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Lin Luan; Yanqing Yi; Gwo-Jen Hwang; Yan Dong; Bowen Jing; Jinjin Liu – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
Purpose: This mixed-methods study proposed a digital-storytelling-based (DST-based) online flipped learning approach during the pandemic, and investigated its impact on EFL learners' willingness to communicate (WTC) and their perceptions of the approach. Design/methodology/approach: A 16-week quasi-experiment was carried out in a college English…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Educational Technology, English (Second Language), COVID-19
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Smith, Melissa K.; Wu, Yongqiang; Wang, Yiwen; Wu, Rong; Wang, Yan – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
This paper investigates four teachers' efforts to innovate during a semester of English language teaching at a university in China. At the end of a mentor-facilitated action research cycle, the teachers wrote their 'Story of Innovation' in order to construct deeper understandings of their experiences. These stories were examined for themes and are…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Zhang, Emily Di; Yu, Shulin – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
This article introduced a teaching innovation practice, i.e., digital multimodal composing, in College English course in mainland China. The purpose of this practice is to respond to the developing L2 student writers' difficulty of lacking linguistic resources to express their creative ideas, and empower them to leverage multiple modes other than…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Scoring Rubrics
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Yang, Xiaoming; Hu, Jie – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
Purpose: This research investigated college student preferences for and engagement in mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) classes and whether the level of class engagement differed among students according to class preferences. Design/methodology/approach: Using a mixed-methods approach, 115 first-year college students who were experiencing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Instruction
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Yu, Jing – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
This study employed a large-scale cross-sectional survey (n = 443) to develop and validate second language (L2) regulatory styles [Noels et al. 2000. "Why are You Learning a Second Language? Motivational Orientations and Self-Determination Theory." "Language Learning" 50 (1): 57-85] in the sample of successful English learners…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Case Studies
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Huang, Shu; Renandya, Willy A. – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
This article reports on an exploratory study which investigated the impact of automated feedback in a writing class among some Chinese EFL university learners who were at a lower language level. In particular, the study explored the students' perceptions of Pigai, the largest and most popular locally designed automated writing evaluation system…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), College Students, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Ji, Yi; Pham, Thanh – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
This paper aimed to develop culturally appropriate TBLT practices to enable teachers and students in China to employ TBLT to teach grammar in English classes. The study deployed design-based research with a total of 122 students at a Chinese university. The mixed-method study utilised questionnaires with 122 students, interviews with 10 students…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Culturally Relevant Education, Grammar, English (Second Language)