Browsing USN Open Archive by Author "Calafato, Raees"
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Charting the motivation, self-efficacy beliefs, language learning strategies, and achievement of multilingual university students learning Arabic as a foreign language
Calafato, Raees (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Research on the relationship between students’ language learning motivation (LLM), language learning strategies (LLS), self-efficacy beliefs (SEB), and achievement in non-European languages has been both limited and ... -
‘The culture of China is broad and profound, with all rivers flowing into the sea’: Plurilingual and pluricultural competence and identity among university students in China
Tang, Fei; Calafato, Raees (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)As part of its ambitious Belt and Road initiative, the Chinese government, cognizant of the fact that establishing strong people-to-people bonds locally, regionally, and internationally will be key to the initiative’s ... -
EFL Vocabulary through Gaming: How pupils learn new words through playing videogames
Clausen, Tobias Fjeldbo (Master thesis, 2023)This study focused on finding correlations between playing different genres of videogames and their receptive and productive English vocabulary. It also delved into how the use of Metacognitive Learning Strategies impacted ... -
Exploring multilingual dynamics
Tveit, Rebekka (Master thesis, 2024)This master thesis addresses the increasingly relevant topic multilingualism in educational settings, a reflection of global trends in linguistic and cultural diversification. The research is significant as it explores the ... -
Exploring plurilingualism, ethnicity, and intercultural effectiveness: Insights from university students
Tang, Fei; Calafato, Raees (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The study reported in this article examined the dynamics of plurilingualism, ethnicity, and effectiveness in intercultural encounters among a sample of 221 participants from Chinese universities via an online questionnaire ... -
Exploring the relationship between extramural English, self-efficacy, gender, and learning outcomes: A mixed-methods study in a Norwegian upper-secondary school
Alison J., Rød; Calafato, Raees (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This article reports on a mixed-methods study regarding the extent to which the extramural English (EE), external attributions, self-efficacy (concerning EFL reading, speaking, writing, and listening skills), and gender ... -
Family language policy: The impact of multilingual experiences at university and language practices at home
Tang, Fei; Calafato, Raees (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)This article presents the findings from a study that explored how the language practices and management to which 156 students from universities in China reported being exposed at home, alongside their language beliefs, use ... -
Fidelity to participants when researching multilingual language teachers: A systematic review
Calafato, Raees (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The research field of multilingualism in education has grown exponentially over the last two decades, with more and more studies published every year on the need for teachers to validate the whole linguistic repertoire of ... -
The impact of multilingualism and learning patterns on student achievement in English and other subjects in higher education
Calafato, Raees; Simmonds, Kevin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Students’ mindsets, multilingualism, learning styles and self-regulation strategies, which represent parts of their learning patterns, can affect their academic achievement in various ways. This article presents the results ... -
Language aptitude and its links with metalinguistic knowledge, self-efficacy, anxiety, and language maintenance in multilingual language teachers
Calafato, Raees (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Language teachers cannot help their students develop high levels of metalinguistic knowledge and language aptitude if they themselves are found lacking in these abilities. This article reports on a study that utilised a ... -
Linkages between literary response, aesthetic competence, and literary competence in the EFL classroom
Calafato, Raees; Simmonds, Kevin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Developing students' literacy skills and intercultural competence via literary works has become a key component of foreign language (FL) curricula at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels in many countries. In FL ... -
Literature in language education: Exploring EFL learners' literary competence profiles
Calafato, Raees; Hunstadbråten, Siri (Journal article, 2024)Literary competence is a critical component of foreign language education and has far-reaching implications for language learners’ linguistic and cultural development. This article reports on a study that examined how the ... -
Literature in language education: Exploring teachers’ beliefs, practices, creativity, and literary competence
Calafato, Raees (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Given the growing movement in support of blurring the divisions between language and literature teaching, it has become increasingly vital to understand what language teachers think of literature as a language resource, ... -
The moderating effect of multilingualism on the relationship between EFL learners’ grit, enjoyment, and literacy achievement
Calafato, Raees (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Aims and Objectives/Purpose/Research Questions: The study investigated the relationship between the L2 grit, domain-general grit, foreign language enjoyment (FLE), multilingualism, and self-reported literacy achievement ... -
The relationship between interaction mindsets and language teachers’ self-development practices
Calafato, Raees (Chronicle, 2024)Self-development is a crucial aspect of language teaching as it fosters various dimensions of language teacher cognition, affect, and identity, ultimately contributing to better learning outcomes. Most studies on language ... -
Role-Play in the Norwegian EFL Classroom
Gelius, Johanne Boe (Master thesis, 2024)This master’s thesis investigates the effect role-play can have on English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ speaking fluency, willingness to communicate (WTC) and speaking and listening self-efficacy. By using a mixed ... -
Social Media and Willingness to Communicate in English
Al, Özge (Master thesis, 2023)This thesis investigates diverse factors potentially impacting 7th-grade pupils' English communication engagement on social media platforms. The research question for this thesis is: How does the use of social media affect ... -
Transnational multilingual families in China: Multilingualism as commodity, conflict, and in-betweenness
Tang, Fei; Calafato, Raees (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Studies on transnational multilingual families and their language planning have mostly investigated their language ideologies and practices in relation to heritage language maintenance without exploring how such families ... -
Vocabulary learning strategies in extramural English gaming and their relationship with vocabulary knowledge
Calafato, Raees; Clausen, Tobias (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Research has shown that students learning English as a foreign language can enhance their vocabulary knowledge through exposure to the target language outside of school. However, little is known about whether certain ...