factores afectivos

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: motivación

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Engaging students in the second language (L2) classroom is a critical task that requires a clear understanding of the multilayered characteristics of the L2 classroom and the motivational mechanisms through which these characteristics influence student engagement. This study contributes to the L2 engagement literature in this regard by examining the relationship among students’ expectancy and task value belief, their perception of the three L2 classroom conditions, namely classroom structure, teaching relevance, and peer support, and their engagement in an instructed L2 learning setting. Structural equation modelling was employed to analyse self-report data collected from 413 first year students of English as a foreign language (EFL) in Vietnam. Results suggest that teaching relevance and peer support significantly predicted students...

The effects of teacher motivational practice on learner L2 achievement: A self-determination theory perspective using structural equation modeling

Fakieh Alrabai, Abdullah Alamer (2024)

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: motivación

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A central point that has attracted researchers’ attention for several decades is related to establishing the causal relationship between student motivation and second language (L2) achievement. Based on self-determination theory, we investigated the effects of motivational interventions applied by English language teachers on subsequent L2 achievement through the meditating effect of students’ basic psychological need for autonomy, intrinsic motivation, and motivational intensity. To obtain precise results, we applied structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine whether the impact of the intervention on L2 achievement was direct and/or indirect. The results of SEM indicated that the effect is both direct and indirect, and the model variables explained approximately 87% of the variance in students’ achievement. Moreover, the indirect...

Development and validation of the Short-Form Foreign Language Classroom Boredom Scale (S-FLCBS)

Mirosław Pawlak, Elouise Botes, Mariusz Kruk (2025)

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: factores afectivos

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Second and foreign language (L2) learning boredom has triggered a spate of studies in recent years. Researchers have also developed instruments that tap into this emotion. However, such tools contain many items, may be culture-specific, or have a disputed factor structure. To address these shortcomings, we aimed to develop and validate a short version of the 23-item Boredom in Practical English Classes-Revised (BPELC-R) Scale. A dataset from 1,254 students in degree programs in English from different countries (i.e., Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Poland) was used. Data were split into two groups, and the first sample was used to develop the short-form measure, with principal component analysis (PCA)...

Can grit be perceived and regulated? A mixed-methods exploration of English learners’ metacognitive awareness of grit and its impact on achievement and self-efficacy

Mingzhe Wang, Lawrence Jun Zhang (2026)

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: metacognición

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Metacognition, the ability to understand and regulate one’s cognitive processes, is recognized as a key factor in effective English as a foreign language (EFL) learning. It involves both an awareness of the cognitive demands of tasks and the ability to manage these tasks to achieve specific outcomes. Similarly, grit, defined as perseverance and passion for achieving long-term goals, has emerged as a significant predictor of success in English learning. However, the relationship between metacognition and grit remains largely unexplored, especially how learners perceive and regulate their grit at a metacognitive level. This study addresses this gap by adopting a mixed-methods approach, combining...

¡Que nadie te quite la palabra! Estrategias para aumentar la disposición a comunicarse en el aula de ELE

Dayane Monica Cordeiro (2020)

Foro de profesores de ELE

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: propuesta didáctica

Temas: factores afectivos

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En el aula de lenguas extranjeras, los alumnos disponen de un repertorio lingüístico en proceso de desarrollo, que les impide muchas veces expresar todo su potencial comunicativo. Y es justo en este contexto que se observa el impacto más significativo de las variables personales. La decisión de comunicarse que asume el hablante siempre que tiene la oportunidad de hacerlo influye directamente en los logros en su competencia comunicativa en la lengua extranjera. En este sentido, conocer los componentes de la disposición a comunicarse, cómo generarla y mantenerla en el aula pueden ser la clave hacia una enseñanza/aprendizaje de la expresión y la interacción oral más efectiva. El objetivo de este...

Can willingness to communicate, communication in English anxiety, behavioural inhibition and behavioural action predict perceived L2 fluency?

