Second Language Teaching Theses and Projects

Yi-Hsuan Lin Wood

Using Eye-Tracking to Examine How Chinese Foreign Language Learners Attend to Chinese Radicals

Ethan D. Erickson

Predicting Speaking Proficiency with Fluency Features Using Machine Learning

Anna Chang

Creating Task-Based Video Lessons for Advanced Business Mandarin Learners 

Maren Mecham

Proficiency Level Alignment Between Students and Learning Outcomes in Scandinavian 321 Language Courses

Colin Lilya

Examining the Willingness to Communicate (WTC) Scale with Advanced Foreign Language Learners 

Yung-Wei Wang

Pinyin Facilitation or Hindrance of Character Acquisition for Beginning Chinese Learners 

Mariia Shishmareva

Motivation Across Platforms 

Rachael Reynolds

Explicit Instruction in Second Language Self-Assessment: Exploring the Potential for Improving Calibration Through Training 

Joyce Guidi

Evaluating the Use of the L1 in a French Language Classroom

Andrew Watabe

Incorporating Authentic Video into Language-Learning Mobile Applications

Tiina Watts

Designing an Effective Finnish Language Curriculum for Salolampi Adult Programs

Tzu-Hsiang Chien

Mental Contrasting as a Technique to Lower Learners' Levels of Anxiety when Completing Communicative Tasks in a Chinese Beginning Classroom

Subin Oh

The effect of dynamic written corrective feedback for learners of Korean

David Lucero

Impact of Intercultural Competence on Communicative Success in L2 Environments(With Reference to Missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Laura Wilde

Implications of Academic Pathway to Teaching in Utah: Does Alternative Certification Alleviate Teacher Shortages?

Lin Guo

The Classroom Teaching of Chinese Formulaic Language and Its Effects on Students' Writing Performance

Emily Overvilet

Purposeful Integration of Literacy and Science Instruction in a Fourth Grade Partial Immersion Program

Linnea Stegner

Strategies Utilized by Secondary French Teachers to Help Students Visualize Their Progress

Paul Gallo

Using Religious Themes and Content to Affect Cultural Sensitivity in Russian Language Learning

Eunsun You

Relationship Between Using Korean Folktales in Foreign Language Class and Learners' Reading Comprehension and Cultural Understanding

Scott Dohrman

The Effect of Transition Word and Pre-Speaking Activities on Text Type: Moving from Intermediate to Advanced Speech

Rebecca Emery

Spaced versus Massed Practice in L2 German Listening Comprehension

Jeffrey Peterson

Incidental Learning of Japanese Through Reading Online, In Print, and In Digital Games

Danielle Asay

What, Why, and How Much?: The Integration of Culture in Secondary Foreign Language Classrooms

Ana-Lisa Mullen

An Investigation into the Motivational Practice of Teachers of Albanian and Japanese

Ryler Nielsen

Japanese Vocabulary Learning Through and Interactive Video Platform: Comparative Effects of L1 versus L2 Definitions and Kana versus Kanj Presentation

Mahonri Manjarrez

Effects of Culture Awareness Lessons on Attitudes of University Students of French

Keiko Barney

Identifying and Understanding the Difference Between Japanese and English When Giving Walking Directions

Traci Andreason

Improving Reading Fluency and Comprehension in Intermediate L2 Japanese Learners

Jeremy Evans

Exploring Language of Assessment on Reading Proficiency Exams of Advanced Learners of Russian

Veronique Willardson

The Effectiveness of Computer-Enhanced Shadowing and Tracking Pronunciation Exercises for Intermediate Level Foreign Language Learners

Elizabeth Todd

The Use of Dictionaries, Glosses, and Annotations to Facilitate Vocabulary Comprehension for L2 Learners of Russian

Olga Maletina

Understanding L1-L2 Fluency Relationship Across Different Languages and Different Proficiency Levels

Jessica Bryan

Teachers Observing Teachers: Factors that Contribute to Critical Thinking in Peer Coaching

