Language serves two key functions. It enables communication between agents, which allows for the establishment and … to issues linked with trust, social capital, and cultural identification. While research on the role of language as a … learning process is widespread, there is no evidence on the role of language as a signal of cultural affinity. I pursue this …

The use of technological tools to foster language development has led to advances in language methodologies and changed … the approach towards language instruction. The tendency towards developing more autonomous learners has emphasized the … need for technological tools that could contribute to this shift in foreign language learning. Computer-assisted language …

learners and academic success in terms of language learning at the tertiary level. Additionally, this quantitative study …-speakers of English as a foreign language. The findings showed that more than half of the learners (65.2%) had a high autonomy … correlation between learner autonomy level and the academic success of language learners. In other words, the academic success of …

, India, China), which has coincided with poor economic integration. Language proficiency is an important determinant of … language proficiency is crucial for good integration policy, as is understanding the relationship between these measures and …

In many transition countries, the collapse of communism ushered in language reforms to adapt to the newfound …’ economic opportunities, since foreign language proficiency may enhance or signal productivity in the labor market. Recent … empirical evidence documents positive labor market returns to English language skills in transition countries. However, Russian …