The impact of goal orientation on Chinese university students' reading engagement: the mediating roles of boredom and self-efficacy. [PDF]
Hung LC, Lin X, Hung MT, Smith CS.
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ABSTRACT In this study, control–value theory (CVT) was used to investigate how students’ perceptions of the classroom environment shape their anxiety in the context of English as a foreign language (EFL) learning through the mediating effects of control and intrinsic value appraisals.
Quan Qian, Xianhan Huang
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Classroom interaction and second language grit as predictors of college English achievement: the mediating role of learners' foreign language emotions. [PDF]
Lu Q, Du Y, Zhai C, Liu W, Xu J.
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Developing Pre‐Service Teachers’ Digital Self‐Efficacy Through Self‐Directed Language Learning
ABSTRACT Contemporary online language learning typically involves the use of multiple digital platforms. Drawing on digital self‐efficacy and self‐directed learning theories, this study investigates the self‐directed language learning experience of 19 pre‐service teachers as they navigate the affordances of two platforms, Duolingo and ChatGPT.
Yingqiu Chen, Louisa Buckingham
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The effects of boredom on short video addiction: mediating roles of procrastination and physical activity. [PDF]
Zhao Z, Cui Z, Sun H.
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The Effects of Gen‐AI on Situated and Future‐Driven Academic Writing Motivation
ABSTRACT Despite the increasing use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen‐AI) in education, there is still a significant gap in understanding its effects on the situated‐ and future‐driven motivation in academic writing. This longitudinal design‐based research sought to explore variations in academic writing motivation of 110 Chinese university ...
Xiao Hu +3 more
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Future L2 writing selves and EFL writing achievement: the mediating role of writing enjoyment and boredom. [PDF]
Pan J, Chen H.
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ABSTRACT Second/foreign language (L2) learning is not solely a cognitive/linguistic acquisition process but includes mixed emotional experiences. Understanding how these emotional experiences relate to resilience could help our understanding of how learners navigate fluctuations in emotions when learning an L2.
Xinjie Chen +5 more
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The impact of teacher-student relationship quality on achievement emotions in English as a foreign language within a Confucian heritage cultural context: an examination of the mediating roles of cognitive appraisals. [PDF]
Wu Q.
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Individual Differences and Task Complexity in Second Language Writing: A Methodological Review
ABSTRACT This article provides a methodological review of empirical studies on second language (L2) writing and task complexity that have investigated the role of learner individual differences (IDs) in L2 writing processes and outcomes. Thirty journal articles published between 2005 and 2025 were coded for key theoretical, methodological (including ID
Janire Zalbidea, Bernard I. Issa
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