The Constructive Role of Teacher Enthusiasm and Clarity in Reducing Chinese EFL Students’ Boredom
With the rise of positive psychology, the role of teachers’ emotions and interpersonal communication skills has been recently highlighted in the literature. However, the preventive role of teacher enthusiasm and clarity in reducing EFL students’ boredom has not caught sufficient attention among L2 s...
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| description | With the rise of positive psychology, the role of teachers’ emotions and interpersonal communication skills has been recently highlighted in the literature. However, the preventive role of teacher enthusiasm and clarity in reducing EFL students’ boredom has not caught sufficient attention among L2 scholars. Against this gap, this article, first, presented the definitions, dimensions, and conceptualizations of teacher enthusiasm, clarity, and students’ boredom. Next, theoretical and empirical backgrounds were provided to support the claim that enthusiasm and clarity of EFL teachers can stop students’ classroom boredom. Additionally, the study presented the implications and future directions of this line of research for different people such as EFL teachers, teacher trainers, and L2 scholars. The ideas can improve their awareness of teachers’ positive emotions, interpersonal skills, and their roles in L2 education. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7d3c2c9e6c384e03812d8f1676125b482022-12-21T22:00:10ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-04-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.874348874348The Constructive Role of Teacher Enthusiasm and Clarity in Reducing Chinese EFL Students’ BoredomYang SongWith the rise of positive psychology, the role of teachers’ emotions and interpersonal communication skills has been recently highlighted in the literature. However, the preventive role of teacher enthusiasm and clarity in reducing EFL students’ boredom has not caught sufficient attention among L2 scholars. Against this gap, this article, first, presented the definitions, dimensions, and conceptualizations of teacher enthusiasm, clarity, and students’ boredom. Next, theoretical and empirical backgrounds were provided to support the claim that enthusiasm and clarity of EFL teachers can stop students’ classroom boredom. Additionally, the study presented the implications and future directions of this line of research for different people such as EFL teachers, teacher trainers, and L2 scholars. The ideas can improve their awareness of teachers’ positive emotions, interpersonal skills, and their roles in L2 education.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.874348/fullpositive psychologyteacher enthusiasmteacher clarityinterpersonal communication skillsstudents’ boredomEFL |
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| title | The Constructive Role of Teacher Enthusiasm and Clarity in Reducing Chinese EFL Students’ Boredom |
| title_full | The Constructive Role of Teacher Enthusiasm and Clarity in Reducing Chinese EFL Students’ Boredom |
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| title_short | The Constructive Role of Teacher Enthusiasm and Clarity in Reducing Chinese EFL Students’ Boredom |
| title_sort | constructive role of teacher enthusiasm and clarity in reducing chinese efl students boredom |
| topic | positive psychology teacher enthusiasm teacher clarity interpersonal communication skills students’ boredom EFL |
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