So Far So Good: An Overview of Positive Psychology and Its Contributions to SLA
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FLE can lead to better academic achievement, L2 motivation, and social-behavioral learning engagement.
“Reviewing the existing literature indicated that FLE can lead to better academic achievement (Jin and Zhang, 2018; Li et al., 2020), L2 motivation (MacIntyre, 2016), and social-behavioral learning engagement (Dewaele and Li, 2021).”
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Classroom anxiety and enjoyment in CLIL and non-CLIL: Does the target language matter?
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- Authors
- MacIntyre, P. D.
- Affiliations
- Cape Breton University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- MacIntyre, Peter D.
- ORCID
- MacIntyre, Peter D.
- Venue
- Second Language Learning and Teaching
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Published
- 2016
- Pages
- 3-20
- ISSN
- 2193-7648 (ISSN-L)
- 2193-7656
- OpenAlex
- W2505434834
- Cited by
- 144
- References
- 6
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 34 · 2024: 29 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 24.58
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-nd
- www.springer.com/tdm (unspecified)
- Locations
- Second language learning and teaching (publishedVersion)
- CBU Scholar (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Keywords
- positive psychology, second language acquisition, positive emotions, flow, critique of positive psychology, character traits, eudaimonia
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