Teaching through a second language (L2) poses many challenges, as second language
learners (SLLs) have fewer linguistic resources in the language of instruction. Scaffolding …

The notion of mediation has been the object of growing interest in second language
education in recent years. The increasing awareness of the complex nature of the process of …

Although studies on teacher support have come of age, research on English as a foreign
language (EFL) teacher support remains in its infancy. The lack of in-depth exploration of the …

Many of the instructional practices that have been advanced as intrinsically motivating are
inherent in socio-constructivist learning environments. There is now emerging scientific …

Guided by positioning theory and poststructural views of second language learning, the two
descriptive case studies presented in this article explored the links between social …

Understanding the relationship between teachers' use of language in teacher‐led discourse
(TLD; Toth, 2008) and opportunities for L2 development is a well‐established area of SLA …

Recently there has been a noticeable paradigm shift in educational assessment where
assessment and student learning are viewed as inseparable and assessment is perceived …

This paper sheds light on linguistic support concerning the language of schooling in
multilingual classrooms in Finnish lower secondary education. We ask how the teachers …

Scaffolding generally offers students intensive and temporary assistance until they become
autonomous and independent in learning (Hammond & Gibbons, 2005). However, the …

Intelligent tutoring systems (ITSs) that imitate human tutors and aim to provide immediate
and customized instructions or feedback to learners have shown their effectiveness in …