A three-body problem: The effects of foreign language anxiety, enjoyment, and boredom on academic achievement

JM Dewaele, E Botes, R Meftah - Annual Review of Applied …, 2023 - cambridge.org
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 …

Revisiting research on positive psychology in second and foreign language education: Trends and directions

A Derakhshan - Language Related Research, 2022 - lrr.modares.ac.ir
With the rise of positive psychology (PP) and its emphasis on the affordances of positive
emotions to second/foreign language teaching and learning, numerous studies have been …

A model of teachers' growth mindset, teaching enjoyment, work engagement, and teacher grit among EFL teachers

L Liu, J Fathi, SP Allahveysi, K Kamran - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Because of the importance of positive emotions in second language (L2) acquisition,
researchers have undertaken studies to investigate L2 learners' emotions. Nevertheless, L2 …

Examining the relationship between perceived teacher support and students' academic engagement in foreign language learning: Enjoyment and boredom as …

Y Zhao, L Yang - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
As an important contextual factor influencing various aspects of students' learning, teacher
support has been widely explored in general education but largely overlooked in the English …

Modelling boredom in the EFL context: an investigation of the role of co** self-efficacy, mindfulness, and foreign language enjoyment

J Fathi, M Pawlak, M Kruk… - Language Teaching …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The aim of this study was to test a model of second language (L2) boredom based on co**
self-efficacy (CSE), foreign language enjoyment (FLE), and mindfulness among English as a …

A longitudinal analysis of informal digital learning of English, willingness to communicate and foreign language boredom: A latent change score mediation model

T Taherian, ME Shirvan, E Yazdanmehr, M Kruk… - The Asia-Pacific …, 2024 - Springer
The present research used a longitudinal framework to test a model of willingness to
communicate (L2WTC), informal digital learning of English (IDLE), and foreign language …

Exploring the relations among foreign language enjoyment, ideal L2 self, grit, and growth mindset in EFL learners: A cross-lagged analysis

J Fathi, M Pawlak, M Kruk… - Language Teaching …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This study leverages positive psychology (PP) to explore the reciprocal relationships among
foreign language enjoyment (FLE), ideal L2 self, and grit in English major learners of …

[HTML][HTML] How motivation and enjoyment spread their wings during English Foreign Language learning: A pseudo-longitudinal investigation into Moroccan learners

JM Dewaele, R Meftah - Learning and Motivation, 2024 - Elsevier
The current study uses a pseudo-longitudinal design to investigate the trajectory of three
lower-order dimensions of Foreign Language Enjoyment (FLE): FLE Teacher, FLE Personal …

L2 grit and foreign language enjoyment: Arguments in light of control-value theory and its methodological compatibility

Z Pan - Language Related Research, 2022 - lrr.modares.ac.ir
Positive emotions are regarded as vital constructs in L2 learning. With the advent of positive
psychology in SLA, the link between L2 grit and Foreign Language Enjoyment (FLE), as an …

The role of enjoyment and boredom in sha** English language achievement among ethnic minority learners

X Zhao, D Wang - Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Progress in the field of positive psychology has stimulated an increasing body of work that
examines the role of various emotions and their influence on English learning attainment in …