Wang Rouhua
School of Foreign Languages, Changchun Institute of Technology, Changchun, China.
Front Psychol. 2022 May 16;13:882748. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.882748. eCollection 2022.
With the popularity of positive psychology research in second language acquisition since 2012, foreign language enjoyment (FLE) has attracted many researchers in this domain. Several innovative quantitative and qualitative research methods have been used so far to explore FLE. However, given the dynamic nature of FLE, the development of innovative tools can contribute to the exploration of the micro-scale dynamics of FLE. This study aims to introduce as one of these innovative tools and provide an example for its use in a foreign language learning setting. To do this, the application of enjoymeters in the exploration of the dynamics of FLE in an English as a foreign language course in China is explained. The enjoymeter data along with interviews were collected in three sessions of the course and were analyzed thematic analysis. The findings indicated that moments of enjoyment emerged in terms of both private FLE and social FLE in these three sessions. Also, the use of enjoymeter indicated that it can enable researchers to map the dynamics of FLE session by session and even within each session of the course. The pedagogical implications of the use of enjoymeters in foreign language classes are discussed and future directions are explained.
自2012年以来，随着积极心理学研究在第二语言习得领域的普及，外语学习乐趣（FLE）吸引了该领域的众多研究者。迄今为止，已经采用了几种创新的定量和定性研究方法来探索外语学习乐趣。然而，鉴于外语学习乐趣的动态性质，创新工具的开发有助于探索外语学习乐趣的微观动态。本研究旨在介绍其中一种创新工具，并提供其在外语学习环境中使用的示例。为此，解释了乐趣计在中国一门以英语为外语课程中探索外语学习乐趣动态方面的应用。在该课程的三个阶段收集了乐趣计数据以及访谈内容，并通过主题分析进行了分析。研究结果表明，在这三个阶段中，个人外语学习乐趣和社交外语学习乐趣方面都出现了乐趣时刻。此外，乐趣计的使用表明，它可以使研究人员逐阶段甚至在课程的每个阶段内描绘外语学习乐趣的动态。讨论了在外语课堂中使用乐趣计的教学意义，并解释了未来的方向。
