2021 Archives - Castledown

JALT CALL SIG - Officer Reports.

Exploring EAP students’ perceptions of integrated writing assessment

Pakize Uludag - Despite the breadth of integrated writing assessment research, few studies have examined student perceptions of classroom-based integrated…

The underlying structure of Foreign Language Anxiety in integrated speaking assessment: A mixed methods study

Kwangmin Lee , Yafei Ye - The aim of this mixed methods study is to identify the underlying structure of…

Emergency Remote Language Learning: Student perspectives of L2 learning during the COVID-19 pandemic

Gilbert Dizon , Benjamin Thanyawatpokin - As teachers and students have abruptly shifted from traditional classroom-based learning to online classes…

James Saunders-Wyndham , Eleanor Smith, Travis H. Past - This pilot study tested the validity of dependent latent variable scale…

Team New Zealand-Sweden-Germany: A joint venture exploring language learning in digital spaces

Vera Leier , Alice Gruber - This paper reports on a study investigating the use of digital devices by language…

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…

Mobile and blended, please! Migrants and refugees’ learning choices in a language MOOC

Timothy Read , Elena Martín-Monge - In this article, a study is presented of two socially inclusive Language MOOCs undertaken…

Language learner attitudes, technology attitudes, and technology prevalence at the secondary level

Pamela Wesely , Elizabeth Plummer - This quantitative study explored how secondary world language (WL) learners' attitudes about computer-assisted language…

Learner engagement with corrective feedback using think-aloud protocols

Pedro Fernández-Michels , Laia Canals Fornons - Online language learning environments where asynchronous communication is the main form of relation…

Review of Language Learning Environments: Spatial Perspectives on SLA

Ali Panahi - Review of Language Learning Environments: Spatial Perspectives on SLA.

Constraints imposed on the creative cover letter writing by digital online job advertisements

Debbie Ho , Alex Henry - Genre studies on the job cover letter (letter of application) have focused mainly on…

What constitutes vocabulary learning difficulty? A classroom-based study of semantic relatedness and L1 familiarity effects on L2 word learning

Hanzhong Sun , Shaohua Fang - There has been a plethora of studies investigating the effect of semantic relatedness on…

Review of The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in Applied Linguistics

Maryam Barghamadi - Review of The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in Applied Linguistics.

Review of Radical Solutions for Education in a Crisis Context: COVID-19 as an Opportunity for Global Learning

Eunjeong Park - Review of Radical Solutions for Education in a Crisis Context: COVID-19 as an Opportunity for Global Learning.

Automated identification of discourse markers using NLP approach: The case of okay

Abdulaziz Sanosi , Mohamed Abdalla - This study aimed to examine the potentials of the NLP approach in detecting discourse…

Irish language self-efficacy beliefs: Mediators of performance and resources

Shane Barry - Self-efficacy, the system of beliefs that individuals possess which enables them to exercise control and actions when…

Book Review: Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence: Revisited

Karen Risager - Book Review: Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence: Revisited.

Design and evaluation of intercultural cooperative project-based learning in the field of inbound tourism in Japan: A tour guide training course with Chinese and Japanese learners

Satoko Sugie , Makoto Mitsugi - As internationalization in the learning environment is still developing in Japan, there is a…

Exploring students’ perceptions about intercultural communication education: Rethinking the design and facilitation of a course in Japan

Todd Allen - Researchers and intercultural educators have put forward various theoretical principles and pedagogical ideas related to the design…