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The rapid advancement of technology can negatively impact students’ psychological well-being, leading to a phenomenon known as …

Rapid technological advancements may negatively affect students’ psychological well-being, resulting in a phenomenon known as …

This presentation reports on a survey-based study that explored Japanese university English as a foreign language (EFL) students’ practices of ChatGPT for self-regulated second language (L2) English learning and their views of ChatGPT as a resource for language learning.

Focusing on the underexplored domain of LL in sacred spaces, this study examines Atsuta Shrine, one of the three principal shrines in the Japanese indigenous religion of Shinto. It explored what constitutes sacredness in a community, the non-commercial values conveyed therein, and who the intended audience is in this revered environment. Employing Scollon and Scollon’s (2003) theory of geosemiotics as a framework, it delves into the intricate cultural meanings intertwined within the linguistic elements of this space.

This presentation reports on a survey-based study that addresses the following two research questions: 1) What are Japanese university English as a foreign language (EFL) students’ practices of ChatGPT for self-regulated L2 English learning? 2) What are Japanese university EFL students’ perceptions of ChatGPT for self-regulated L2 English learning?

This presentation aims to explore the use of fiction as a tool for second language writers to find their voice in academic discourse.

In Real Life (IRL) streaming is a rapidly-growing practice of Internet broadcasting real-time video footage of daily routines, social …

The Conference gathers TESOL practitioners from a variety of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary fields to capture insightful ELT ground-breaking research, pedagogies, materials and innovations for current and future endeavors at local and global contexts.

Melta International Conference is a platform to deliberate on how English language literacy for sustainable futures. The conference will focus the motion of sustainability drawn from frameworks offered by a society 5.0 education for sustainable development, education 4.0 and 21st-century education with the goal of creating and learning practices to develop skills and literacies as resources to confidently engage with the conditions of an indefinable future.