Abstract The learning environment is an important factor in both learner motivation and outcomes. As second language (L2) classrooms frequently employ group work, clarifying the environmental effects work settings to improve pedagogical application this context. This study examined cross-sectional structural relations among factors of environment, motivation, outcomes for L2 learners at various...

As the L2 Motivational Self System (L2MSS) is premised on monolingualism, which ignores cross-cutting properties of multilingual environments, this study investigates English Learning and its structural characteristics students in a junior high school minority-inhabited area Guizhou Province, China. These ethnic minority not only learn their native language (minority languages), but also Mandar...

Error correction has been one of the central themes in accounting for potential gains second language (L2) writing. While a wide range empirical studies focused on effects written corrective feedback (WCF) learners’ writing outcomes, few them have specifically examined process, or its role as shaping force learner development. Underpinned by sociocultural framework L2 acquisition, present study...

Second Language Acquisition (SLA) is a complex psychosomatic process. As per educational psychology, its acquisition process depends on some affective determinants related to learners' self-confidence that accelerates learners’ zeal of learning the language. However, studies are rare empirically explore factors or ways help learners build their level. Thus, prime focus this study find out assoc...

The present study aims to investigate Indonesian high school English as Foreign Language (EFL) learners’ views on factors originating from Ought L2 Self (OL2S), a second language (L2) motivation construct, affecting their Fear of Negative Evaluation (FNE), anxiety construct. Six learner participants were involved in the study. It employed online semi-structured interviews obtain data. Through T...

In this paper, we demonstrate a system implementation of a framework for computer assisted pronunciation training for second language learner (L2). This framework supports an iterative improvement of the automatic pronunciation error recognition and classification by allowing integration of annotated error data. The annotated error data is acquired via an annotation tool for linguists. This pap...

This paper presents some of the theoretical considerations which have arisen from the author’s learner corpus research over the past couple of years (Philip, 2005a, 2005b, 2006, 2007, in press). In particular, it highlights a mismatch between the language of native speakers and that of learners, not simply at the textual level, but at a more abstract, conceptual level. The findings of this exte...

Abstract In recent years, the number of studies investigating effectiveness using digital games for incidental second language (L2) vocabulary learning has been rapidly increasing; however, there is still a lack research identifying factors that affect L2 learning. Hence, current study examined vocabulary-related (word level, exposure frequency, salience) and learner-related (language proficien...

This study examined how Korean learners perceive machine translation in writing class, what the characteristics of machine-translated texts are, and patterns appear depending on level proficiency. Based these results, this aimed to suggest class would help both instructors students. According a survey 77 learners, 96% use about 90% find it convenient. For beginners, most used when translating t...