School of English Studies, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China.
PLoS One. 2024 Sep 12;19(9):e0310281. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0310281. eCollection 2024.
In recent years, the boom in the field of positive psychology in second language acquisition research has seen an increasing number of scholars focusing on the individual well-being of second language learners alongside their learning effectiveness. Despite this growing interest, there is a need to further investigate the specific emotional factors influencing academic achievement in foreign language learning. This study investigates the impact of three emotions-enjoyment, boredom, and burnout-on academic achievement, and the moderating role of academic buoyancy. Data were collected from 563 college English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) students from China's mainland using latent moderated structural equation modeling with Mplus. The results of the latent bivariate correlation analysis showed significant correlations between EFL learning emotions, academic buoyancy, and test performance. In the latent moderated structural equations model, enjoyment and burnout predicted test performance. Moreover, academic buoyancy moderated the relationships between enjoyment and test performance, and between burnout and test performance. EFL test performance was highest when enjoyment and buoyancy were both high, or when burnout and buoyancy were both low. These findings highlight the importance of fostering positive emotions and resilience in language learners to enhance their academic performance, offering valuable insights for educators and policymakers aiming to improve foreign language education.
近年来，积极心理学在第二语言习得研究领域的蓬勃发展，使得越来越多的学者关注第二语言学习者的个体幸福感及其学习效果。尽管人们对此兴趣日益浓厚，但仍需要进一步研究影响外语学习学业成绩的具体情感因素。本研究探讨了三种情绪——愉悦、厌倦和倦怠——对学业成绩的影响，以及学业反弹力的调节作用。研究使用 Mplus 中的潜在中介结构方程模型，从中国大陆的 563 名大学英语作为外语（EFL）学生中收集了数据。潜在二元相关分析的结果表明，EFL 学习情绪、学业反弹力和考试成绩之间存在显著相关。在潜在中介结构方程模型中，愉悦和倦怠预测了考试成绩。此外，学业反弹力调节了愉悦和考试成绩之间的关系，以及倦怠和考试成绩之间的关系。当愉悦和反弹力都高或倦怠和反弹力都低时，EFL 考试成绩最高。这些发现强调了培养语言学习者积极情绪和适应力以提高学业成绩的重要性，为旨在提高外语教育的教育工作者和政策制定者提供了有价值的见解。
