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JNCOLCTL Volume 38 2025

1 Less Commonly Taught Language Instructors: An Updated Look at Instructor Profiles and Needs Emily Heidrich Uebel & Bethany Zulick
2 A Comparative Study of Writing Proficiency in Korean Heritage and Non-Heritage Learners: Linguistic Characteristics and Pedagogical Insights Inho Jung
3 Exploring Technology-Supported Peer-Written Feedback in an L2 Chinese Collaborative Writing Project in Google Docs Mengying Zhai
4 Rater Reliability and Rating Scale Utility for the AP Japanese Computer-Simulated Conversation Task: Evaluation Inference Nana Suzumura-Smith
5 Idioms in Russian Textbooks: How Many are Present and What Portion Undergoes Teaching? Varvara Kurylova
6 L2 Acquisition of Chinese de Structures: A Comparative Study Wenhua Jin, Chunsheng Yang, Yiping Zhang, Wayne Wenchao He

JNCOLCTL Volume 37 2024

1 Minority Language Parenting and Family Language Policy Adebimpe Adegbite
2 Contextualizing Writing Activities and Exploring Literary Texts on The Portal for Teachers of Portuguese as a Foreign Language/Non-Mother Tongue Desirée Oliveira
3 What Can We Learn from the Teahouse? Exploring the Spoken Grammar in a Drama Text as a Resource for Teaching Spoken Conversational Chinese Jianfei Chen
4 The Distribution of Less Commonly Taught Language Enrollments in US Higher Education Michael Gradoville

JNCOLCTL Volume 36 – S2 2024

1 Decoding L2 Korean Idioms: A Review of Research and Pedagogical Implications Danielle O. Pyun & Hyoun-hwa Kang
2 Designing Headwords for the Korean Cultural Knowledge Dictionary and Educational Application Strategies – Centered around Korean-English Encyclopedia of Korean Culture Soyoung Park, Youngchang Oh, Bonkwan Koo, Daeseok Yun, Jeonghee Ko, Meejeong Park, Seongryul Kang
3 The Need for Non-native Teachers in Korean Language Education Hyein Amber Kim
4 Korean Language Educators’ Perceptions on the Language of Instruction in Korean as a Foreign Language Classes in North America Sang-Seok Yoon & Jeong Min Seo
5 Power Dynamics in Capitalized Korean Language Classrooms: Said, Heard, and Depicted Subjectivities of “Korean Teachers” Sora Kim

JNCOLCTL Volume 36 – S1 2024

1 Memeing: Story Memes to Foster Multimodal Communication in Language Learning Angela Lee-Smith
2 Using the Name Project to Explore Identity and Foster Diversity in Korean Language Classrooms Haewon Cho & Mijeong Kim
3 Cultivating Students’ Understanding of a Target Culture and Society Through Digital Ethnography in Korean as a Foreign Language Courses Jee Hye Park, Gyewon Jang, Hakyoon Lee, Myoung Eun Pang
4 Exploring Asynchronous Online Courses in Language Group V: A Case of Intermediate Korean Seung-Eun Chang
5 Student Perceptions of E-portfolio Tasks in an Online Korean Language Class So Young Yi

JNCOLCTL Volume 36 2024

1 Acquisition of Mandarin Vol 37-p1vol 37 – p2vol 37 – p3vol 37 – p4Chinese by Early-Stage Immersion Learners: A Case Study Hongyi Jia, Feng-hsi Liu
2 Exploring LCTL Students’ Perceptions on Their Engagement in Language Learning and Use Activities Jana C. Martin, Hadis Ghaedi, Sonya K. Sedivy
3 A Preliminary Semantic Corpus-Based Study on the Classifier 架 (jià) and Its Implications for Teaching Chinese Classifiers Jing Wu
4 Questioning the Representation of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Introductory Swahili Syllabi Msafiri Otonya
5 Investigating the Strategic Position and Public Diplomacy of Iran and the Ways to Spread the Persian Language Reza Morad Sahraee, Hosniyeh Sharafinezhad

