Languages & Linguistics Journals

Since its inception, Castledown has had a particular focus on journals in the fields of linguistics and language teaching and learning. Our current range of journals may be see below:


The nexus between emotional intelligence, learning engagement, motivation, and achievement in team-based mobile language learning

The nexus between emotional intelligence, learning engagement, motivation, and achievement in team-based mobile language learning

David Imamyartha, Utami Widiati, Mirjam Anugerahwati – This study presents an analysis of structural equation modeling (SEM) which explores the association between trait-emotional intelligence (TEI), online learning engagement (OLE), EFL learning motivation, and their grades in English for Academic Purposes…
Review of Translanguaging and Epistemological Decentring in Higher Education and Research

Review of Translanguaging and Epistemological Decentring in Higher Education and Research

Hanne Tange  – Review of Translanguaging and Epistemological Decentring in Higher Education and Research, edited by Heidi Bojsen, Petra Daryai-Hansen, Anne Holmen, and Karen Risager.
Implementing web applications in the  English as a foreign language classroom to  develop learners’ productive skills: The case  of Kazakhstan

Implementing web applications in the English as a foreign language classroom to develop learners’ productive skills: The case of Kazakhstan

Tatyana Shelestova , Aizhan Nabiyeva , Anna Kalizhanova – The paper reports the results of an exploratory quantitative study investigating the potential of VoiceThread and Flipgrid as learning tools for the development of learners’ productive skills and enhancing learners’ performance…
Student engagement with teacher and automated written corrective feedback on L2 writing: A multiple case study

Student engagement with teacher and automated written corrective feedback on L2 writing: A multiple case study

Sara Afifi , Mohammad Rahimi , Joshua Wilson – The present multiple-case study set out to scrutinize students’ behavioral, cognitive, and affective engagement with written corrective feedback provided by teacher WCF and automated written corrective feedback (AWCF) provided by Writing…
Effects of using corpus-based instruction on students’ critical thinking skills and perceptions in academic writing classes

Effects of using corpus-based instruction on students’ critical thinking skills and perceptions in academic writing classes

Amare Tesfie Birhan – This study aimed at examining the effects of corpus-based instruction on students’ critical skills in academic writing classes.
Navigating theory and practice in intercultural language teaching: Challenges faced by a pre-service language teacher in enacting an interpretive perspective in classroom interaction

Navigating theory and practice in intercultural language teaching: Challenges faced by a pre-service language teacher in enacting an interpretive perspective in classroom interaction

Yvette Yitong Wang  – This paper investigates the author’s classroom practice of implementing an interpretive perspective on intercultural language teaching and learning in two online intercultural workshops on the topic of face masks designed and delivered during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Utilizing digitally mediated warm-up activities for developing intercultural literacy in young EFL students: An exploratory study

Utilizing digitally mediated warm-up activities for developing intercultural literacy in young EFL students: An exploratory study

Linh Pham – The present study investigates how technology can be used to create intercultural literacy among young EFL students in typical Vietnamese international elementary schools during EFL warm-up activities and discusses the implications for enhancing EFL young learners’ intercultural…
Online teacher written corrective feedback outside of class time: (In)effectiveness and task engagement

Online teacher written corrective feedback outside of class time: (In)effectiveness and task engagement

Andrew J. Barnes – This study examines a common pedagogical approach whereby students view teacher feedback outside of class time. Facilitated through Moodle, it aimed to investigate not only the effect of written corrective feedback (WCF) on learning outcomes, but…
The effects of mobile-assisted concept mapping on EFL learners’ writing fluency and motivation

The effects of mobile-assisted concept mapping on EFL learners’ writing fluency and motivation

Ardalan Kaveh, Ehsan Hadipourfard , Mohammad Baval  – The present study examined the effects of mobile-based concept mapping on EFL learners’ writing fluency and motivation.
The effect of Rapid Serial Visual Presentation Technology (RSVP) in the form of subtitles on enhancing EFL learners’ online reading speed, motivation, and attitudes

The effect of Rapid Serial Visual Presentation Technology (RSVP) in the form of subtitles on enhancing EFL learners’ online reading speed, motivation, and attitudes

Al-Shaimaa M. Al-Rashidy , Marwa F. Hafour – The current study aimed at enhancing online reading speed and motivation of EFL learners through subtitled series as Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP).
The relationship between interaction moves during text-based SCMC and L2 vocabulary learning efficiency

The relationship between interaction moves during text-based SCMC and L2 vocabulary learning efficiency

Leander S. Hughes – The present study analyzes the chat data from Hughes (2023) to determine what features of interaction may have contributed to the advantage in L2 learning efficiency.
The effects of corpus use on learning L2 collocations

The effects of corpus use on learning L2 collocations

Yoshiho Satake – This study examines the effects of corpus use on learning L2 collocations.
Learning strategies and learner attitudes in the massively multiplayer online role-playing game cube world

Learning strategies and learner attitudes in the massively multiplayer online role-playing game cube world

Shu Li Goh – The rapid progress of technology has revolutionized learning and in the field of computer-assisted language learning, the use of digital games has expanded significantly.
The construction of a L2 composition MOOC using Google Classroom

The construction of a L2 composition MOOC using Google Classroom

Mei-Hung Lin – With the rapid development of technology, online writing instruction (OWI) has become an integral part of all writing instruction.
Perceived effects of CET4 test preparation, language ability, and test performance: An exploratory study of Chinese EFL learners

Perceived effects of CET4 test preparation, language ability, and test performance: An exploratory study of Chinese EFL learners

Jiuliang Li – This study examined the perceived effects of test preparation for College English Test Band 4 (CET4) on development of language ability and test performance, which has not received sufficient attention previously.
Measuring attrition of L2 productive vocabulary knowledge over the summer vacation

Measuring attrition of L2 productive vocabulary knowledge over the summer vacation

Brandon Kramer, Tohru Matsuo, Aaron C. Sponseller, Young Ae Kim, Suzuka Nishiyama, Stuart McLean – For many teachers and administrators, the degree to which attrition over summer vacation represents a threat to instructed language acquisition remains unclear.
Review of Pronunciation Instruction in English for Academic Purposes:  An Investigation of Attitudes, Beliefs and Practices

Review of Pronunciation Instruction in English for Academic Purposes: An Investigation of Attitudes, Beliefs and Practices

Fatemeh Ranjbaran – Review of Pronunciation Instruction in English for Academic Purposes: An Investigation of Attitudes, Beliefs and Practices.
Some trends in vocabulary research: A discussion of three papers presented at the JALT Vocabulary SIG

Some trends in vocabulary research: A discussion of three papers presented at the JALT Vocabulary SIG

Kristopher Kyle – The Japanese context is a particularly rich area for a wide range of vocabulary research.