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Zhang, Danyang; Wu, Junjie Gavin – TESL-EJ, 2023
English language education nowadays is not merely about the instruction and acquisition of linguistic knowledge and skills. Instead, it has progressed to the real-life applications of the target language, which further requires a mastery of cultural knowledge and skills. In terms of culture, English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners, compared…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Teaching Methods, Student Projects, Active Learning
Therova, Dana – TESL-EJ, 2023
Since written assignments often constitute the main form of assessment in tertiary education, academic writing skills are of paramount importance to university students. The role of academic writing in turn emphasises two aspects vital for successful written production at universities: genre awareness as students are assessed on the production of…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Multilingualism, Writing (Composition), Teaching Methods
L2 Narrative Identity as Drama: Exploring Links between L2 Learning Experience and the Ideal L2 Self
Gillies, Hamish – TESL-EJ, 2023
Recent studies elaborating on the L2 learning experience component of the L2 Motivational Self System (Dörnyei, 2005, 2009), especially through a narrative identity perspective, mark a new direction in L2 motivation research. This paper extends this work by exploring the connection between the L2 learning experience and ideal L2 self components.…
Descriptors: Drama, Self Concept, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Do, Hieu Manh – TESL-EJ, 2023
This study aims to investigate Vietnamese students' perceptions of portfolio assessment and how it affects their writing performance. Furthermore, the study explores problems encountered during the assessment process, which could offer professional support for teachers, particularly novice teachers, when applying this formative assessment to…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Portfolio Assessment, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Boonmoh, Atipat; Kamsa-ard, Thiratchapon – TESL-EJ, 2023
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, pre-service English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers (PSTs) experienced various forms of teaching anxiety. However, during the pandemic, they likely encountered additional, different types of teaching anxiety, especially at the teaching practicum stage. This study investigated factors causing anxiety in these PSTs…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Anxiety
Jang, Helen – TESL-EJ, 2023
There has been a gradual change in Korean English curricula and education systems over recent decades to enhance the ability to communicate in English confidently in an increasingly globalized society. The Korean government has been initiating new policies in English curricula to improve the quality of English education in state schools;…
Descriptors: Practicums, Language Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, English (Second Language)
Muranova, Olga; Koltovskaia, Svetlana; Miller, Michol – TESL-EJ, 2023
Despite suggestions being a common speech act used by writing center tutors, very limited research is available on the use of suggestions in online writing center practice. Drawing upon multiple sources of data including the chat transcript, screen recording of the session, and final revised version of the writer's text, this case study explores…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Speech Acts
Nguyen, Hoang Huy; Pham, Thuy Thanh – TESL-EJ, 2023
The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 put the education system worldwide in a critical situation with a sudden shift from the traditional face-to-face to the online mode of instruction. Many studies have been conducted over the past two years to investigate teachers' struggle with this abrupt transition; however, a complete picture of their emotional…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Well Being
Linares, Sthephanny Moncada – TESL-EJ, 2023
Developing intercultural communicative competence has become an inevitable need within 21st-century demands, mobilizing global efforts to promote unity through diversity. However, within the Colombian context and supported by an economic interest in bilingualism, most English language teaching programs still advocate educational practices that…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Pratiwi, Damar Isti; Puspitasari, Armyta; Fikria, Ainun – TESL-EJ, 2023
While writing has evolved away from the conventional method of using pens and paper in favor of digital tools (Li et al., 2019), English teachers continue to face difficulties in teaching writing. This study shows how mind-mapping and the program, Writeabout, can be merged for online writing classes in English for Specific Purposes (ESP)…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Cognitive Mapping, Computer Assisted Instruction
Mohammadi, Sima; Zandi, Hamed – TESL-EJ, 2023
As students' achievement is correlated with self-regulation, finding interventions promoting self-regulated learning (SRL) in online courses is a current focus of research. However, few studies have explored the potential of contract learning in scaffolding and developing SRL in non-traditional learners who have work and family and are at risk of…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Independent Study, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Pouresmaeil, Amin; Gholami, Javad – TESL-EJ, 2023
Previous studies on lexical focus on form (FonF) have mostly centred on FonF in reading with a few pre-selected lexical items. This study investigated the contribution of oral incidental FonF to developing learners' lexical knowledge in a free discussion EFL class. Incidental FonF was provided to 15 upper-intermediate learners who participated in…
Descriptors: Grammar, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Casinto, Carlo Domingo – TESL-EJ, 2023
Although studies on peer feedback have identified several advantages for second language writing classes, the benefits of peer feedback to low-proficiency students have not been thoroughly investigated. This current study aims to determine how low-proficiency second-language students of English can improve their writing by giving and receiving…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Peer Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Second Language Learning
Vellanki, Surya Subrahmanyam; Mond, Saadat; Khan, Zahid Kamran – TESL-EJ, 2023
The hasty adoption of remote teaching (RT) by educational institutes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically impacted teaching, learning, and assessment. With most institutes unprepared for sudden lockdowns, and many educators lacking online teaching and assessment experience, old methods of assessment continued to be used, at least…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Student Evaluation, English (Second Language), Language Teachers
Chang, Anna C. -S. – TESL-EJ, 2023
Research has shown that second language (L2) learners generally lack multiword expression knowledge, and L2 researchers and practitioners have tried various techniques to assist L2 learners to acquire it more efficiently. This study adopted an under-researched technique-- repeated oral reading--to enhance the retention of high-frequency multiword…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Oral Reading