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Foreign Language Enjoyment and Anxiety in the Communicative Classroom

JALT Postconference Publication, 2022
This study takes a mixed-methods approach to examine relationships between Foreign Language Enjoyment (FLE) and Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety (FLCA) among university-level Japanese English learners (n = 598) in a compulsory oral communication course.
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Dynamics and mechanisms of foreign language enjoyment contagion

Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
With the recent shift from negative psychology to positive psychology in the field of second language acquisition deeper understanding regarding the transfer and construction of positive emotions w...
Nahid Talebzadeh, Majid Elahi Shirvan, Gholam Hassan Khajavy   +2 more
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The Effect of Foreign Language Enjoyment on Students' Foreign Language Learning

Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media
Globalization has prompted educators to focus on enhancing students' foreign language proficiency rather than merely improving language test scores. Foreign Language Enjoyment (FLE) is widely recognized as a active motivational factor that can significantly enhance language performance.
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Understanding, measuring, and differentiating task enjoyment from foreign language enjoyment

Abstract This study aims to conceptualize and measure task-specific enjoyment and examine its links with general foreign language enjoyment. A 23-item Task Enjoyment Scale was developed based on interview data obtained after the completion of an L2 oral task.
Chengchen Li, Jean-Marc Dewaele
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A Comparative Study of Two Scales for Foreign Language Classroom Enjoyment

Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2019
This article reports on a study that tested Jin and Zhang's Chinese version of the Foreign Language Enjoyment Scale for classroom learning through confirmatory factor analysis and compared the resulting scale with Li, Jiang, and Dewaele's 11-item scale.
Yinxing Jin, Lawrence Jun Zhang
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L2 or L3? Foreign Language Enjoyment and Proficiency

2017
Enjoyment is among the achievement emotions encountered in school and university settings. While often identified with a sense of belonging not necessarily connected with learning (Lumby, 2011), foreign language enjoyment (FLE) in SLA has been found to correlate with teachers’ professional and affective skills, and the existence of a supportive peer ...
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Foreign language enjoyment and foreign language anxiety in dyslexic adolescent Austrian learners of English as a foreign language

Dyslexia is a specific learning difficulty affecting reading and writing abilities, which persists in spite of adequate intelligence, socioeconomic opportunity, and appropriate instruction (Kormos and Smith 2024: 19). Individuals with dyslexia may experience challenges both in their first language and in the foreign languages they learn.
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Foreign Language Anxiety and Foreign Language Enjoyment

2021
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The dimensions of foreign language classroom enjoyment and their effect on foreign language achievement

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2021
Yinxing Jin, Lawrence Jun Zhang
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A longitudinal study of foreign language anxiety and enjoyment

Language Teaching Research, 2023
Xian Zhang, Xian Zhang
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