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Beyond the Boundaries of the Self: Applying Relational Theory towards an Understanding of the Teacher-Student Relationship as a Driver of Motivation in Foreign Language Learning
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Moskowitz, Sharona; Dewaele, Jean-Marc; Resnik, Pia – Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning, 2022
Previous research on the foreign language (FL) learner has yielded a rich body of knowledge on personality, individual differences, and conceptions of the self as a measure of motivation. While these contributions have greatly enriched our understanding of learner psychology, the current paper proposes an analytical framing of language learning…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Learning Motivation, Case Studies, Learning Theories
Is Teacher Happiness Contagious? A Study of the Link between Perceptions of Language Teacher Happiness and Student Attitudes
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Moskowitz, Sharona; Dewaele, Jean-Marc – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
There remains a dearth of research on the effects of student perception of teacher happiness and the ramifications of those perceptions on student feelings and attitudes. Using an online questionnaire, data were collected from 129 adult students of ESL/EFL across the world who were enrolled in formal English classes of intermediate to advanced…
Descriptors: Correlation, Language Teachers, Psychological Patterns, Learning Motivation
Through the Looking Glass of Student Perception: How Foreign Language Students See Teacher Trait Emotional Intelligence and Why It Matters
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Moskowitz, Sharona; Dewaele, Jean-Marc – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
The aim of this study is to examine how students perceive teacher trait emotional intelligence (TEI) and how those perceptions relate to students' own self-reported attitudes and motivation. Adult students of ESL/EFL were given an online questionnaire consisting of two parts: one to provide observer-reported data on their teacher's trait emotional…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Emotional Intelligence, Metacognition, Educational Improvement