Title: Review of Foreign Language Learner Agency in Technology-Integrated Educational Environments
Authors: Li Ma, Xiaoquan Pan
Volume: 9
Issue: 12
Pages: 165-170
Publication Date: 2025/12/28
Abstract:
This review systematically examines the research landscape concerning educational technologies and foreign language learner agency, exploring the connotations, manifestations, influencing factors, and underlying mechanisms of learner agency within technologically empowered contexts. Through an analysis of recent domestic and international literature, the study reveals that technological environments significantly expand the practical dimensions of learner agency by providing diversified interaction platforms, personalized learning resources, immediate feedback mechanisms, and enhanced situational awareness. Concurrently, technology reshapes teacher-student roles and fosters novel human-machine collaboration modalities, thereby opening new pathways for agency research. The review identifies current limitations, including insufficiently systemic theoretical frameworks, ambiguously defined core constructs, methodological homogeneity, and a neglect of technological risks and ethical considerations. Future research should prioritize developing robust theoretical frameworks, integrating multimodal data analysis, deepening the study of technology-agency interactions, and addressing the ethics and equity dimensions of technology implementation. This will facilitate the evolution of foreign language teaching from a focus on integrating technological tools towards constructing a human-centered, intelligent synergistic ecosystem.