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Teimouri, Yasser; Plonsky, Luke; Tabandeh, Farhad – Language Teaching Research, 2022
As a personality trait, 'grit' has been defined as a combination of perseverance and passion for long-term goals. Past research in social psychology has found grit as an important predictor of success across different populations in various academic and non-academic areas. Since successful mastery of a second language (L2) is highly dependent on…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Persistence, Personality Traits, Predictor Variables