Emotions in Second Language Learning:Retrospect and Prospect
Second/foreign language(L2)learner emotions have been extensively studied in the past decade with emerging concepts,topics,theories,and research methods introduced from neighboring disciplines,including positive psychology and educational psychology.In this review article,we first provide an overview of three developmental stages of the field,describe major theories,and summarize five main research strands:(1)the conceptualization and measurement of emotions,(2)correlations between emotions and other variables,(3)links between emotions and academic achievement,(4)sources of emotions,and(5)the development of emotions.Then,we identify major epistemological and methodological issues of the current research,such as simplistic conceptualizations of emotions,the lack of a linguistic lens on emotions,the lack of theories accommodating technology-enhanced L2 learning,and the dominant use of context-independent self-report methods.Finally,we provide corresponding suggestions and point out several research directions,including the effect of emotion on L2 learning processes,emotion interaction and contagion,emotion regulation and intervention,emotion in task-based language teaching,and emotion-cognition interaction.
positive psychologyemotioncognitionsecond language acquisitiontask-based language teaching(TBLT)
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