Olga Ookhara

Understanding the Experience of Successful Study Abroad Students in Russia

Meghan Sorenson

Student Attitudes Toward Social Media Technology as and Enhancement to Language Acquisition

Celine Gaillard

The Effects of Pre-Speaking Planning on Students' Performance During Speaking Tasks

Bethany Daniel

Defining Critical Thinking for the 21st Century World Language Classroom

Li Kuo

Improving Implicit Learning and Explicit Learning of Adult and Child Learners of Chinese

Emma Top

The Role of Intonation in L2 Russian Speakers' Intelligibility, Comprehensibility, and Accentedness

Donna Andrus

Having Fun While Speaking French: A Foreign Language Housing Case Study

Joy Palmer

The Effect of Furigana on Lexical Interferencing of Unknown Kanji Words

Alexandra Brattos

The Effects of Stress Presentation Mode on Stress Acquisition Among Advanced Learners of Russian

Geoffrey Biesenger

Linguistic Improvements and Correlates in a Japanese Study Abroad Program

Hongyi Jia

Identifying How Successful Vocabulary-Learning Strategies Affect Reading Comprehension Among Intermediate Learners of Mandarin Chinese

Christine Gardner

The Effect of First Language Dialect Vowel Mergers on Second Language Perception and Production

Seth Robins

Examining the Effects of Pronunciation Strategy Usage on Pronunciation Gains by L2 Japanese Learners

Ashley Ruesch

Student and Teacher Perceptions of Motivational Strategies in the Foreign Language Classroom

Brian James

Effects of Multimedia Glossary Annotations on Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition in L2 Learners of Japanese

Erin Gibbons

The Effects of Second Language Experience on Typologically Similar and Dissimilar Third Languages

Shu Ling Ko 

Female CFL (Chinese as a Foreign Language) Learners' Acquisition of Native-Like Features of Feminine Chinese Speech

Laila Lamani

Language Gain During Arabic Study Abroad: A Case Study of a Semester Abroad in Amman, Jordan

Ryan Rocque

A Study of the Effectiveness of Annotations in Improving the Listening Comprehension of Intermediate Learners

Bradley York

The Effects of Experience on the Perception of German Rounded Vowels by Native Speakers of American English

Sarah Bakker

Brigham Young University Students' Beliefs About Language Learning and Communicative Language Teaching Activities

Shereen Salah

The Relationship Between Vocabulary Knowledge and Reading Comprehension of Authentic Arabic Texts

Tina Starr

The German Proficiency Exam at Brigham Young University: A Validation Study

Veronica Naimova

Factors Affecting the implementation of Instructional Technology in the Second Language Classroom

Erin Olsen

Authentic Out-of-Class Communication in Study Abroad Programs: Success Defined by Continued Motivation and Cultural Appreciation

Kathryn Rimmasch

A Process-Based CALL Assessment: A Comparison of Input Processing and Program Use Behavior by Activity Type

Leslie Bachelder

The Effect of Computer-Adaptive Control (Remediation) on Achievement and Time on Task in Foreign Language Learning

Valentina Dunn

The Effect of Second Language Instruction on the Acquisition in the Foreign Language Classroom

Chao-Chi Yang

The Dominant Listening Strategy of Low Proficiency Level Learners of Mandarin Chinese: Bottom-Up Processing or Top-Down Processing

Marisa Bellini

Life Stories of Ninkejin Seeking Better Opportunities: The Motivation of Brazilian Immigrants in Japan for Learning Japanese as a Second Language

Michael Hilmo

The Effect of Repeated Textual Encounters and Pictorial Glosses Upon Acquiring Additional Word Senses

Ping McEwen

Vocab Acquisition in CFL (Chinese as a Foreign Language) Contexts: A Correlation of Performance and Strategy Use

Johanna Brown

The Effects of a Study Abroad on Acquiring Pragmatics

Jeremy Palmer

Teacher Training via Digital Apprenticeship to Master Teachers of Arabic: Exposure, Reflection, and Preplication as Instruments for Change in Novice Instructor Teaching Style