{"title":"Correction to: Reflexivity in Applied Linguistics: Opportunities, Challenges, and Suggestions","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/applin/amad074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amad074","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48234,"journal":{"name":"Applied Linguistics","volume":"10 11","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134991130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
There is a prevailing belief that second language (L2) textbooks should strive for authenticity, aiming to accurately and reliably represent natural language use. However, assessing the authenticity of language textbooks is not a straightforward task, as it requires both a comparison between instructional texts and real-world language use and a consideration of the comparison within the broader context of language development. This study employs a corpus-based approach to examine word use in 31 widely used commercial textbooks across different proficiency levels, which serve as the primary resource for teaching, learning, and assessment in Chinese language programs at US universities. Using hierarchical cluster analysis, Zipf’s law analysis, and descriptive statistics, we found supportive evidence for the authenticity of word use in Chinese textbooks from a developmental perspective. Specifically, our findings reveal a nuanced gradation in the distribution of words across proficiency levels within these Chinese textbooks. Moreover, as proficiency levels increase, there is a discernible register shift in word use from spoken to written discourse. These observations carry significant implications for the utility of textbooks in Chinese language programs, particularly in the realms of instruction and assessment.
{"title":"Are Textbooks Authentic From a Developmental Perspective? A Corpus Analysis of Word Use in Chinese Textbooks in US Universities","authors":"Xun Yan, Yuyun Lei, Chilin Shih","doi":"10.1093/applin/amad073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amad073","url":null,"abstract":"There is a prevailing belief that second language (L2) textbooks should strive for authenticity, aiming to accurately and reliably represent natural language use. However, assessing the authenticity of language textbooks is not a straightforward task, as it requires both a comparison between instructional texts and real-world language use and a consideration of the comparison within the broader context of language development. This study employs a corpus-based approach to examine word use in 31 widely used commercial textbooks across different proficiency levels, which serve as the primary resource for teaching, learning, and assessment in Chinese language programs at US universities. Using hierarchical cluster analysis, Zipf’s law analysis, and descriptive statistics, we found supportive evidence for the authenticity of word use in Chinese textbooks from a developmental perspective. Specifically, our findings reveal a nuanced gradation in the distribution of words across proficiency levels within these Chinese textbooks. Moreover, as proficiency levels increase, there is a discernible register shift in word use from spoken to written discourse. These observations carry significant implications for the utility of textbooks in Chinese language programs, particularly in the realms of instruction and assessment.","PeriodicalId":48234,"journal":{"name":"Applied Linguistics","volume":"72 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"110423275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jean-Marc Dewaele, Peter Macintyre, Iman Kamal Ahmed, Alfaf Albakistani
Abstract Flow reflects an optimal balance of challenge and skill, which is exhilarating and addictive. The current study investigates the role of three learner emotions (enjoyment, anxiety, and boredom) on the proportion of class time in flow among 165 Arab and Kurdish English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students in both in-person and online classes. Statistical analyses revealed that Foreign Language Enjoyment (FLE), and more specifically, the dimension Personal FLE, was a significant positive predictor of flow, while Foreign Language Boredom was a significant negative predictor. Contrary to previous research, Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety had no significant negative effect on flow. Further analyses showed that students’ nationality and their attitudes toward English and their English teacher had significant effects on their time in flow. It thus seems that flow becomes possible when the teacher manages to get learners in the right emotional mood, allowing those who enjoy themselves intensely to rise to a state of flow, both in in-person and online classes.
{"title":"Emotional, Attitudinal, and Sociobiographical Sources of Flow in Online and In-Person EFL Classrooms","authors":"Jean-Marc Dewaele, Peter Macintyre, Iman Kamal Ahmed, Alfaf Albakistani","doi":"10.1093/applin/amad071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amad071","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Flow reflects an optimal balance of challenge and skill, which is exhilarating and addictive. The current study investigates the role of three learner emotions (enjoyment, anxiety, and boredom) on the proportion of class time in flow among 165 Arab and Kurdish English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students in both in-person and online classes. Statistical analyses revealed that Foreign Language Enjoyment (FLE), and more specifically, the dimension Personal FLE, was a significant positive predictor of flow, while Foreign Language Boredom was a significant negative predictor. Contrary to previous research, Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety had no significant negative effect on flow. Further analyses showed that students’ nationality and their attitudes toward English and their English teacher had significant effects on their time in flow. It thus seems that flow becomes possible when the teacher manages to get learners in the right emotional mood, allowing those who enjoy themselves intensely to rise to a state of flow, both in in-person and online classes.","PeriodicalId":48234,"journal":{"name":"Applied Linguistics","volume":"285 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135685225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract This study investigates the impact of Filipina domestic workers (FilDWs), a marginalized group in Hong Kong (HK), on HK children’s language development. It focusses on FilDWs’ influence on the second language (L2) English of bilingual HK primary school children attending an English Medium of Instruction school. The elements investigated are L2 English spoken complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF), and reading accuracy and fluency. Participants comprise 34 children (17 boys and 17 girls, mean age 8;11) from homes with FilDWs and 30 (15 boys and 15 girls, mean age 8;11) from homes with no FilDW. Participants completed an English reading and speaking task, and an English working memory capacity (WMC) test. Participants from households with FilDWs scored significantly higher on all aspects of both English language measures, while no significant differences for WMC were observed. These suggest that FilDWs exert a positive impact on children’s L2 English proficiency, placing them in a different position to the low status they are usually ascribed. These findings have implications for decolonizing and decentring language learning and teaching.
