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Linguistic complexity and writing proficiency in assessing L2 Spanish writing 语言复杂性和写作能力评估第二语言西班牙语写作

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Language Teaching Pub Date : 2026-10-16 DOI: 10.1017/s0261444826101426

Pengzhan Yang, Wenqian Huang, Guangyuan Yao

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Managing change in applied linguistics 管理应用语言学的变化

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Language Teaching Pub Date : 2026-09-25 DOI: 10.1017/s0261444826101438

Cristina Sanz

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Establishing a collaborative research-practice network to enhance task-based language teaching in North America 建立合作研究-实践网络，加强北美任务型语言教学

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Language Teaching Pub Date : 2026-09-22 DOI: 10.1017/s0261444826101414

Matthew D. Coss,Koen Van Gorp

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Generative artificial intelligence and L2 writing: A research agenda 生成式人工智能与第二语言写作：一个研究议程

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Language Teaching Pub Date : 2026-06-29 DOI: 10.1017/s0261444826101402

Matt Kessler

{"title":"Generative artificial intelligence and L2 writing: A research agenda","authors":"Matt Kessler","doi":"10.1017/s0261444826101402","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0261444826101402","url":null,"abstract":"Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is a powerful technology that has vast potential to support various aspects of second language acquisition (SLA). Given GenAI’s capabilities, it is particularly relevant for the teaching and learning of second language (L2) writing. Despite its potential, there are also clear hazards and a range of potentially negative side effects, many of which have yet to be explored. Building on existing research, in this piece, I propose a series of six future research tasks that may prove useful for further understanding the affordances and limitations of GenAI for L2 writing. These six research tasks are organized into three interrelated themes, which cover 1) learning processes and outcomes, 2) student use and interactions, and 3) teaching. For each theme, two research tasks are proposed. Each task includes a discussion of what research is needed, why it is needed, along with how scholars might investigate that research task by adopting quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods. The goal of this piece is to provide potential research ideas for graduate students and faculty and, ultimately, to foster research–pedagogy connections involving GenAI, L2 writing, and SLA.","PeriodicalId":47770,"journal":{"name":"Language Teaching","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148342354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Language education with adult migrants: A critical review of research 2017–2024 成年移民的语言教育：2017-2024研究述评

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Language Teaching Pub Date : 2026-06-23 DOI: 10.1017/s0261444826101359

Bronagh Ćatibušić

{"title":"Language education with adult migrants: A critical review of research 2017–2024","authors":"Bronagh Ćatibušić","doi":"10.1017/s0261444826101359","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0261444826101359","url":null,"abstract":"In a world of increasing human movement and displacement, language learning is an educational concern with significant implications for social inclusion in contexts of migration. This review of recent research analyses 40 empirical studies which explore various aspects of language education with adult migrants, investigating what they reveal regarding pedagogical approaches and the impact of policy on language learning, teaching, and assessment. It identifies issues in relation to diversity among adult migrant learners, the value of multilingual practices and the recognition of multiliteracies, as well as the potential of digital learning and affective approaches to language teaching. In addition, this review shows how migration and integration policies can influence language instruction, considering programme design, testing requirements, the learning of minoritised languages, and the role of educators in this field. It outlines directions for further research in areas including critical multilingual approaches to language teaching, equitable forms of assessment, trauma-informed pedagogy, the development of inclusive policies, and teacher education. This paper can thus inform educators, researchers, and policymakers by providing insights which may guide language-related educational support for adult migrants.","PeriodicalId":47770,"journal":{"name":"Language Teaching","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148299363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A critical review of foreign language anxiety-reduction interventions: Toward a conceptual turn in foreign language anxiety research 外语焦虑减少干预的批判性回顾：迈向外语焦虑研究的概念转向

IF 3.6 2区文学

Language Teaching Pub Date : 2026-06-22 DOI: 10.1017/s0261444826101360

Han Luo

{"title":"A critical review of foreign language anxiety-reduction interventions: Toward a conceptual turn in foreign language anxiety research","authors":"Han Luo","doi":"10.1017/s0261444826101360","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0261444826101360","url":null,"abstract":"Foreign language anxiety (FLA) has been widely studied over the past four decades, yet the effectiveness of anxiety-reduction strategies remains insufficiently understood. This article offers a critical review of research on FLA-reduction interventions, synthesizing the findings from experimental studies across four major categories: emotion regulation, cognitive restructuring, skill building, and classroom environment enhancement. While many strategies show promise, the field lacks a coherent, psychologically grounded framework for supporting anxious learners. Drawing on psychological theories including cognitive-behavioral, acceptance-based, and analytical frameworks and emerging Daoism-inspired psychological perspectives, this article argues for a conceptual shift in FLA research: from viewing anxiety as a surface-level symptom to be eliminated toward understanding it as a meaningful psychological signal that may reflect deeper learner-internal processes. The article proposes an interdisciplinary approach that integrates pedagogical practice with psychological insight, positioning anxiety as a potential catalyst for self-awareness and growth. Implications for language teaching and future directions for FLA research are discussed.","PeriodicalId":47770,"journal":{"name":"Language Teaching","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148291758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Review of doctoral research in additional language education in Germany (2019–2023) 德国外语教育博士研究综述（2019-2023）

