This paper,via practice,examines the relationship between students'beliefs and core values and their a-gency in the EST curriculum.The three dimensions of agency from Positive Psychology perspective:belief,imagi-nation,and optimism are applied to the learning process.Analyzing from the four factors of goal setting,EST aca-demic strength sharpening,strategy regulation,and agency reflection,this research suggests that EST learners can be empowered by receiving core values-based instruction in the aspects of goal setting,EST academic strength sharpening,and agency reflection,but in a complex way with the factor of strategy regulation.
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