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Setting an Agenda for Positive Psychology in SLA: Theory, Practice, and Research
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MacIntyre, Peter D.; Gregersen, Tammy; Mercer, Sarah – Modern Language Journal, 2019
In this article we introduce Positive Psychology (PP), a relatively new subfield of psychology, and outline its development since the year 2000. We describe ways in which PP represents an exciting addition to the Second Language Acquisition (SLA) literature and the ways it is already influencing trends in education generally, thus creating…
Descriptors: Psychology, Language Research, Second Language Learning, Educational Trends
Role of the Emotions and Classroom Environment in Willingness to Communicate: Applying Doubly Latent Multilevel Analysis in Second Language Acquisition Research
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Khajavy, Gholam Hassan; MacIntyre, Peter D.; Barabadi, Elyas – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2018
The purpose of the present study was to examine the relations between emotions, classroom environment, and willingness to communicate (WTC) using the advanced quantitative methodological procedure of doubly latent multilevel analysis. To this end, 1528 secondary school students from 65 different classrooms in Iran participated in the study.…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Classroom Environment, Interpersonal Communication, Intention
Positive and Negative Emotions Underlie Motivation for L2 Learning
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MacIntyre, Peter D.; Vincze, Laszlo – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2017
The role of basic emotions in SLA has been underestimated in both research and pedagogy. The present article examines 10 positive emotions ("joy," "gratitude," "serenity," "interest," "hope," "pride," "amusement," "inspiration," "awe," and "love")…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Secondary School Students
Willingness to Communicate in the Second Language: Understanding the Decision to Speak as a Volitional Process
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MacIntyre, Peter D. – Modern Language Journal, 2007
Previous research has devoted a great deal of attention to describing the long-term patterns and relationships among trait-level or situation-specific variables. The present discussion extracts kernels of wisdom, based on the literatures on language anxiety and language learning motivation, that are used to frame the argument that choosing to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation, Anxiety, Language Research
Methods and Results in the Study of Anxiety and Language Learning: A Review of the Literature.
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MacIntyre, Peter D.; Gardner, Robert C. – Language Learning, 1991
Examines perspectives from which foreign language anxiety research has been conducted, the instruments that have been used, and the results that have been reported. Three approaches to the study of anxiety are identified as trait, state, and situation specific perspectives. (68 references) (VWL)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Children, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
On Seeing the Forest and the Trees: A Rejoinder to Sparks and Ganschow.
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MacIntyre, Peter D. – Modern Language Journal, 1995
This article responds to Sparks and Ganschow's (1995) defense of their Linguistic Coding Differences Hypothesis (LCDH), arguing that the LCDH ignores the context in which language learning occurs. It asserts that LCDH is so focused on the learning of the sound system of language that it ignores affective variables. (22 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anxiety, Criticism, Individual Differences
On the Measurement of Affective Variables in Second Language Learning.
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Gardner, Robert C.; MacIntyre, Peter D. – Language Learning, 1993
Four issues concerning aspects of the validity of the Attitude/Motivation Test Battery are examined: (1) whether the subtests assess the attributes claimed; (2) the relationship of the subtests to higher order constructs; (3) whether the strategy for measuring affective variables influences correlations with achievement measures; and (4)…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Attitude Measures, College Students, Correlation