A Review of Foreign Language Learners’ Emotions
In the past half century, the research on emotions of foreign language learners (FLL) has shifted the focus from an exclusive analysis of negative emotions to a more holistic study of both negative emotions and positive emotions, and currently to mediators of multiple emotions. Of the FLL’s negative...
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| description | In the past half century, the research on emotions of foreign language learners (FLL) has shifted the focus from an exclusive analysis of negative emotions to a more holistic study of both negative emotions and positive emotions, and currently to mediators of multiple emotions. Of the FLL’s negative emotions, foreign language anxiety (FLA) attracts the most attention. Researchers have widely discussed the relationship between FLA and foreign language achievement, the influencing factors of FLA, the dynamicity of FLA as well as regulation and intervention strategies of FLA. Foreign language enjoyment (FLE) is the most heavily studied research subject on FLL’s positive emotions. Researchers generally focus on the influencing factors of FLE, the dynamicity of FLE and the relationship between FLE and FLA. With the implementation of holistic education, emotional intelligence (EI), a mediator of multiple emotions of FLL, has been becoming a newly hot topic in the field of FLL’s emotions. By reviewing the previous studies, this paper proposes that the future research on FLL emotion needs to expand the research perspectives, enrich the research topics, and innovate the research methods. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8578dba8f19a4ee182ec046881bef6162022-12-22T04:04:07ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-01-011210.3389/fpsyg.2021.827104827104A Review of Foreign Language Learners’ EmotionsQiangfu YuIn the past half century, the research on emotions of foreign language learners (FLL) has shifted the focus from an exclusive analysis of negative emotions to a more holistic study of both negative emotions and positive emotions, and currently to mediators of multiple emotions. Of the FLL’s negative emotions, foreign language anxiety (FLA) attracts the most attention. Researchers have widely discussed the relationship between FLA and foreign language achievement, the influencing factors of FLA, the dynamicity of FLA as well as regulation and intervention strategies of FLA. Foreign language enjoyment (FLE) is the most heavily studied research subject on FLL’s positive emotions. Researchers generally focus on the influencing factors of FLE, the dynamicity of FLE and the relationship between FLE and FLA. With the implementation of holistic education, emotional intelligence (EI), a mediator of multiple emotions of FLL, has been becoming a newly hot topic in the field of FLL’s emotions. By reviewing the previous studies, this paper proposes that the future research on FLL emotion needs to expand the research perspectives, enrich the research topics, and innovate the research methods.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.827104/fullforeign language anxietyforeign language enjoymentemotional intelligenceforeign language learnerspositive psychology |
| spellingShingle | Qiangfu Yu A Review of Foreign Language Learners’ Emotions Frontiers in Psychology foreign language anxiety foreign language enjoyment emotional intelligence foreign language learners positive psychology |
| title | A Review of Foreign Language Learners’ Emotions |
| title_full | A Review of Foreign Language Learners’ Emotions |
| title_fullStr | A Review of Foreign Language Learners’ Emotions |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Review of Foreign Language Learners’ Emotions |
| title_short | A Review of Foreign Language Learners’ Emotions |
| title_sort | review of foreign language learners emotions |
| topic | foreign language anxiety foreign language enjoyment emotional intelligence foreign language learners positive psychology |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.827104/full |
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