{"title":"Variation in experiencing boredom during self-directed learning in a virtual world","authors":"Mariusz Kruk","doi":"10.1075/aral.19050.kru","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/aral.19050.kru","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The paper presents the results of a study that aimed to investigate fluctuations in the levels of boredom in the\u0000 virtual world of Second Life (SL) and factors accounting for such changes as reported by a single student of\u0000 English philology. The participant took part in 15 sessions over the period of one summer semester. The learner was free to\u0000 explore the virtual world in question, and she self-directed her own learning there. Using data collected by means of a set of\u0000 research instruments (i.e., a background questionnaire, the Learning Style Survey, a session log, and a semi-structured interview),\u0000 the study found that the student’s experience of boredom was subject to some changes both in single sessions and from one visit to\u0000 another. These fluctuations in boredom levels were affected by such factors as meeting the same interlocutors, scarcity of\u0000 conversation topics, monotonous conversations, group chats or visits that the student perceived as not being beneficial for her\u0000 language development.","PeriodicalId":43911,"journal":{"name":"Australian Review of Applied Linguistics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42150937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Repetitive bundles in Malaysian learner writing","authors":"Siti Aeisha Joharry","doi":"10.1075/aral.19028.joh","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/aral.19028.joh","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 One way to investigate learner writing is by analyzing the most frequently recurring sequences of words, that is,\u0000 lexical bundles. This paper presents results for lexical bundles analyses of a Malaysian corpus (MCSAW) against its reference\u0000 language variety, LOCNESS (Louvain Corpus of Native English Essays). Key 4-word lexical bundles are firstly investigated in terms\u0000 of their frequencies as well as distribution in both corpora. Following this, key lexical bundles are further categorized and\u0000 analyzed according to their functions, including qualitative analysis of the most recurrent bundles by examination of concordance\u0000 lines. Results show that learners use simple types of lexical bundles repeatedly compared to their native speaker counterparts.\u0000 Evidence of tautology can also be found in learner writing. The findings highlight that using lexical bundles appropriately is\u0000 important to achieve native-like fluency, while the absence of more varied lexical bundles in learners’ discourse may result in\u0000 unidiomatic-sounding writing style.","PeriodicalId":43911,"journal":{"name":"Australian Review of Applied Linguistics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47167179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Identities and beliefs across time and space","authors":"C. Sung","doi":"10.1075/aral.19004.sun","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/aral.19004.sun","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This paper presents a case study of a Hong Kong university student’s experiences of learning English as a second\u0000 language (L2) over a four-year period, with particular attention to the changes in her identities and beliefs across time and\u0000 space. Drawing on a narrative inquiry approach, the study revealed that the student’s L2 identities appeared to be shaped by\u0000 specific contextual conditions and agentic choices made by the student in response to different contexts, including consultation\u0000 sessions with native English-speaking tutors, study abroad in the U.S., interactions with non-native English-speaking peers, and\u0000 classroom interactions. It was also found that her L2 identities and beliefs not only varied over time in a complex and dynamic\u0000 manner, but also appeared to be closely interconnected and interacted with each other in a reciprocal and bi-directional manner.\u0000 The case study points to the need to pay more attention to the complex and dynamic interrelationship between identity and belief\u0000 in L2 learning trajectories.","PeriodicalId":43911,"journal":{"name":"Australian Review of Applied Linguistics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42073731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“I’m kind of agnostic”","authors":"Nirukshi Perera","doi":"10.1075/aral.19083.per","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/aral.19083.per","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Transplanting non-Western religions to Western nations results in first-generation migrant attempts to transmit faith in vastly different contexts. Especially as adolescents, second-generation migrants tackle mediating their personal religious beliefs in a society with diverse religions and ideologies as well as negotiating membership of their ethnoreligious community. This paper draws from an ethnography in a Tamil Hindu temple in Australia. I present Sri Lankan teenage migrants’ discourse from their faith classroom to elucidate processes of belief positioning. In working out their emergent, and provisional, faith identities, the students deploy mainly Tamil and English linguistic features in their belief narratives. Flexible languaging complements their “syncretic acts” – the practice of drawing on diverse ideologies and experiences (outside the boundaries of a particular religion) to form personalized beliefs. Translanguaging thus facilitates the expression of circumspect, nuanced, and non-traditional interpretations of their heritage religion. Understanding such processes of belief positioning can help societies and institutions to work towards migrant youth inclusion.","PeriodicalId":43911,"journal":{"name":"Australian Review of Applied Linguistics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49151036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"H. Reinders, D. Nunan, & B. Zou (Eds.), Innovation in language learning and teaching: The case of\u0000 China","authors":"Y. Xiao, Y. M. Ma, Wenting Chen","doi":"10.1075/aral.20008.xia","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/aral.20008.xia","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43911,"journal":{"name":"Australian Review of Applied Linguistics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48120196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}