Positive psychology in foreign language writing: teacher’s enthusiasm and students’ enjoyment

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10.2991/978-2-38476-152-4_41How to use a DOI?

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Positive Psychology; Foreign Language; Teacher; Student

Abstract

The existence of positive psychology, particularly regarding emotions in second language acquisition has taken a great attention. However, certain factor such as teacher’s enthusiasm which might influence students’ performance and emotion during the learning is considered to be neglected. Therefore, the current study focuses on emotions among foreign language students related to foreign language enjoyment of students in relation to teacher enthusiasm in English writing class. 114 of FL students who take English writing course at two different universities filled out closed-ended questionnaire. We use 4 items of perceive teacher enthusiasm scale from [18] and 21 items of foreign language enjoyment (FLE) suggested by [7]. 10 students were interviewed qualitatively to shed light on possible explanation for the observed trends. Students’ assessments of their teacher enthusiasm are rated in moderate correlation with their level of enjoyment in writing class. The implication for theory and teaching are examined and suggestions for future study are offered.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ariyanti
AU  - Slamet Setiawan
AU  - Ahmad Munir
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/12/19
TI  - Positive psychology in foreign language writing: teacher’s enthusiasm and students’ enjoyment
BT  - Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Arts and Humanities 2023 (IJCAH 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 426
EP  - 438
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-152-4_41
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-152-4_41
ID  - 2023
ER  -