Following the recent special issue in Frontiers in Psychology, entitled “The Role of Teacher
Interpersonal Variables in Students' Academic Engagement, Success, and Motivation,” …

This paper critically examines the body of literature on emotions in second language
acquisition (SLA). More specifically, the following topics are discussed:(a) the three phases …

Teacher enthusiasm is attracting growing attention in educational and learner psychology
research. There is evidence that teacher enthusiasm is contagious in class and positively …

As a personality trait,'grit'has been defined as a combination of perseverance and passion
for long-term goals. Past research in social psychology has found grit as an important …

Second language (L2) anxiety has been the object of constant empirical and theoretical
attention for several decades. As a matter of both theoretical and practical interest, much of …

Learning a second/foreign language (L2) is a long process and L2 learners certainly will
encounter setbacks and discouragements during this process. However, their reactions to …

This article reports on a two-step investigation of foreign language learning boredom
amongst Chinese university non-English-major EFL students and English teachers. In Study …

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 …

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 …

To further understand the role of individual differences in second language (L2) writing, this
study investigated how motivation and emotions influence L2 writing achievement. More …