The predicting role of EFL students' achievement emotions and technological self-efficacy in their technology acceptance

Y Wang, Y Wang, Z Pan, JL Ortega-Martín - The Asia-Pacific Education …, 2024 - Springer
Various studies have been done on shifting toward technology-based second language (L2)
education. However, the influence of psycho-emotional factors on students' technology …

Measuring EFL learners' use of ChatGPT in informal digital learning of English based on the technology acceptance model

G Liu, C Ma - Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: This study aims to generate empirical insights into the extent to which ChatGPT, a
highly capable AI chatbot building on OpenAI's GPT family, is perceived and leveraged by …

Modeling EFL teachers' intention to integrate informal digital learning of English (IDLE) into the classroom using the theory of planned behavior

GL Liu, Y Wang - System, 2024 - Elsevier
While research on informal digital learning of English (IDLE) has proliferated recently, there
still exists a noticeable gap in factors that influence language teachers' attitudes and …

Examining the relationships among motivation, informal digital learning of English, and foreign language enjoyment: An explanatory mixed-method study

GL Liu, Y Zhang, R Zhang - ReCALL, 2024 - cambridge.org
This explanatory mixed-method study seeks to understand the relationships between
second language (L2) motivation (including the ideal L2 self and the ought-to L2 self) and …

Interrogating critical digital literacies in the Chinese context: Insights from an ethnographic case study

G Liu - Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Building on Darvin and Norton's (2015.“Identity and a Model of Investment in
Applied Linguistics.” Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 35: 36–56) model of investment …

Exploring AI-mediated informal digital learning of English (AI-IDLE): a mixed-method investigation of Chinese EFL learners' AI adoption and experiences

GL Liu, R Darvin, C Ma - Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Recent advancements in natural language processing and large language models have
ushered language learning into the age of artificial intelligence (AI). Recognizing the …

To transform or not to transform? Understanding the digital literacies of rural lower-class EFL learners

G Liu - Journal of Language, Identity & Education, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This case study builds on Bourdieu's theory of practice to explore the ways in which two rural
lower-class EFL learners—Andy and Xu—developed contrasting digital literacy trajectories …

Examining the impacts of learner backgrounds, proficiency level, and the use of digital devices on informal digital learning of English: an explanatory mixed-method …

Y Zhang, GL Liu - Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In Computer-assisted language learning (CALL), the relationship between learner
background and classroom-based digital language learning has been widely studied; …

Revisiting and measuring foreign language confidence from a world Englishes perspective: Scale development and validation

GL Liu - International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Building on a World Englishes perspective, this article revisits foreign language
confidence (FLC) and elaborates on the development and validation of a three‐factor …

Untangling the Relationship Between AI‐Mediated Informal Digital Learning of English (AI‐IDLE), foreign Language Enjoyment and the Ideal L2 Self: Evidence From …

GL Liu, MM Zou, A Soyoof… - European Journal of …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Artificial intelligence‐mediated informal digital learning of English (AI‐IDLE) might
strengthen second language (L2) learners' motivational self‐concept (eg, the ideal L2 self) …