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Let’s get positive: How foreign language teaching enjoyment can create a positive feedback loop

Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
Research on learners’ foreign language emotions has revealed the existence of a positive feedback loop where increased enjoyment leads to better performance which, in turn, strengthens learners’ enjoyment and boosts overall happiness.
Shanshan Yang, Mostafa Azari Noughabi, Elouise Botes, Jean-Marc Dewaele   +3 more
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Survey data of foreign language learners' enjoyment and anxiety in the U.S. [PDF]

Data in Brief, 2020
The data derive from a survey collected from 182 bilingual and multilingual speakers who are foreign language speakers from six language groups, including Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, French, and Russian.
Tsung-han Weng
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Teacher emotional support and learning engagement: a sequential mediation model of basic psychological needs satisfaction and enjoyment [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology
ObjectivesBased on Self-Determination Theory, this study explores the mechanism by which teacher emotional support (TES) influences learning engagement of English as a foreign language (EFL) students, focusing on the mediation roles of basic ...
Xiaolan Ye, Kun He
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Language learners’ emotion regulation and enjoyment in an online collaborative writing program

Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2022
Collaborative learning in online contexts is emotionally challenging for language learners. To achieve successful learning outcomes, language learners need to regulate their emotions and sustain positive emotions during the collaborative learning process.
Zhipeng Zhang , Xuesong (Andy) Gao , Ting Liu , Chwee Beng Lee   +3 more
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Predictive effects of foreign language listening emotions on listening achievement [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology
IntroductionWhile anxiety has been extensively studied, other emotions have remained largely unexamined in foreign language listening research, and their effects on listening achievement remain uncertain.
Shuping Chen, Longhai Yu, Renjing Huang, Li Tian   +3 more
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TAKING STOCK: A META-ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE ENJOYMENT

Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
Studies examining the positive emotion of foreign language enjoyment (FLE) have recently increased exponentially, as researchers are applying the tenets of positive psychology in applied linguistics. It is therefore an appropriate time to take stock of the current literature and conduct a preliminary meta-analysis.
Elouise Botes, Jean-Marc Dewaele, Samuel Greiff   +2 more
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Enjoyment in foreign language learning: A systematic review

Heliyon
In recent years, research on enjoyment in foreign language (FL) learning has flourished. To help illuminate the existing scope of inquiry and guide future research, this paper presents a systematic review of 118 empirical studies on FL learning enjoyment
Zhipeng Zhang, Xuesong (Andy) Gao, Ting Liu   +2 more
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Are enjoyment, anxiety and attitudes/motivation different in English foreign language classes compared to LOTE classes? [PDF]

Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
The current study focuses on the effect of the target language on learner emotions and attitudes/motivation. More specifically, it investigates whether the status and prestige of English results in more positive learner emotions and attitudes/motivation ...
Jean-Marc Dewaele, Kazuya Saito
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A Scoping Review on Foreign Language Teaching Enjoyment

Literacy Trek
While foreign language learning is widely acknowledged to foster linguistic, cognitive, social, and psychological development, these benefits are dependent on teachers, whose emotions shape the classroom experience.
Selami Aydın, Gülnihan Altınay
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A cross-sectional study of how linguistic landscape shapes students’ foreign language outcomes: the mediating role of language learning efficacy and the moderating role of language policy clarity [PDF]

BMC Psychology
Background This study investigates the influence of the linguistic landscape on Chinese students’ foreign language enjoyment and learning outcomes, with language learning efficacy as a mediating factor, and explores the moderating role of language policy
Rong Li, Youming Yang
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