JNCOLCTL Volume 35 2023

1 Verb Derivation Patterns among Moroccan Arabic Heritage Speakers in France: Pedagogical Implications Amal El Haimeur
2 Plurilingual practices in Lx Turkish learning: A case study from an online summer intensive program Bianca Brown
3 Non-subtitled, uncaptioned TV viewing supports foreign-language learning: A self-study of the learning of Greek outside Greece Deborah Dubiner
4 Teaching Chinese Heritage and Foreign Language Students in Mixed Classes Donglin Chai
5 “M-san Again?”: Identity-in-Practice of a Japanese Graduate Teaching Assistant

Junyuan Chen

JNCOLCTL Volume 34 2023

1 Mapping Grassroots Initiatives in the Creation of Gender-Inclusive and Nonbinary Hebrew Avital Karpman
2 Effective Intensive Language Programs: The Case study of a Kiswahili STARTALK Program Model Brenda Aromu Wawire, Peter Otiato Ojiambo, John Munyui Muchira & Purity Namisoho Wawire
3 A Case Study of U.S. Students’ Social Network Development during Academic Year Study Abroad in Japan Hiromi Tobaru
4 Engagement with written corrective feedback by learners of Japanese as a foreign language at the beginner level in an intensive language program Jun Takahashi
5 Developing the Linguistic Repertoire and Translanguaging Skills of Learners of Arabic as an Additional Language Vance Schaefer, Yasmine Sedeek & Tamara Warhol

JNCOLCTL Volume 33 2022

1 Online Peer feedback Activity for Learners of Intermediate Korean Ahrong Lee and Hyeyoon Cho
2 Conflicting Pedagogical Approaches in the Korean Heritage Language Classroom: A Call for Change in Professional Development Hye Young Shin & Shelley D. Wong
3 Students’ perspectives on hybrid and online Arabic classes: A case study Sadam Issa & Ayman Mohamed
4 Nativespeakerism in Target-Culture Expectation: Chinese Perception of Native and L2 Idiom Usage Xin Zhang

JNCOLCTL Volume 32 2022

1 Instructed Reading and Vocabulary in Arabic as a Foreign Language: A Research Agenda Amr Rabie-Ahmed & Ayman Mohamed
2 Identity Development and Culture Instruction in Chinese as a Heritage Language Education: Examining Immigrant Identity in Chinese-American Cross-Cultural Films Han Luo & Georgia Salvatore
3 Less Common Languages, Common Needs for K-12 Instructors Leslie Fink, Francesca Di Silvio & Jamie Morgan
4 Evaluative Checklist in Advance to An Application of Computer Assisted Language Learning Materials in Turkish as a Foreign Language Settings Onur Ural
5 Does COVID-19 Matter? – A Quantitative Study on Chinese L2 Learners’ Motivation Lu Lu, Jun Xu, Yangtian Luo

JNCOLCTL Volume 31 2021

1 Audiovisual Translation and Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition in Colloquial Arabic Hossam Elsherbiny
2 Funds of Knowledge as a Scaffolding Pedagogical Strategy: How Teachers Bring their Funds of Knowledge into the Classroom Zahra Karimi
3 SAMR Model in Action: Effective Technology Integration in LCTL Teaching Yaniv Oded & Ilknur Oded
4 Karen Refugee-Background Students’ Exploration of Linguistic and Cultural Identities Through Multimodal Creative Artwork Saem Heo
5 Frequent Arabic Grammatical Errors Among Undergraduate Students Hezi Brosh

