{"id":24067,"date":"2026-06-25T03:17:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T11:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=24067"},"modified":"2026-08-04T14:07:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T22:07:55","slug":"ej118","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Volume 30, Number 2 \u2013 August 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"1\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/volume30\/ej1176\/ej118fromed\/\">A Word from the Editors\u2026<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/fromed.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: -2px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/teslej\/images\/p.jpg\" alt=\"pdf\" width=\"20\" \/><\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/fromed.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pdf<\/a>)<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"50%\">\n<h2 style=\"padding-bottom: 10px;\">PERSPECTIVES<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Scott Alkire, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/issues\/volume30\/ej118\/ej118s1\/\">Learning Korean at Age 60: Insights from a Linguaphile<\/a>;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/s1.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: -2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/teslej\/images\/p.jpg\" alt=\"pdf\" width=\"20\" \/><\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/s1.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pdf<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-bottom: 10px;\">FEATURE ARTICLES<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Yuri imamura &amp; Danie Hooper, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/issues\/volume30\/ej118\/ej118a1\/\">Between English-Only Ideology and Classroom Reality: Language Policy in Japanese Higher Education<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/a1.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: -2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/teslej\/images\/p.jpg\" alt=\"pdf\" width=\"20\" \/><\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/a1.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pdf<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Padma Lamo, Saleem Mohd Nasim &amp; Rajakumar Guduru , <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/issues\/volume30\/ej118\/ej118a2\/\">Modality Principle in Learning L2: A Systematic Review of How Proficiency Moderates the Efficacy of Reading-While-Listening on Receptive Skills<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/a2.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: -2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/teslej\/images\/p.jpg\" alt=\"pdf\" width=\"20\" \/><\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/a2.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pdf<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Abdul Mutashobya &amp; Koen Van Gorp , <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/issues\/volume30\/ej118\/ej118a3\/\">Teachers\u2019 Experiences with Performance-Based Assessment: Challenges and Strategies in an EFL Context<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/a3.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: -2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/teslej\/images\/p.jpg\" alt=\"pdf\" width=\"20\" \/><\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/a3.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pdf<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Gaia Oikawa, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/issues\/volume30\/ej118\/ej118a4\/\">The Effects of Prior Vocabulary Knowledge and Addressees in Sentence Writing Tasks: An Exploratory Study<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/a4.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: -2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/teslej\/images\/p.jpg\" alt=\"pdf\" width=\"20\" \/><\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/a4.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pdf<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Raju Dhuli, Rajakumar Guduru, Praveen Kumar Ambati, Anand Binod Singh &amp; Padma Lamo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/issues\/volume30\/ej118\/ej118a5\/\">Evaluating the Impact of Bilingual, Trilingual, and Multilingual Definitions on Incidental Vocabulary Learning through Story Reading<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/a5.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: -2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/teslej\/images\/p.jpg\" alt=\"pdf\" width=\"20\" \/><\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/a5.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pdf<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Masaki Akase, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/issues\/volume30\/ej118\/ej118a6\/\">The Role of Vocabulary Learning Strategies in Longitudinal Vocabulary Growth<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/a6.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: -2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/teslej\/images\/p.jpg\" alt=\"pdf\" width=\"20\" \/><\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/a6.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pdf<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Shadab Jabbarpoor &amp; Mohammad Sadegh Ghalibafan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/issues\/volume30\/ej118\/ej118a7\/\">Digital Fatigue and Emotional Burnout in Hybrid EFL Classrooms: Insights from Teacher-Learner Interaction<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/a7.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: -2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/teslej\/images\/p.jpg\" alt=\"pdf\" width=\"20\" \/><\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/a7.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pdf<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Ali Aaj, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/issues\/volume30\/ej118\/ej118a8\/\">Enhancing EFL Learner Autonomy through the Jigsaw Reading Task: A Comparative Study of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Groups<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/a8.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: -2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/teslej\/images\/p.jpg\" alt=\"pdf\" width=\"20\" \/><\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/a8.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pdf<\/a>)<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Olga Oliinyk, Nadiya Bevz, Inna Derevianko &amp; Igor Shuliakov, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/issues\/volume30\/ej118\/ej118a9\/\">Gamified English Language Teaching in Higher Education in the Context of War: Motivational and Psycho-Emotional Aspects<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/a9.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: -2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/teslej\/images\/p.jpg\" alt=\"pdf\" width=\"20\" \/><\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/a9.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pdf<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Melisew Tibebu Amare, Mekonnen Esubalew Tariku &amp; Solomon Mesfin Yilma, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/issues\/volume30\/ej118\/ej118a10\/\">Collaborative and Individual Writing Instruction in EFL Classrooms: A Baseline-Adjusted Comparison of Writing Motivation and Creativity-Related Writing Performance<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/a10.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: -2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/teslej\/images\/p.jpg\" alt=\"pdf\" width=\"20\" \/><\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/a10.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pdf<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Xiaolong Liu, Danyang Zhang &#038; Danling Li, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/issues\/volume30\/ej118\/ej118a11\/\">Senior High School Students\u2019 English Learning Self-efficacy and New Media Literacy: Instrument Validation and Correlation<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/a11.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: -2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/teslej\/images\/p.jpg\" alt=\"pdf\" width=\"20\"><\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/a11.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pdf<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"padding-bottom: 0px;\">ON THE INTERNET<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em>Editors: Omran Ali Akasha &amp; Mark Feng Teng<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Lilit Sargsyan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/issues\/volume30\/ej118\/ej118int\/\">Pedagogically Structured AI Feedback and Grammatical Accuracy in EFL Speaking: A 14-Week Longitudinal Study<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/int.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: -2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/teslej\/images\/p.jpg\" alt=\"pdf\" width=\"20\" \/><\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/int1.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pdf<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>REVIEWS<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"padding-bottom: 0px;\">Books<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em>Editors: Dmitri Detwyler &amp; Veronika Maliborska<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Lingliang Liu &amp; Huihui Li, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/issues\/volume30\/ej118\/ej118r1\/\">Review of the book, Digital Multimodal Composing: Connecting Theory, Research and Practice in Second Language Acquisition, M. Kessler (2025)<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/r1.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: -2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/teslej\/images\/p.jpg\" alt=\"pdf\" width=\"20\" \/><\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/r1.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pdf<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-bottom: 0px;\">Media<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em>Editors: Tim Kochen &amp; Jihee Im<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Suryani Jihad, Hardiani Ardin &amp; Sri Mulyani , <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/issues\/volume30\/ej118\/ej118m1\/\">NotebookLM. <\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/m1.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: -2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/teslej\/images\/p.jpg\" alt=\"pdf\" width=\"20\" \/><\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesl-ej.org\/pdf\/ej118\/m1.pdf\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pdf<\/a>)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Word from the Editors\u2026 (pdf) PERSPECTIVES Scott Alkire, Learning Korean at Age 60: Insights from a Linguaphile; (pdf) FEATURE ARTICLES Yuri imamura &amp; Danie Hooper, Between English-Only Ideology and Classroom Reality: Language Policy in Japanese Higher Education; (pdf) Padma Lamo, Saleem Mohd Nasim &amp; Rajakumar Guduru , Modality Principle in Learning L2: A Systematic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":23817,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24067","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24067"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24366,"href":"https:\/\/tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24067\/revisions\/24366"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}