Though a number of language socialization processes are theorized to promote children's
heritage language proficiency (HLP), little research has considered these processes in a …

In light of popular nationalism on the rise in China and Japan, this inquiry develops and
validates a survey instrument to document university students' motivation to learn Japanese …

This article updates the trends and developments of Japanese as a second language (JSL)
research since Mori and Mori (2011) by reviewing nearly 200 selected empirical studies …

Language is commonly positioned as an economic resource. Recent debates have argued
that policy interpretations of language as economic resource can potentially undermine …

This study investigated the role of parental support and selected family variables in the first
(L1) and second language (L2) vocabulary development of Japanese heritage language …

Previous research reports the positive impact of dual immersion programs on students'
language proficiency, yet fewer studies have examined students' attitudes in such programs …

Although many types of newly encoded information can be consolidated during sleep, an
enhanced effect has been found for memories tagged as relevant to the future, such as …

This study investigated how the attitudes and expectations of heritage languages (HL)
courses differ between Spanish and Korean. Spanish and Korean are two of the biggest …

Despite the growing attention to non-cognitive factors and their effects explored in studies
inspired by Positive Psychology, there remains a scarcity of research examining how these …

The study investigated variation in the depth of vocabulary knowledge of L2 learners at the
same vocabulary breadth and the learner-related factors affecting it. Two hundred and thirty …