Language Awareness (ISI, SCOPUS, Q1) publishes research of language learning and use; Edited by @masatoshi_sato

Joined January 2021
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Thanks, @tesolgraphics, for producing this infographic of Reza's and my paper and, more broadly, for this very accessible, #openscience initiative!
How can Ts help improve Ss’ listening skills through strategy instruction? Ans: Ts should give focused instruction & offer varied practice opportunities to allow internalisation of instructed strategies. Find out more in this week’s infographic summary!
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How can Ts enhance Ss’ learning through using word cards? Ans: Encouraging Ss to make their own word cards for new words & giving them autonomy on how to use the cards can be more effective than teacher instruction. Find out more in this week’s infographic summary!
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How can Ts help improve Ss’ listening skills through strategy instruction? Ans: Ts should give focused instruction & offer varied practice opportunities to allow internalisation of instructed strategies. Find out more in this week’s infographic summary!
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What are some benefits of integrating technologies into language teaching & learning? Ans: It can improve Ss’ writing accuracy, e.g. spelling & structure, and encourage peer-collaborations. Find out more in this week’s infographic summary!
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The brilliant Pia Resnik and Elouise Botes talking about learner emotions and also the finding that the most commonly experienced emotion for learners in class is boredom! Oh crumbs! #IAPLL #PLL5
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Larissa Borges talking about a wonderful intervention study conducted in Brazil on teacher wellbeing and empathic relations. What a cool title - Dare to Care. A challenge we can all take up! #IAPLL #PLL5
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Wonderful final plenary of the day adding affect to the notion of literacy and critical literacy among adult migrant learners. A powerful and passionate end to the day. Thank you Carmen Fonseca Mora #IAPLL #PLL5
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Thank you so much for coming to my talk!
Replying to @Aoym_Tak
@Aoym_Tak offers an engaging and highly critical talk on the effectiveness of vision interventions in the EFL Japanese context! Packed room!
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One of the most amazing scholars I have the pleasure of working with currently - Giulia Sulis reporting on her fascinating and multilayered study on student engagement. Quite literally ground-breaking work conceptually and methodologically. #IAPLL #PLL5
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What are the effects of task planning on production? Ans: Strategic planning that is based on Ss’ needs & syntactic complexities can have positive influence on L2 fluency & accuracy. Find out more in this week’s infographic summary!
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The amazing Ema Ushioda reminding us of the importance of appreciating the history of ideas in our field and our reflexivity as researchers. #IAPLL #PLL5
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Super talk on a very interesting construct - Tolerance of Ambiguity - I think this is exciting to explore for both teachers and learners especially in LL and in respect to curiosity and teaching styles but also in the context of AI technologies. Thanks to Brygida Lika #PLL5
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Opening plenary with Prof. Gary Barkhuizen - University of Auckland, New Zealand: Plenary talk: Extending emotional reflexivity in short story analysis: How do you feel? p.s. use the following tags in your posts about the conference. #pll5 #iapll
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A brilliant, thought-provoking plenary by the brilliant Gary Barkhuizen on emotional reflexivity in research. PLL5 is under way! #IAPLL #PLL5
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How can Ts enhance the effectiveness of using AWE? Ans: Ts can incorporate AWE with teacher & peer feedback to facilitate Ss’ reflection. Find out more in this week’s infographic summary!
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What should Ts consider when using MALL in TESOL classrooms? Ans: It needs to be student-focused and context-relevant. Find out more about MALL language learning outcomes in this week’s infographic summary!
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How can Ts enhance Ss’ language skills using gamification MALL outside classrooms? Ans: Ts can provide more personalised & detailed feedback and support based on Ss’ performance & progress. Find out more in this week’s infographic summary!
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Can MALL help enhance Ss’ pronunciation? Ans: Yes. It can be twice as effective at improving Ss’ productive ability than their receptive ability, but Ts should always scaffold Ss to pronounce a word correctly at the same time. Find out more in this week’s infographic summary!
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Honoured to have the chance to be interviewed for System's 50th Anniversary Issue. Huge thanks to Vincent Greenier for asking such interesting questions and Nathan Thomas for probing! sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Happy New Year to you all! Come and join us in 2024! @tesolgraphics @TESOL_Assn
Happy 2024! We are pleased to announce a new website of @tesolgraphics🥳🥳 We are still keeping the old site for now, but do check out our new website for a better viewing experience and much more!!
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