This scoping review aims to examine the literature regarding cultural representation in
foreign language textbooks. This review identifies eight research foci by systematically …

The rationale behind this special issue is to underscore the importance of studying
instructional materials in context—that is, how materials and textbooks are used by teachers …

Looking at human communication from the perspective of semiotics extends our view
beyond verbal language to consider other sign systems and meaning-making resources …

Integrating concepts and techniques from ethnomethodology and sociomaterialism, this
article investigates the observable material processes involving human action and place …

This column traces the evolution of electronic resources for language learning over the past
25 years, focusing on the arrival and transformation of the “world wide web”, the dramatic …

There are calls for developing ways to teach language that can inspire and motivate
students to study additional languages. While previous research has pointed toward benefits …

This study examines students' self‐initiated use of smartphones in multilingual writing
classrooms in English‐language programs at a US university. Responding to calls for …

Based on a study of the digital literacy practices of immigrant Filipino students in Vancouver,
this paper focuses on how learners with unequal access to resources engage with different …

Augmented and virtual realities (together “extended reality”) offer language learners the
opportunity to communicate and interact in real and virtual spaces. In augmented reality …

Generative AI offers significant opportunities for language learning. Tools like ChatGPT can
provide informal second language practice through chats in written or voice forms, with the …