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Do Females Outperform Males on Second/Foreign Language (L2) Achievement? A Meta-Analytical Review across Three Decades

Published Online: 2026-01-13

Published Print: 2026-12

Authors

Chen, Xinjie https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5492-225X
Zhou, Zhenyi

Padilla, Amado M.
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

University Grants Committee (24618724)
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Article History

Received: 18 May 2025

Accepted: 13 November 2025

First Online: 13 January 2026

Declarations

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: N/A (This is a meta-analysis).

: The author(s) declare none.

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