Since it was first established in the 1970s the Applied Linguistics and Language Study
series has become a major force in the study of practical problems in human communication …

The past few decades have witnessed a growing interest in how second language (L2)
learners come to read in languages employing non-alphabetic writing systems such as …

This study examined how priming an entity language theory (ie, the belief that language
intelligence is fixed) or an incremental language theory (ie, the belief that language …

This study investigates 3 unexplored issues regarding Second Language (L2) Motivational
Self System theory. It further validates the theory using multiple structural equation modeling …

This article analyzes the body of research literature that has brought us to the State of our
current knowledge regarding learning strategies in general and learning strategies …

The attitudes of 251 second language teachers toward kanji and their choices of
instructional strategies for teaching kanji were explored in this study. Principal component …

El acto de escribir es un poderoso instrumento de reflexión. Es algo que exige mucho, pero
que también da mucho a cambio. La escritura académica es un ejercicio continuo de …

The present paper reports an investigation into individual differences in writing with students
of English as a foreign language (EFL) enrolled in an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) …

This study reports on Japanese university‐level EFL teacher (N= 50) and student (N= 660)
reactions to the notion of making English an official language, as proposed by an advisory …

This is the first book devoted to exploring issues of learning written Japanese, focusing on
the challenges the writing system poses for the second language learner. It weaves together …