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Kruk, Mariusz; Pawlak, Miroslaw; Taherian, Tahereh; Yüce, Erkan; Shirvan, Majid Elahi; Barabadi, Elyas – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
In a dynamic system, time-dependent links "between" affective factors can provide more information than the level of response "within" a single isolated system. In the present study, influenced by the positive psychology movement and the complex dynamic systems theory in the domain of second language acquisition, first, we…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Psychological Patterns, English (Second Language), Emotional Response
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Sampson, Richard J. – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2022
While perennial in the research landscape, empirical work investigating second language (L2) study emotions has proliferated in the past ten years (Dewaele, 2019). Nevertheless, this article argues there is space for more holistic yet detailed, social yet individual perspectives when conducting such research. As one avenue, the paper explores the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Yang, Shanshan; Azari Noughabi, Mostafa; Botes, Elouise; Dewaele, Jean-Marc – 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. The current study follows this avenue focusing on teachers' foreign language teaching enjoyment (FLTE) and its…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Li Zhou; Katja Lochtman; Yiheng Xi – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
Recent evidence suggests that Chinese foreign language (FL) learners' positive emotional experiences are conveyed not only by the prevalent emotion of foreign language enjoyment (FLE), but also by the culture-specific emotion of foreign language peace of mind (FLPOM) which describes an inner state of peace and harmony. This study seeks to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Wang, Lanxi; MacIntyre, Peter D. – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
Emotion in second language acquisition (SLA) has recently received greater attention because it is largely implicated in daily conversations, which may affect second or foreign language (L2) use including listening comprehension. Most research into emotion and L2 listening comprehension is focused exclusively on anxiety, with an attempt to reduce…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Listening Comprehension, Anxiety, Psychological Patterns
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Chengchen Li – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2025
This study investigates task-specific emotions, examining how they arise and impact performance in a second language writing task through the lens of control-value theory and a positive psychology (PP) perspective. Participants were 206 secondary English-as-a-foreign-language learners from rural China. They completed an English argumentative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Derakhshan, Ali; Zhang, Lawrence Jun; Zhaleh, Kiyana – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
Drawing on the rhetorical/relational goal theory, this study examined the role of instructor clarity and non-verbal immediacy in affective learning through the mediation of instructor understanding. Data were gathered through close-ended questionnaires from 756 Chinese and 715 Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) students, the factor…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries