Recent years have witnessed increasing attention to personality strength (grit) due to its
merit in goal-seeking language learning processes. Two facets of grit, namely perseverance …

Background Teacher-student interactions and proximity have been shown influential in
second/foreign (L2) education. However, the role of L2 teachers' immediacy behaviors on …

An expanding body of research has shed light on the predictive effect of non-cognitive
factors on language learners' willingness to communicate (WTC). However, little is known …

Positive psychology focuses on the constructive effects of positive emotions on human
behavior. Considering the recent plethoric research on positive emotions and SLA, this …

The introduction of positive psychology to the SLA domain triggered a bulk of research on
how learners can thrive and flourish in the language classroom emphasizing the role that …

With English being the modern lingua franca, educational policies in Saudi Arabia were
recently changed in order to provide better English language education to Saudi students. In …

Attention has been drawn to recent, expanding studies on Second Language (L2) online
programs and problems with people with learning difficulties, including Attention Deficit …

This thesis explores the relationship between feedback mechanisms and their impact on the
motivation and self-reflection of English language learners within the Czech educational …

This study examined grit and the willingness to communicate (WTC) in English, in an
English-medium-instruction (EMI) academic context, by using mixed-methods research to …

Despite the treasure trove of studies on second language willingness to communicate (L2
WTC), there exists a need for more comparative studies, viewing L2 WTC from a cross …