Officer Reports

JALT CALL SIG - Officer Reports.

Promoting social inclusion for migrant populations through media, technologies and languages

Mercedes Rico, Laura Fielden, Héctor Sánchez - While the globalized nature of contemporary society can be empowering for many, it…

The role of EFL learners’ autonomy, motivation and self-efficacy in using technology-based out-of-class language learning activities

Radin Honarzad, Ehsan Rassaei - This study aims to identify which technology-based out-of-class activities are more commonly used by Iranian…

Incorporating hypnotic suggestion into teacher education programs: Emotional and cognitive implications for teachers

Farshad Ghasemi - This study is a report on the emotional and cognitive impact of hypnotic suggestion on EFL teachers'…

What makes students speak Japanese in immersion programs?

Kumiko Katayama , Kayoko Hashimoto - Language immersion programs, which are a form of bilingual education, are shaped by multiple…

Memeing to learning: Exploring meaning-making in a language-learning chat group

Yiting Han - Meaning-making in a new era increasingly defined by digital communication is a complicated ensemble of both verbal…

Engagement with technology: Gaming, immersion and sub-optimal experiences

Alastair Henry , Cecilia Thorsen - This conceptual article focuses on student engagement, and the use of digital games in…

“I don’t want to be stereotypical, but…” Norwegian EFL learners’ awareness of and willingness to challenge visual stereotypes

Cecilie Waallann Brown - This article reports on a study that investigated Norwegian upper secondary pupils' visual stereotypes, as well…

The Council of Europe Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture: Ideological refractions, othering and obedient politics

Ashley Simpson , Fred Dervin - The popularity of the idea of interculturality, in different parts of the world, means…

Note from the editor

Troy McConachy - Note from the editor.

Building a validity argument for the use of academic language tests for immigration purposes: Evidence from immigration-seeking test-takers

Ngoc Thi Huyen Hoang - As validity pertains to test use rather than the test itself, using a test for…

The effect of cohesive features in integrated and independent L2 writing quality and text classification

Rurik Tywoniw , Scott Crossley - Cohesion features were calculated for a corpus of 960 essays by 480 test-takers from…

Officer Reports

JALT CALL SIG - Officer Reports.

Evaluating a flipped intermediate Spanish course through students and instructor’s perceptions

Nadia V. Jaramillo - This case study examined students' and their instructor's perceptions and experiences in a flipped intermediate Spanish…

Students’ and teachers’ perceptions of Moxtra as an online space for blended learning

Renaud Jonathan Davies - In this exploratory study, the author examines both students' and teachers' perceptions of Moxtra, a cross-platform…

A comparison of computer-mediated peer corrective feedback between high and low-proficiency learners in a Japanese EFL writing classroom

Bradley D. F. Colpitts, Travis Hunter Past - The present study compared the efficacy of computer-mediated peer corrective feedback (CF)…

The washback of listening tests for entrance exams on EFL instruction in Taiwanese junior high schools

Huei-Chun Teng, Chun-Wei Fu - The study aims to explore the washback of incorporating English listening tests in the senior…

A systematic review of written corrective feedback research in ESL/EFL contexts

Sin Wang Chong - In the past decade (2007-2017), research on written corrective feedback (WCF) has been proliferating in English-as-a-Second-Language…

Washback of ACTFL’s Integrated Performance Assessment in an intensive summer language program at the tertiary level

Jason Martel - Washback, that is, the effect of tests on teaching and learning, has captured the interest of scholars…

Japanese EFL learners’ perceptions of different accents in spoken English

Yurika Ito - Due to the worldwide spread and diversification of English, there is far more variety in English accents…