Understanding Chinese high school students' foreign language enjoyment: validation of the Chinese version of the foreign language enjoyment scale

C Li, G Jiang, JM Dewaele - System, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Scholarly attention for Foreign Language Enjoyment (FLE) has sharply increased in
the past three years for its role in facilitating language learning as well as promoting …

The development and validation of the short form of the foreign language enjoyment scale

E Botes, JM Dewaele, S Greiff - The Modern Language Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We used a data set with n= 1,603 learners of foreign languages (FL) to develop and validate
the short form of the Foreign Language Enjoyment Scale (S‐FLES). The data was split into 2 …

Exploring the dynamic interplay between foreign language enjoyment and learner engagement with regard to EFL achievement and absenteeism: a sequential mixed …

Y Guo - Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Scholarly attention to the feeling of enjoyment experienced in second language acquisition
(SLA) has sharply increased in the past 5 years owing to its positive effect on facilitating …

Foreign language enjoyment: a longitudinal confirmatory factor analysis–curve of factors model

M Elahi Shirvan, T Taherian… - Journal of Multilingual …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In an attempt to measure the dynamic features of foreign language enjoyment (FLE), we
adopted a longitudinal confirmatory factor analysis-curve of factors model (LCFA-CFM) …

A structural equation modeling approach in examining EFL students' foreign language enjoyment, trait emotional intelligence, and classroom climate

M Wang, Y Wang - Learning and Motivation, 2024 - Elsevier
Given the inherent challenges and substantial effort required in education, learners' levels of
enjoyment have a fundamental value in the language acquisition process, especially in the …

How unique is the foreign language classroom enjoyment and anxiety of Chinese EFL learners?

Y Jiang, JM Dewaele - System, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent research has shown that Chinese foreign language learners' classroom emotions
stand out from learners in the rest of the world. The present mixed-method study investigated …

The dimensions of foreign language classroom enjoyment and their effect on foreign language achievement

Y Jin, LJ Zhang - International Journal of Bilingual Education and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This paper reports a study that investigated the dimensions underneath the construct of
foreign language classroom enjoyment and explored the pattern in which these enjoyment …

A comparative study of two scales for foreign language classroom enjoyment

Y Jin, LJ Zhang - Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This article reports on a study that tested Jin and Zhang's Chinese version of the Foreign
Language Enjoyment Scale for classroom learning through confirmatory factor analysis and …

Foreign language learning and teaching enjoyment: teachers' perspectives

E Mierzwa - The Journal of Education, Culture, and Society, 2019 - ceeol.com
Aim. The primary objective of the present study was to investigate the level of Foreign
Language learning Enjoyment and Foreign Language teaching Enjoyment experienced by …

Taking stock: A meta-analysis of the effects of foreign language enjoyment

E Botes, JM Dewaele, S Greiff - Studies in Second Language Learning …, 2022 - ceeol.com
Studies examining the positive emotion of foreign language enjoyment (FLE) have recently
increased exponentially, as researchers are applying the tenets of positive psychology in …