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Are foreign language teaching enjoyment and motivation two sides of the same coin?

open access: yesInternational Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 2023
Abstract Positive psychology (PP) plays a crucial role in second language (L2) education. A positive psychological state in teachers leads not only to higher-quality instruction delivery but to personal well-being. Foreign language teaching enjoyment (FLTE), a recently conceptualized notion of positive L2 teaching emotion, has received a
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The predictive effects of foreign language enjoyment, anxiety, and boredom on general and domain-specific English achievement in online English classrooms

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
This non-experimental study employed three questionnaires adopted from and validated by prior studies. To carry out the study, an electronic survey created through Wenjuanxing, a computer program for conducting an online survey in China, was employed and
Xinpeng Wang, Yi Li
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Sticking with Spanish: Reasons for Study and Motivation Maintenance in Adult Beginner Distance Language Learners [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This paper examines the reasons for study of adult beginner distance learners of Spanish and the relationships between those reasons and motivation maintenance.
Coleman, James A., Furnborough, Concha
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Are foreign language learners’ enjoyment and anxiety specific to the teacher? An investigation into the dynamics of learners’ classroom emotions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Previous research has considered fluctuations in students’ foreign language enjoyment (FLE) and foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA) over months or years (Dewaele & MacIntyre, 2014, 2016).
Dewaele, Jean-Marc, Dewaele, Livia
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Young learners of modern foreign languages and their transition to the secondary phase: a lost opportunity? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Following publication of the National Languages Strategy on 18 December 2002 the teaching of foreign languages (FL) in the primary school is again high on the agenda in England as in other parts of Europe. Research has shown in the past (Burstall et al.,
Balandier-Brown, Christine   +2 more
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Effective and Enjoyable Foreign Language Teaching

open access: yesProcedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2013
AbstractBearing in mind, that the knowledge of a sufficient amount of vocabulary is an essential qualification for being able to achieve communication goals in different social roles and communicative contexts, we should try, use and exploit all the techniques and practices, which we find useful.
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Foreign Language learning and teaching Enjoyment: Teachers’ Perspectives

open access: yesJournal of Education Culture and Society, 2019
Aim. The primary objective of the present study was to investigate the level of Foreign Language learning Enjoyment and Foreign Language teaching Enjoyment experienced by foreign language teachers in Poland. The secondary aim of the study was to investigate the sources of FLE from the perspective of FL teachers.  Methods.
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A Scoping Review on Foreign Language Teaching Enjoyment

open access: yesLiteracy 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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The Impact of Altruistic Teaching on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Learners’ Emotion Regulation: An Intervention Study

open access: yesBrain Sciences, 2023
The second language acquisition (SLA) field has recently seen heightened interest in the study and application of positive psychology (PP). Emotion regulation is one of the concepts that has been stressed in PP. Several studies in PP have delved into how
Ali Derakhshan, Javad Zare
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‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
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