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Earlier age of English acquisition negatively predicted ELP, whereas higher motivation, favorable personality traits, and positive attitudes showed significant positive effects; a reading-oriented learning style had a small negative association and gender effects were nonsignificant. When professor-level variables were added, instructional involvement emerged as the strongest NST dimension, significantly boosting student proficiency. Advisor analyses revealed that advisors’ positive relationships dimension uniquely elevated ELP after accounting for student and professor factors. 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