Search Results - "Studies in second language learning and teaching"

Taking stock: A meta-analysis of the effects of foreign language enjoyment by Botes, Elouise, Dewaele, Jean-Marc, Greiff, Samuel

“…Studies examining the positive emotion of foreign language enjoyment (FLE) have recently increased exponentially, as researchers are applying the tenets of…”
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Towards a better understanding of the L2 Learning Experience, the Cinderella of the L2 Motivational Self System by Dornyei, Zoltan

“…The theoretical emphasis within the L2 Motivational Self System has typically been on the two future self-guides representing possible (ideal and ought-to)…”
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Does the effect of enjoyment outweigh that of anxiety in foreign language performance? by Dewaele, Jean-Marc, Alfawzan, Mateb

“…Interest in the effect of positive and negative emotions in foreign language acquisition has soared recently because of the positive psychology movement…”
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The two faces of Janus? Anxiety and enjoyment in the foreign language classroom by Dewaele, Jean-Marc, MacIntyre, Peter D.

“…The present study investigates Foreign Language Enjoyment (FLE) and Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety (FLCA) in the classroom. Participants were 1746 current…”
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The L2 motivational self system: A meta-analysis by Al-Hoorie, Ali H.

“…This article reports the first meta-analysis of the L2 motivational self system (Dörnyei, 2005, 2009). A total of 32 research reports, involving 39 unique…”
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Enjoyment and anxiety in second language communication: An idiodynamic approach by Boudreau, Carmen, MacIntyre, Peter D., Dewaele, Jean-Marc

“…Emotions are a fleeting experience, sometimes lasting only moments before dissipating. Prior research in SLA has either ignored emotions, underestimated their…”
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Are foreign language learners’ enjoyment and anxiety specific to the teacher? An investigation into the dynamics of learners’ classroom emotions by Dewaele, Jean-Marc, Dewaele, Livia

“…Previous research has considered fluctuations in students’ foreign language enjoyment (FLE) and foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA) over months or years…”
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Modeling the interaction between teacher credibility, teacher confirmation, and English major students’ academic engagement: A sequential mixed-methods approach by Wang, Yongliang, Kruk, Mariusz

“…Adopting a sequential mixed-methods approach, the current inquiry examined English major students’ perceptions of the role of teacher confirmation and teacher…”
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Positive and negative emotions underlie motivation for L2 learning by MacIntyre, Peter D., Vincze, Laszlo

“…The role of basic emotions in SLA has been underestimated in both research and pedagogy. The present article examines 10 positive emotions (joy, gratitude,…”
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Advanced learners’ foreign language-related emotions across the four skills by Piniel, Katalin, Albert, Ágnes

“…Individual differences researchers have recently begun to investigate the concept of emotions and their role in language learning (MacIntyre, Gregersen, &…”
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Introducing positive psychology to SLA by Mercer, Sarah, MacIntyre, Peter D.

“…Positive psychology is a rapidly expanding subfield in psychology that has important implications for the field of second language acquisition (SLA). This…”
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Emotions that facilitate language learning: The positive-broadening power of the imagination by MacIntyre, Peter, Gregersen, Tammy

“…The imagination is powerful, in part, because of the emotions that can be activated by imagining future states. Imagined future states are a key feature of the…”
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Higher education teachers’ attitudes towards English medium instruction: A three-country comparison by Dearden, Julie, Macaro, Ernesto

“…We report on a small scale study carried out in Austria, Italy and Poland which investigated the attitudes of university teachers engaged in teaching their…”
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Exploring the predictive role of teacher immediacy and stroke behaviors in English as a foreign language university students’ academic burnout by Derakhshan, Ali, Eslami, Zohreh R, Curle, Samantha, Zhaleh, Kiyana

“…To expand the literature on the rather new concept of student burnout, the present study examined the influence of teacher immediacy and stroke variables on…”
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Love and enjoyment in context: Four case studies of adolescent EFL learners by Pavelescu, Liana Maria, Petrić, Bojana

“…This study explores the foreign language learning emotions of four EFL adolescent students in Romania and the ways in which their emotions emerge in their…”
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Classroom-oriented research from a complex systems perspective by Larsen-Freeman, Diane

“…Bringing a complex systems perspective to bear on classroom-oriented research challenges researchers to think differently, seeing the classroom ecology as one…”
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Potential sources of foreign language learning boredom: A Q methodology study by Kruk, Mariusz, Pawlak, Mirosław, Elahi Shirvan, Majid, Taherian, Tahereh, Yazdanmehr, Elham

“…The present study employed an interpretive approach to investigate individual learners’ viewpoints on foreign language learning boredom (FLLB). To this aim, a…”
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Expanding the theoretical base for the dynamics of willingness to communicate by MacIntyre, Peter

“…The dynamics underlying willingness to communicate in a second or third language (L2 for short), operating in real time, are affected by a number of intra- and…”
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Another look at boredom in language instruction: The role of the predictable and the unexpected by Kruk, Mariusz, Pawlak, Mirosław, Zawodniak, Joanna

“…Although recent years have seen a growing interest in positive emotions in second or foreign language learning and teaching, negative emotions are always…”
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Classroom anxiety and enjoyment in CLIL and non-CLIL: Does the target language matter? by De Smet, Audrey, Mettewie, Laurence, Galand, Benoit, Hiligsmann, Philippe, Van Mensel, Luk

“…This study investigates pupils’ anxiety and enjoyment in the classroom when learning a second or foreign language. The particularity of this study lies in the…”
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