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Language Teaching Pub Date : 2026-06-19 DOI: 10.1017/s0261444826101323

Nicole Marx, Lena Heine, Frauke Matz, Birgit Schädlich

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A multilevel Bayesian meta-analysis of the effects of translanguaging pedagogy on L2 achievement 译语教学法对二语成就影响的多层次贝叶斯元分析

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Language Teaching Pub Date : 2026-06-16 DOI: 10.1017/s0261444826101335

Xiaoqi Wang, Lawrence Jun Zhang

{"title":"A multilevel Bayesian meta-analysis of the effects of translanguaging pedagogy on L2 achievement","authors":"Xiaoqi Wang, Lawrence Jun Zhang","doi":"10.1017/s0261444826101335","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0261444826101335","url":null,"abstract":"Globalisation and the multilingual turn in applied linguistics have exposed a persistent tension between learners’ linguistic repertoires and traditional monolingual pedagogies. It is out of this tension that translanguaging pedagogy (TP) emerged as an instructional framework grounded in translanguaging theory, witnessing a burgeoning empirical literature on its classroom value. However, the empirical evidence has failed to produce a coherent account of TP’s effectiveness in L2 education, as findings have exhibited considerable heterogeneity across instructional contexts, learner populations, and outcome measures. The present study sought to reconcile these inconsistent findings through a multilevel Bayesian meta-analysis of 108 effect sizes drawn from 40 independent studies among 3,145 learners. The pooled effect size of Hedges’ g = 1.014 (standard error = 0.138, 95% credible interval [0.748, 1.291]) establishes a positive and statistically credible effect of TP on L2 achievement. Moderator analyses identified educational level and target language skills as credible sources of heterogeneity, with tertiary-level learners and speaking outcomes yielding the largest effect sizes. Target language, linguistic distance, and treatment duration did not reach the posterior probability threshold for credible inference. These findings advance the theoretical understanding of TP and furnish an empirically grounded basis for instructional decision-making in L2 education.","PeriodicalId":47770,"journal":{"name":"Language Teaching","volume":"133 1","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148289632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Effects of task emotions and attention control on L2 speech performance across tasks with different cognitive demands 任务情绪和注意控制对二语言语表现的影响

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Language Teaching Pub Date : 2026-06-08 DOI: 10.1017/s0261444826101311

Chenxin Li, Peijian Paul Sun, Max Wolpert

{"title":"Effects of task emotions and attention control on L2 speech performance across tasks with different cognitive demands","authors":"Chenxin Li, Peijian Paul Sun, Max Wolpert","doi":"10.1017/s0261444826101311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0261444826101311","url":null,"abstract":"The task-modulated emotion–cognition–performance interaction warrants greater scholarly attention due to its pedagogical potential for effective L2 instruction and learning. However, implications for L2 speaking remain underexplored. This study investigates the effects of tasks with varying cognitive demands on English-as-a-Foreign-Language learners’ task emotions (anxiety, enjoyment, and boredom), as well as the separate and combined effects of these emotions and attention control on L2 speech performance across these tasks. Results showed that task demands were effective in affecting task emotions, with the least demanding task eliciting the lowest anxiety and the highest enjoyment. Among these emotions, only task anxiety significantly predicted breakdown fluency. Furthermore, higher attention control capacity was associated with greater syntactic complexity under moderate or high enjoyment, and with higher accuracy under conditions of high boredom, highlighting the interactive role of task emotions and attention control in L2 speech production. These findings hold significant insights for task-based language teaching researchers and L2-speaking practitioners, particularly in informing task design that addresses both learners’ emotional needs and cognitive challenges.","PeriodicalId":47770,"journal":{"name":"Language Teaching","volume":"4 1","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148285910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Global Englishes: Research agendas and tasks in English as a lingua franca 全球英语：研究议程和任务在英语作为通用语

IF 3.6 2区文学

Language Teaching Pub Date : 2026-05-29 DOI: 10.1017/s0261444826101281

Will Baker, Fan Fang, Telma Gimenez

{"title":"Global Englishes: Research agendas and tasks in English as a lingua franca","authors":"Will Baker, Fan Fang, Telma Gimenez","doi":"10.1017/s0261444826101281","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0261444826101281","url":null,"abstract":"Global Englishes, and within that the field of English as a lingua franca, is a huge and expanding area of research and pedagogy. This paper provides a sample of our beliefs about productive areas of research. The nine tasks presented suggest the importance of research in the areas of intercultural and digital communication, especially through the adoption of trans theories such as translanguaging, transmodality, and transcultural communication. Furthermore, concepts such as communicative competence will need rethinking to match the multilingual, multimodal, and multicultural resources that appear in such communication. The implications for pedagogy are extensive, including a re-evaluation of models and aims such as the (ir)relevance of the native speaker, global citizenship education, translanguaging, and decolonial perspectives, and approaches to both oral and written communication. Accompanying any changes in pedagogic practices must be changes in how we think about teacher education as well as assessment. Pedagogic research is crucial as there is a need to address the persistent gap between “real-world” translingual, transmodal, and transcultural uses of English and monolingual, Anglophone-orientated English language teaching models and approaches.","PeriodicalId":47770,"journal":{"name":"Language Teaching","volume":"550 1","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148285949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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