Mobile devices and technologies have proliferated extensively and become an integral part
of life and learning. Mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) has progressed as an …

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 …

Abstract Language learning and teaching (LLT) materials—like teacher‐created handouts,
textbooks, and overhead transparencies—are central elements of language classrooms …

Background Second language classroom research has explored how teachers demonstrate
their classroom interactional competence (CIC). CIC focuses on teachers' ability to use …

Through a translanguaging lens, trans-semiotizing emphasizes the entanglement of
language and other semiotic resources to negotiate meaning. Recent studies have begun to …

The increasing prevalence and use of smartphones among college students have changed
the teaching and learning arena, leading to a surge in research on integration of …

Recent educational studies have paid less attention to how teachers utilize resources to
contingently respond to unexpected technical issues. This comparative study investigates …

Digital literacy is an important skill for global citizens to possess in the 21st century in the
creation of information media using appropriate digital tools. The purpose of this research is …

Materials use is a critical yet poorly understood dynamic of language classrooms. This study
examines 'materials‐in‐action,'meaning how materials shape classroom interaction and …

This paper draws on the ecological concept of affordance and learner agency to investigate
Chinese language learners' actualised (perceived, used or shaped) affordances in a mobile …