Yu Qiangfu
Faculty of Humanities and Foreign Languages, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, China.
Front Psychol. 2025 Apr 25;16:1594282. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1594282. eCollection 2025.
Negative emotions represented by foreign language anxiety (FLA) have long been an important topic in the study of second language acquisition (SLA), while the influence of positive emotions on foreign language learning (FLL) has long been neglected. Since Positive Psychology (PP) was introduced into the field of SLA, research on learners' positive and negative emotions in SLA based on the perspective of PP has begun to flourish. Particularly, the correlation between foreign language enjoyment (FLE) and FLA has become a hot topic. