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Faezeh Sadat Shahvarani; Mostafa Azari Noughabi; Atefeh Razi – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2025
Due to the novelty of the concept of L2 teacher grit, identifying its determinants has been less explored. In addition, in spite of a growth in positive psychology in language studies, scant research attention has been paid to the notion of L2 teacher resilience. Inspired by the tenets of positive psychology in the field of foreign language…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Persistence
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Elouise Botes; Mostafa Azari Noughabi; Seyed Mohammad Reza Amirian; Samuel Greiff – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2025
Domain-general Grit has been criticised as being indistinguishable from Conscientiousness and as a weaker predictor than Cognitive Ability. Given the recent rise of L2 Grit literature -- a domain-specific form of Grit in language learning -- we examine whether these criticisms of general Grit are also applicable to L2 Grit. Domain-general Grit, L2…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Academic Persistence, Cognitive Ability, Academic Achievement
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Mehdi Solhi; Ali Derakhshan; Büsra Ünsal – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2025
This study intended to explore the relations between 259 Turkish EFL students' L2 grit (i.e. the persistence of effort and consistency of interest) and boredom coping strategies (i.e. cognitive approach, behavioural approach, cognitive avoidance, and behavioural avoidance) as well as the moderating role of their emotion regulation strategies,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Resilience (Psychology)
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Yuqi Wang; Wei Ren – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2025
Language mindsets and L2 willingness to communicate (L2 WTC) are closely related and have contributed greatly to learners' L2 learning achievements under the SLA paradigm. However, relatively less attention has been given to the influence of language mindsets and L2 WTC on L2 pragmatic acquisition. This paper aims to examine the potential…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Student Attitudes, Interpersonal Communication
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Ali Derakhshan; Jalil Fathi – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2025
This longitudinal study examines the interconnectedness of foreign language enjoyment (FLE), foreign language anxiety (FLA), and willingness to communicate (WTC) among English major students, while also exploring the predictive role of L2 grit in the hypothesized model. Utilising a cross-lagged panel design and structural equation modeling (SEM),…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Anxiety, Communication (Thought Transfer), Interpersonal Communication