JNCOLCTL Volume 30 2021

1 Making Interdisciplinary Connections in Advanced-Level Korean Language Curriculum: Designing Content-Based Project Modules Angela Lee-Smith
2 Kurdish as a Stateless Language in the U.S. Haidar Khezri
3 Using Bilingual Thematic Dictionaries in African Language Pedagogy Hannah Essien
Antoinette Barffour
4 Google Translate for Writing in a Japanese Class: What Students Do and Think Jun Xu
5 Listening to many voices: Social Justice Themes and Technology in Developing Hindi Listening Proficiency Kusum Knapczyk
6 Pen Pal Activities as a Learning Tool: Learning from Student Reflections Teresa Lee

JNCOLCTL Volume 29 2020

1 Developing Teacher Cognition on Culture and Teaching Culture in a Chinese Class Kaishan Kong
2 A Review of Japanese CALL for Kanji, Vocabulary, and Reading: Findings, Best Practices and Future Directions Erica Zimmerman, Abigail McMeekin
3 The Invisible Classroom: An Empirical Study in a Pashto Classroom Anjel Tozcu
4 Analysis of Grammatical and Lexical Errors in Writing Made by English-Speaking Learners of FL Swahili Magdalyne Oguti Akiding
5 Effective Vocabulary Strategies for Teaching Greek as a Foreign Language: An Initial Reconnaissance Thomais Rousoulioti, Christina Tegou & George S. Ypsilandis

JNCOLCTL Volume 28 2020

1. Portuguese Language Program Evaluation: Implementation, Results and Follow-up Strategies Bruna Sommer-Farias, Anna Carvalho, Adriana Picoral
2. Perspectives on Reduced Forms Instruction in Portuguese Edvan P. Brito, Rachel Mamiya Hernandez
3. Developing Indonesian Oral Proficiency Guidelines Ellen Rafferty, Erlin Barnard, Juliana Wijaya
4. The Arabic Writing System: Understanding the Challenges Facing Students and Teachers Hezi Brosh

JNCOLCTL Volume 27 2020

1. Life after Language Immersion: Two Very Different Stories Dmitrii Pastushenkov, Tanya McIntyre
2. Connecting Language Learning in the Classroom with the Local Community: Using Field Performance Tasks in Chinese Study Abroad Context Donglin Chai, Bing Mu
3. Temporal Sequencing and Narration in Learner Language: The Case of an Intensive Mandarin Chinese Program Cheng-Fu Chen
4. An Analysis of Testing Practices in College Korean Language Classrooms Hye-Sook Wang
5. Cultural Representations in Foreign Language Textbooks: A Need for Change Margherita Berti

JNCOLCTL Volume 26 2019

1. A Comparative Study of Learners’ Attitudes toward Foreign Language Communities Fatemeh Mirsharifi
2. A Qualitative Study of Chinese Heritage Language Learners’ Perspective Towards Peer Response in Writing Processes Jingjing Ji
3. When Less becomes More: On the Growth of Less Commonly Taught Language in Adult Immersion Language Programs Per Urlaub
4. Self-Assessment for Promoting Learner Autonomy: A Case of a Japanese Summer Immersion Camp for High School Students Nana Suzumura
5. Fried Persimmons and Dried Oysters or Why Teaching Pitch Accent Matters: A Practical Guide for Teachers of Japanese as a Foreign Language Vance Schaefer, Isabelle Darcy

JNCOLCTL Volume 25 2019

1. Preparing Teachers of Critical Languages for Articulated Performance Assessment Task Design Jennifer Eddy
2. A Student Perceptions of Progress and Engagement in Language Learning: The Blended-Learning Model (the Case of Ukrainian) Alla Nedashkivska
3. Acquisition of Tone Sandhis by English Speaking Learners of Chinese Wenhua Jin
4. Understanding the Difficulties in Building Intercultural Relationships from Perspectives of American Students and Japanese Students during a Short-term Study Abroad in Japan Hiromi Tobaru
5. Rhetorical Awareness in Foreign Language Writing: An Advanced-level Japanese Case Study  Zhini Zeng and Ying Liu
6. Miscellanea: The Shared LCTL Symposium: A Call for Action Stéphane Charitos, Emily Heidrich , Koen Van Gorp, and Luca Giupponi