{"title":"The Impact of Filipina Domestic Workers on Hong Kong Primary School Children’s L2 English Spoken CAF and Reading Accuracy and Fluency","authors":"Jacobus Francois Wolfaardt, Alex Ho-Cheong Leung","doi":"10.1093/applin/amad072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amad072","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study investigates the impact of Filipina domestic workers (FilDWs), a marginalized group in Hong Kong (HK), on HK children’s language development. It focusses on FilDWs’ influence on the second language (L2) English of bilingual HK primary school children attending an English Medium of Instruction school. The elements investigated are L2 English spoken complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF), and reading accuracy and fluency. Participants comprise 34 children (17 boys and 17 girls, mean age 8;11) from homes with FilDWs and 30 (15 boys and 15 girls, mean age 8;11) from homes with no FilDW. Participants completed an English reading and speaking task, and an English working memory capacity (WMC) test. Participants from households with FilDWs scored significantly higher on all aspects of both English language measures, while no significant differences for WMC were observed. These suggest that FilDWs exert a positive impact on children’s L2 English proficiency, placing them in a different position to the low status they are usually ascribed. These findings have implications for decolonizing and decentring language learning and teaching.","PeriodicalId":48234,"journal":{"name":"Applied Linguistics","volume":"228 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135977429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alberto Hijazo-Gascón, María Gómez-Bedoya, Luna Filipović
Despite how damaging the consequences of an inadequate translation of swearwords might be, little attention has been paid to insults, in both academic research and interpreting training. The mistranslation of an insult can affect how the police officer perceives the severity of the punishable offence and makes a judgment about what kind of action is appropriate. This study includes two experiments. First, an interpreting experiment was carried out with English–Spanish interpreting students (N = 36), including the translation of 30 insults in three different contexts. The second task aimed to find how each of the insults was comparable across both languages, according to native speakers’ perceptions. We elicited native speakers’ ratings for offensiveness of each of these lexical items (British N = 204 and Spanish N = 178). The results show variation in the degree of offensiveness by Spanish and British English speakers. We argue that learning insults needs to become part of interpreting training in legal contexts. This study aims to contribute to this interdisciplinary area, with one of the practical goals being the application of our results in professional training.
{"title":"Interpreting Swearwords in Police Interviews and Perceived Offensiveness of Insults in the UK and Spain","authors":"Alberto Hijazo-Gascón, María Gómez-Bedoya, Luna Filipović","doi":"10.1093/applin/amad060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amad060","url":null,"abstract":"Despite how damaging the consequences of an inadequate translation of swearwords might be, little attention has been paid to insults, in both academic research and interpreting training. The mistranslation of an insult can affect how the police officer perceives the severity of the punishable offence and makes a judgment about what kind of action is appropriate. This study includes two experiments. First, an interpreting experiment was carried out with English–Spanish interpreting students (N = 36), including the translation of 30 insults in three different contexts. The second task aimed to find how each of the insults was comparable across both languages, according to native speakers’ perceptions. We elicited native speakers’ ratings for offensiveness of each of these lexical items (British N = 204 and Spanish N = 178). The results show variation in the degree of offensiveness by Spanish and British English speakers. We argue that learning insults needs to become part of interpreting training in legal contexts. This study aims to contribute to this interdisciplinary area, with one of the practical goals being the application of our results in professional training.","PeriodicalId":48234,"journal":{"name":"Applied Linguistics","volume":"8 38","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71435350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal Article International Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Academic English in Turbulent Times Get access James Fenton, Julio Gimenez, Katherine Mansfield, Martin Percyand Mariangela Spinillo (eds): INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON TEACHING AND LEARNING ACADEMIC ENGLISH IN TURBULENT TIMESRoutledge, 2023. Faith Nightingale Faith Nightingale Queen Mary University of London, UKNottingham Trent University, UK E-mail: f.nightingale@qmul.ac.uk Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Applied Linguistics, amad070, https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amad070 Published: 16 October 2023
