Our team's new study is out. This is the *final* report of my work on how much motivation/emotion matters for L2 speech learning. Takeaway: motivation and emotion have a causal and driving role in L2 speech development. doi.org/10.1017/S02722…

doi.org/10.1016/j.rmal… Hung Tan Ha Nguyen Thi Bich Duyen Tim Stoeckel

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New content available - Vol. 29, Issue 1 Abdelhalim, S. M., & Alsehibany, R. (2025). Integrating ChatGPT for vocabulary learning and retention: A classroom-based study of Saudi EFL learners. Language Learning & Technology, 29(1), 1–24. doi.org/10.64152/10125…

Now its finalised version (format-wise) is available here: doi.org/10.1016/j.csl.…

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The poster of the ELINET Japan Branch for the 3rd Annual ELINET Conference held at the University of Oxford on July 3rd–4th, 2025.

Great news for all English teachers in Japan! A new web app called TeachLex Scope, developed by Dr. Tsuyoshi Sato from Hirosaki University (Sato Tsuyoshi), is now available. It is free to use. (I also had the pleasure of contributing a little to its development.)

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CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery. America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons. Watch and share his message.

"My mother is a Sanseito activist. She is so enthusiastic about party activities she has become like a different person. She hates modern medicine. She's made our family toxic. If you wanna lead a peaceful life, plz keep a distance from Sanseito."

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Now available in OnlineFirst, Nicholas Coney and Daniel Isbell (University of Hawaii at Manoa) investigate and compare the variety of English language proficiency tests and policies for international student admissions at US research-intensive universities. doi.org/10.1177/026553…

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My PhD student at Rikkyo, Ayako Aizawa, has published a paper in Research Methods in Applied Linguistics. Congratulations, Ayako!

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🌸Publication alert🌸 Aizawa, A. (2025). Validation of online L2 vocabulary tests: Test performance across laboratory, virtual meeting, and crowdsourcing contexts. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics　doi.org/10.1016/j.rmal… Congrats, Ayako !

Suzuki, S et al. (2025). Feedforwarding diagnostic language assessment: Artificial intelligence- (AI-) driven weakness identification and contextualised feedback for second language speaking. Language Testing, doi.org/10.1177/026553… Congrats, Shungo Suzuki Ryuki Matsuura !