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Are Foreign Language Learners' Enjoyment and Anxiety Specific to the Teacher? An Investigation into the Dynamics of Learners' Classroom Emotions
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Dewaele, Jean-Marc; Dewaele, Livia – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 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). However, there has been no investigation of the effect of the teacher on these emotions at a single point in time. In this study, we investigate the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Anxiety, Scores
The Effect of Perception of Teacher Characteristics on Spanish EFL Learners' Anxiety and Enjoyment
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Dewaele, Jean-Marc; Magdalena, Andrea Franco; Saito, Kazuya – Modern Language Journal, 2019
The present study explores the relationship between Foreign Language Enjoyment (FLE) and Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety (FLCA) and a number of teacher-centered variables within the Spanish classroom context. Participants were 210 former and current learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) from all over Spain who filled out an online…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Teacher Characteristics
How Classroom Environment and General Grit Predict Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety of Chinese EFL Students
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Li, Chengchen; Dewaele, Jean-Marc – Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning, 2021
Interest in the role of learners' personality, emotions and the learning environment in foreign language (FL) learning has grown exponentially in the past decade. The introduction of personality psychology in the field of applied linguistics has led to the inclusion of a set of personality dimensions in research designs like resilience and grit,…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Classroom Environment, Resilience (Psychology), Second Language Learning
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
Why Do Some Young Learners Drop Foreign Languages? A Focus on Learner-Internal Variables
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Dewaele, Jean-Marc; Thirtle, Helen – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2009
The present study focuses on 79 young teenagers enrolled in foreign language (FL) classes in a London school. Having to decide whether to pursue the study of FLs, three groups emerged: those wishing to pursue FL classes, those having decided to abandon FL classes, and those still undecided about further FL study. A comparison of the three groups…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Secondary School Students