Reza Zabihi, Shiva Ghominejad, Mohammad Javad Ahmadian (2024)

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: expresión oral

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This study aimed to investigate whether and how willingness to communicate, communication in English anxiety, behavioural inhibition and action predict perceived second language (L2) fluency. The study also looked at whether L2 proficiency moderates the strength of relationships between these affective factors and L2 perceived fluency. One hundred learners of English were recorded while doing the Suitcase task (a monologic task) and were asked to complete a series of questionnaires and proficiency tests. Speech samples were then prepared for presentation to 26 experienced language teachers (and highly proficient users of English) as raters. Their task was to rate the speech samples in terms of perceived fluency. Results revealed that while willingness to communicate is a strong and positive predictor of perceived fluency,...

Exploring English learning motivation among Chinese older adults

Rining Wei, Rong Wang, Jing Wang (2024)

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: motivación

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With increasing attention paid to the effects of learning a foreign language (FL) on older adults in the currently ageing world, psychological individual difference (ID) variables (e.g. learning motivation) remain much under-investigated, compared with cognitive IDs. This exploratory study examined older adults’ English learning motivation in the Chinese context of English as a foreign language (EFL) by conducting a web-based survey (n = 510) and semi-structured interviews (n = 21). Results showed that (1) the selected sociobiographical variables influenced older adults’ English learning motivation to different degrees, among which education, use frequency of English and socioeconomic status (SES) emerged as very important predictors; and (2) four motivators for English learning by older adults emerged as traveling or visiting...

Can Well-Being Translate into Better Writing? A Chain Mediation Model of the Impact of Subjective Well-Being on L2 Writing Achievement

Zhaoyang Shan (2026)

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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This study investigates the relationship between subjective well-being (SWB) and second language (L2) writing achievement (WA), focusing on the sequential mediating roles of L2 writing enjoyment (L2WE) and L2 writing self-efficacy (L2WS). A sample of Chinese university EFL learners (n = 322) participated in a survey measuring SWB, L2WE, L2WS, and L2WA. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to test the hypothesized chain mediation model. Results revealed that SWB was positively associated with both L2WE and L2WS, which in turn significantly predicted L2WA. Although the direct effect of SWB on L2WA was non-significant, the total indirect effect via L2WE and L2WS was significant. Specifically, L2WE mediated the link between SWB and L2WA, L2WS mediated the link between SWB and L2WA, and a sequential mediation pathway (SWB → L2WE...

Game over: cartas, rol y comida

Sara Badia Climent, Amparo Alemany Martínez (2018)

Foro de profesores de ELE

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: propuesta didáctica

Temas: gamificación

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El presente artículo propone tres actividades de carácter gamificado y experiencial para las clases de E/LE enfocadas a un nivel A1+: un juego de cartas basado en el Cards Against Humanity (2011), una cata de comida inspirada en Master Chef y un juego de rol mediatizado a través de la plataforma Classcraft (2016). Estas están destinadas a reforzar contenidos gramaticales y léxicos como los adjetivos y la flexión de género, los usos de datos personales o la construcción de oraciones simples. Además de ello, el carácter flexible de estas actividades permite trabajar con los componentes interculturales, socioculturales y afectivos.

Teacher enthusiasm and students’ social-behavioral learning engagement: The mediating role of student enjoyment and boredom in Chinese EFL classes

Jean-Marc Dewaele, Chengchen Li (2021)

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: factores afectivos

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Teacher enthusiasm is attracting growing attention in educational and learner psychology research. There is evidence that teacher enthusiasm is contagious in class and positively affects student emotions. Their fundamental role in shaping student engagement has also been well documented. However, the links – between teacher enthusiasm and student emotions, and between student emotions and engagement – remain underexplored in instructed second language acquisition. The present study adopted a mixed-method approach to examine the complex relationships between perceived teacher enthusiasm, emotions (enjoyment and boredom), and social-behavioral learning engagement among 2,002 learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) from 11 universities in China. Quantitative analyses showed small to large correlations between perceived teacher...