crouzeix-Raviart nonconforming P1...