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Love and enjoyment in context: Four case studies of adolescent EFL learners
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This study explores the foreign language learning emotions of four EFL adolescent students in Romania and the ways in which their emotions emerge in their sociocultural context. Multiple qualitative methods were employed over a school semester, including a written task, semi-structured interviews with the learners and their teachers, lesson observations and English-related events outside the classroom. It was found that, while all four participants reported experiencing positive emotions in language learning, a distinction was identified in the intensity and stability of their emotions. Two participants expressed a strong and stable emotion of love towards English, while the other two participants experienced enjoyment in their English language learning without an intense emotional attachment to English. Unlike enjoyment, love was found to be the driving force in the learning process, creating effective coping mechanisms when there was a lack of enjoyment in certain classroom situations and motivating learners to invest greater effort into language learning in and out of the classroom. The findings thus revealed that, unlike enjoyment, love broadened cognition and maintained engagement in learning. The study emphasizes the role of strong, enduring positive emotions in teenage students’ language learning process.
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“Love can also potentially create effective coping mechanisms, motivate learners, and be the driving force in language learning (Pavelescu and Petrić, 2018).”
From Researching and Practicing Positive Psychology in Second/Foreign Language Learning and Teaching: The Past, Current Status and Future Directions (2021) · cites this paper as Pavelescu and Petrić, 2018
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“For instance, despite the few qualitative works employing qualitative data collection instruments (e.g., Pavelescu and Petrić, 2018; Dewaele and Pavelescu, 2021), the dominant instrument used to measure student engagement has been self-report surveys and questionnaires.”
From Researching and Practicing Positive Psychology in Second/Foreign Language Learning and Teaching: The Past, Current Status and Future Directions (2021) · cites this paper as Pavelescu and Petrić, 2018
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- Authors
- Pavelescu, L. M., & Petrić, B.
- Affiliations
- Guildford College (GB)
- Birkbeck, University of London (GB)
- Venue
- Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
- Publisher
- Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
- Published
- 2018-03-27
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 73-101
- ISSN
- 2083-5205 (ISSN-L)
- 2084-1965
- OpenAlex
- W2773076691
- Cited by
- 139
- References
- 59
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 3
- FWCI
- 57.69
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- 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)
- Funders
- Birkbeck, University of London
- 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
- positive emotions, student motivation, coping strategies, student engagement, Romanian adolescents
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