{"title":"International Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Academic English in Turbulent Times","authors":"Faith Nightingale","doi":"10.1093/applin/amad070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amad070","url":null,"abstract":"Journal Article International Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Academic English in Turbulent Times Get access James Fenton, Julio Gimenez, Katherine Mansfield, Martin Percyand Mariangela Spinillo (eds): INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON TEACHING AND LEARNING ACADEMIC ENGLISH IN TURBULENT TIMESRoutledge, 2023. Faith Nightingale Faith Nightingale Queen Mary University of London, UKNottingham Trent University, UK E-mail: f.nightingale@qmul.ac.uk Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Applied Linguistics, amad070, https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amad070 Published: 16 October 2023","PeriodicalId":48234,"journal":{"name":"Applied Linguistics","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136115225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to: Trends in the Expression of Epistemic Stance in NIH Research Funding Applications: 1985–2020","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/applin/amad068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amad068","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48234,"journal":{"name":"Applied Linguistics","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135346155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal Article Multilingual Perspectives on Translanguaging The Invention of Multilingualism Get access Multilingual Perspectives on Translanguaging Jeff MacSwan (ed): Multilingual Matters, 2022The Invention of Multilingualism David Gramling: Cambridge University Press, 2021 Abu Saleh Mohammad Rafi Abu Saleh Mohammad Rafi University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, Bangladesh E-mail:dr.asm.rafi@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0720-5039 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Applied Linguistics, amad052, https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amad052 Published: 06 October 2023
{"title":"Multilingual Perspectives on Translanguaging The Invention of Multilingualism","authors":"Abu Saleh Mohammad Rafi","doi":"10.1093/applin/amad052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amad052","url":null,"abstract":"Journal Article Multilingual Perspectives on Translanguaging The Invention of Multilingualism Get access Multilingual Perspectives on Translanguaging Jeff MacSwan (ed): Multilingual Matters, 2022The Invention of Multilingualism David Gramling: Cambridge University Press, 2021 Abu Saleh Mohammad Rafi Abu Saleh Mohammad Rafi University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, Bangladesh E-mail:dr.asm.rafi@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0720-5039 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Applied Linguistics, amad052, https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amad052 Published: 06 October 2023","PeriodicalId":48234,"journal":{"name":"Applied Linguistics","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135346304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal Article Reflexivity in Applied Linguistics: Opportunuties, Challenges, and Suggestions Get access Sal Consoli and Sara Ganassin (eds): REFLEXIVITY IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS: OPPORTUNUTIES, CHALLENGES, AND SUGGESTIONS.Routledge, 2023. Merve Özçelik Merve Özçelik The Department of Applied Linguistics, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA E-mail: mzo5317@psu.edu Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Applied Linguistics, amad061, https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amad061 Published: 06 October 2023
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Abstract There are still language-related safety issues in international aeronautical radiotelephony communications. This article revisits the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) language policy, a set of language proficiency requirements mainly reflected in the ICAO Rating Scale (Pronunciation, Structure, Vocabulary, Fluency, Comprehension, and Interaction). Although the ICAO Rating Scale has been used globally to assess professional aviation speakers’ communicative language proficiency for two decades now, it remains unclear what role the six ICAO criteria have played in high-stakes aviation English tests. We thus conducted an independent study based on secondary data analysis. We applied the Winsteps Rasch Rating Scale Model to 358 Chinese pilots’ test scores on an aviation English test in China. The results suggest that the six criteria carried considerably different relative values in contribution to test outcomes and that Interaction was different from the other five criteria. This exploratory study provides an example of how the ICAO assessment criteria were used in a locally developed aviation English test; its findings can have implications for supporting and implementing a language policy for global harmonization.
{"title":"Implementing the ICAO Language Proficiency Requirements: The Localization of Aviation English Testing","authors":"Yan Yin, Guoxing Yu, Dayong Huang","doi":"10.1093/applin/amad057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amad057","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract There are still language-related safety issues in international aeronautical radiotelephony communications. This article revisits the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) language policy, a set of language proficiency requirements mainly reflected in the ICAO Rating Scale (Pronunciation, Structure, Vocabulary, Fluency, Comprehension, and Interaction). Although the ICAO Rating Scale has been used globally to assess professional aviation speakers’ communicative language proficiency for two decades now, it remains unclear what role the six ICAO criteria have played in high-stakes aviation English tests. We thus conducted an independent study based on secondary data analysis. We applied the Winsteps Rasch Rating Scale Model to 358 Chinese pilots’ test scores on an aviation English test in China. The results suggest that the six criteria carried considerably different relative values in contribution to test outcomes and that Interaction was different from the other five criteria. This exploratory study provides an example of how the ICAO assessment criteria were used in a locally developed aviation English test; its findings can have implications for supporting and implementing a language policy for global harmonization.","PeriodicalId":48234,"journal":{"name":"Applied Linguistics","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135482548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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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