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Does the effect of enjoyment outweigh that of anxiety in foreign language performance?

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Dewaele, Jean-Marc, Alfawzan, Mateb·2018·Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching

DOI 10.14746/ssllt.2018.8.1.2

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Interest in the effect of positive and negative emotions in foreign language acquisition has soared recently because of the positive psychology movement (Dewaele & MacIntyre, 2014, 2016; MacIntyre, Gregersen & Mercer, 2016). No work so far has been carried out on the differential effect of positive and negative emotions on foreign language performance. The current study investigates the effect of foreign language enjoyment (FLE) and foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA) on foreign language performance in a group of 189 foreign language pupils in two London secondary schools and a group of 152 Saudi English as a foreign language learners and users of English in Saudi Arabia. Correlation analyses showed that the positive effect of FLE on performance was stronger than the negative effect of FLCA. In other words, FLE seems to matter slightly more than FLCA in foreign language (FL) performance. Qualitative material collected from the Saudi participants shed light on the causes of FLCA and FLE and how these shaped participants’ decisions to pursue or abandon the study of the FL.

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Enjoyment begets enjoyment: An experience sampling study on the impact of L2 teacher enjoyment on EFL learners’ learning enjoyment and willingness to communicate
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Authors: Dewaele, J.-M., & Alfawzan, M.
Affiliations: University of London (GB)
University of Birmingham (GB)
ORCID: Dewaele, Jean-Marc
Venue: Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
Publisher: Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
Published: 2018-03-27
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Pages: 21-45
ISSN: 2083-5205 (ISSN-L)
2084-1965
DOI: 10.14746/ssllt.2018.8.1.2
OpenAlex: W2795088672
Cited by: 418
References: 51
Citations by year: 2026: 48 · 2025: 73 · 2024: 62 · 2023: 65 · 2022: 72 · 2021: 41 · 2020: 29 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 8
FWCI: 137.90
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: diamond
doi.org
Licence: cc-by
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 (unspecified)
Locations: Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching (publishedVersion, cc-by)
BIROn (Birkbeck, University of London) (acceptedVersion)
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics: Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Second Language Acquisition and Learning
Keywords: foreign language enjoyment, foreign language classroom anxiety, positive emotions, negative emotions, positive psychology, EFL learners, high school students, Saudi students, causes of anxiety

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Does the effect of enjoyment outweigh that of anxiety in foreign language performance?

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