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Ali Derakhshan; Xuesong Gao – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
Online education may induce different negative emotions and emotional reactions in language learners. One such reaction emerging from emotional experiences in online contexts is academic disengagement, which has been limitedly examined in L2 research. To fill this lacuna, this study has been done to probe into the sources and solutions of student…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Cross Cultural Studies
Ali Derakhshan; Mehdi Solhi; Jean-Marc Dewaele; Farzaneh Shakki – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2025
The present study aimed to explore the association between 302 (93 males and 209 females) English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' perceived teacher support (i.e., personal support and academic support) and their reading motivation. This inquiry also sought to assess the potential mediating influences of second or foreign language (L2)…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Theories
Ruofei Zhang; Di Zou – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
Self-regulated learning has been frequently investigated and reported to be effective for second language education, so increasingly more researchers and educators have been interested in cultivating self-regulated second language learners. To assist researchers and educators, it appears beneficial to review previous studies concerning the…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Research Reports
Chengchen Li – Language Teaching Research, 2025
The past decade has witnessed a surge of research interest in diverse emotions that foreign/second language (L2) learners experience. However, research on L2 boredom is just starting. The current study focuses on foreign language learning boredom (FLLB) and foreign language enjoyment (FLE), and examines how they are associated with a wide range of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation, Psychological Patterns
Karma Sonam Rigdel; Thinley Wangdi – TESL-EJ, 2024
The growing body of research on foreign language emotion (FLEM) suggests a need for further studies on the sources and hierarchy of FLEM, particularly through the lens of positive psychology. This insight would enable instructors to prioritize their interventions more effectively, thereby enhancing the emotional experiences of foreign language…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learner Engagement, Foreign Countries
Furman, Anatolii; Bessarab, Anastasiia; Leshchenko, Iryna; Turubarova, Anastasiia; Hirnyak, Andriy; Furman, Olha – Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2022
The problem of the formation and development of motivation to learn occupies one of the central places in educational institutions. Its relevance is due to the priority areas of development and modernization of education. In the article, the authors analyzed the motivation for learning a foreign language, the factors that affect it. Analysis of…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Characteristics
Ari Muhammad Syifa; Lilla Musyahda; David Segoh – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2024
This systematic literature review (SLR) aimed to investigate the potential of digital online game-based learning (DOGBL) to enhance motivation in English as a foreign language (EFL). Online gaming has grown in popularity among students, opening up the possibility of using games as powerful instructional resources. Academic achievement depends on…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Computer Games
Yan Yao; Carleigh Bristol Slater – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
Teacher identity is the reflection of teachers' perception, position, and identification as teachers. Teachers' identities are dynamic and continuously negotiated by the interplay of their professional practices, past experiences, and contextual conditions. Drawing on this understanding, this study explores Chinese English teachers' professional…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Professional Identity, Second Language Instruction
McCarthy, Andrew; Farr, Fiona – TESL-EJ, 2022
Role models and motivators can influence young people in a general sense and have a significant effect on their values and beliefs. As part of a larger project, we investigated the presence of L2 (second language) role models and motivators among 12 Japanese high school students (aged between 15 and 18), who took part in one-to-one interviews with…
Descriptors: Role Models, High School Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Moskowitz, Sharona; Dewaele, Jean-Marc; Resnik, Pia – Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning, 2022
Previous research on the foreign language (FL) learner has yielded a rich body of knowledge on personality, individual differences, and conceptions of the self as a measure of motivation. While these contributions have greatly enriched our understanding of learner psychology, the current paper proposes an analytical framing of language learning…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Learning Motivation, Case Studies, Learning Theories
Isabelle Udry; Raphael Berthele – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2025
Academic self-concept (ASC) is a student's self-perceived level of ability in an academic domain and a major factor involved in academic performance. We examined the importance of internal/external sources of evaluation for the structure of L2 and L3 ASCs in two groups of 5th/6th graders learning English and French in Switzerland (mean age: 12.1).…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Academic Ability, Grade 5, Grade 6
Hejazi, S. Yahya; Sadoughi, Majid – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
Learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) is a lengthy, demanding, and challenging process, which requires learners' L2 grit relating to their perseverance of effort and consistency of interest. Motivated by the growing body of research on L2 grit over the past few years, this study examined the role of perceived teacher support and learning…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Processes
Ying Mimi Guan Kasner – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this participatory action research project (PAR) was to study how a group of teachers designed and implemented strategies with the intent of amplifying joyful learning experiences for Chinese English Language Learners (ELLs). The research focused on four classroom teachers in an elementary school as Co-Practitioner Researchers (CPR)…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Kruk, Mariusz; Pawlak, Miroslaw; Shirvan, Majid Elahi; Taherian, Tahereh; Yazdanmehr, Elham – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2022
The present study employed an interpretive approach to investigate individual learners' viewpoints on foreign language learning boredom (FLLB). To this aim, a Q method, which shares features of both qualitative and quantitative research approaches, was used to explore 37 Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' perceptions of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Learning Motivation
Shiran Wang; Saifon Songsiengchai; Kanon Somrang; Nadda Angsuwotai; Panjanat Vorawattanachai – World Journal of Education, 2024
This study was conducted with Zhuang and Miao students and Mandarin teachers in grades four to six in four township elementary schools in Dehou Township, Wenshan City, Yunnan Province. The purposes of this study were:1) to study the influences of the native language that affect Zhuang and Miao students when they learn Mandarin,2) to study…
Descriptors: Native Language, Language Minorities, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction