This review aims to identify major issues and current trends in research on kanji learning
and instruction with respect to Japanese as a second language (L2) by reviewing over 90 …

This review aims to identify major issues in and the direction of recent L2 Japanese research
by reviewing over 200 empirical studies published in English or Japanese between 2000 …

This study is an attempt to investigate the role of incidental and intentional vocabulary
acquisition in addition to the influence of language learning strategy: namely, the use of …

An investigation of Chinese university EFL learner’s foreign language reading anxiety,
reading strategy use and reading compre Page 1 65 Studies in Second Language Learning …

Language Learner Strategies combines principles with research and classroom practice,
providing a new view of language learning to inform policy and teaching methodology …

A combination of powerful political and economic factors has led to increasing interest in
learning languages such as Mandarin Chinese and those of the Indian sub-continent. A …

This study aimed to investigate the washback effect of two high stakes tests, a global
language proficiency test (ie, TOEFL iBT) and a local English Proficiency Exam (developed …

Little research has been conducted to develop and validate a scale to measure L2 writing
strategies. The purpose of this study was to validate a writing strategy questionnaire for …

Language learning strategy research concerns three major components of language
learning: thinking, doing, and feeling (Takeuchi, in press). Thinking involves the learner's …

This study set out with the aim of assessing whether Multiple Intelligences profiles of Iranian
students would exert any influence on their use of language learning strategies as important …