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Download full textKruk, 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
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
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
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
Pavelescu, Liana Maria – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
The aim of this study was to investigate the language learning motivation of two EFL teenage students in Romania and the link between motivation and the emotional dimensions of these adolescents' learning experiences. While language learning motivation has been widely researched, its relationship with emotion in the learning experience has not…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Psychological Patterns, Emotional Response, Second Language Learning
Hiver, Phil; Obando, Gabriel; Sang, Yuan; Tahmouresi, Somayeh; Zhou, Ashlee; Zhou, Yang – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
In this study we investigate the situated and dynamic nature of the "L2 learning experience" through a newly-purposed instrument called the "Language Learning Story Interview," adapted from McAdams' life story interview (2007). Using critical case sampling, data were collected from an equal number of learners of various L2s…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Experience, Case Studies
