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Interactions of Trait Emotional Intelligence, Foreign Language Anxiety, and Foreign Language Enjoyment in the Foreign Language Speaking Classroom
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Zhuo Chen; Ping Zhang; Yi Lin; Yanxia Li – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
The present study investigated the interactions of trait emotional intelligence (trait EI), foreign language anxiety (FLA), and foreign language enjoyment (FLE) in the foreign language speaking classroom. Data collected from 274 Chinese postgraduate EFL learners showed that the subjects generally had medium to high scores on global trait EI; in…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Second Language Learning, Language Attitudes, Anxiety
Positive Psychology Constructs and Extramural English as Predictors of Primary School Students' Willingness to Communicate
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Ju Seong Lee; Tim Taylor – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This mixed-methods study investigates whether and to what extent positive psychology constructs (classroom enjoyment, grit, and growth mindset) and Extramural English predict primary school students' willingness to communicate in a second language (L2 WTC) both in the classroom (a fictitious but common setting for English communication among…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction