This study is part of a growing wave of interest in foreign language (FL) learners' emotions,
their sources, and their effects. Previous studies have confirmed that there is a clear …

Teacher enthusiasm is attracting growing attention in educational and learner psychology
research. There is evidence that teacher enthusiasm is contagious in class and positively …

Although researching emotions in language education has dramatically increased during
the past decades, little is written about the effects of aversive feelings like teacher boredom …

This study aimed to test a model of classroom social climate, growth language mindset,
boredom, and student engagement among English as a foreign language (EFL) learners. In …

Building on the control-value theory, the present study examined the independent and joint
predictive effects of three emotions—enjoyment, anxiety, and boredom—on L2 achievement …

Despite the growing body of research on boredom in traditional, in-person English classes,
little is known about how this silent, aversive emotion is experienced by students learning …

There is a growing research interest in a variety of emotions in foreign and second language
(L2) classrooms, especially since the introduction of positive psychology. However, research …

We used a data set with n= 1,603 learners of foreign languages (FL) to develop and validate
the short form of the Foreign Language Enjoyment Scale (S‐FLES). The data was split into 2 …

This study intended to explore the relations between 259 Turkish EFL students' L2 grit (ie the
persistence of effort and consistency of interest) and boredom co** strategies (ie cognitive …

The past decade has witnessed a surge of research interest in diverse emotions that
foreign/second language (L2) learners experience. However, research on L2 boredom is …