In recent years, teaching has shifted from focusing only on academic skills to also paying attention to students’ emotions. This approach, known as emotion-aware teaching, aims to improve students’ engagement, confidence, and communication by understanding and responding to their feelings in class. Although many studies have investigated this topic, there are still gaps. These include inconsist...

The present study addressed the efficacy of a translanguaging pedagogy with regard to the English language learners' proficiency and perception in four domains, namely, reading, listening, writing, and speaking. Test-retest difference scores indicated statistically significant improvements in each area, and mean scores changed from 11.69–12.18 to 14.67–15.31 with high t-statistics (20....

Understanding the attitudes of healthcare professionals and students is crucial for enhancing the quality and accessibility of services provided to individuals with special needs (IWSN). Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) professionals play a central role in the multidisciplinary support of these individuals, making it essential to explore the perspectives of future practitioners. This study inv...

This small-scale research explores the most challenging aspects of the Academic English Writing course experienced by undergraduate students of the Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) program within an English-Medium Instruction (EMI) university in Kazakhstan. The study aims to identify the students' difficulties in academic writing and describe key factors contributing to them as wel...

Juvenile delinquency is now a major social problem and has become not only a national but also a global issue. In fact, children are at risk of becoming involved in crime due to various factors (economic, family and social). The most important task at the point of taking protective measures by identifying the situation of children before they are drawn into crime falls to educators. The group o...

This study explores preservice teachers’ perceptions of what defines a qualified cooperating teacher in the teaching practicum. Adopting a phenomenological design, data were collected from 150 prospective teachers across multiple subject areas at a public university in Türkiye through semi-structured interviews. The data were analyzed using content and discourse analysis supported by MAXQDA. Fi...

This qualitative study explores the factors contributing to student apathy and attrition when reading longer literary texts in higher education literature classes and examines how students perceive the relevance and emotional impact of these extended readings. Using semi-structured interviews with sixteen purposively selected students, the study uncovers themes that reflect both internal and ex...

This study explores the perspectives of children at risk of social exclusion (RSE) regarding their everyday experiences in kindergarten. Using semi-structured, developmentally appropriate interviews, we examined the views of 48 children (M = 70.32 months) identified by teachers as vulnerable due to social, emotional, or contextual circumstances. Overall, children described kindergarten as a gen...

The current study aims to analyze the thematic evolution of mobbing research in Türkiye by utilizing theoretical frameworks to explore the systemic and individual factors influencing mobbing behaviour. Publication outputs, research trends, and thematic development of Türkiye-based mobbing research were examined using bibliometric methods. The Web of Science database was analyzed, and the Biblio...

Natural Language Processing (NLP) interfaces are becoming more common in higher education, but adoption by faculty is inconsistent in private universities with limited resources. Drawing on a study of a private university in Shanghai, we investigate institutional and individual determinants of how instructors adopt NLP tools (such as ChatGPT, Doubao and Kimi) for feedback, assessment, summariza...

This explanatory sequential mixed-methods study investigated how English language exposure, communicative engagement, and mentorship influence shape internship preparedness among 69 pre-service English teachers from a state university in Iloilo City, Philippines. The quantitative phase measured students’ levels of exposure, engagement, mentorship experience, and perceived readiness for teaching...

This study developed and evaluated outcomes-based instructional materials to enhance purposeful communication in the Filipino language course, Malayuning Komunikasyon. Using a Type 1 developmental research design anchored on the ADDIE model, the researcher created an OBE-aligned syllabus and a student module responsive to the needs of both teachers and learners. A mixed-methods approach was emp...

This study developed and evaluated a culturally grounded instructional module for the course Barayti at Baryasyon ng Wika, integrating student perspectives to strengthen comprehension of Filipino language variation and promote linguistic sustainability. Drawing on persistent gaps in instructional materials and the documented difficulty of students in distinguishing key sociolinguistic concepts,...

This study examines Chinese undergraduate EFL learners’ perceptions of a Blended Writing Feedback (BWF) system aligned with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), integrating automated feedback from Cambridge Write & Improve and detailed teacher comments. Thirty-seven third-year English majors participated in a 12-week writing module, with 32 submitting comprehensi...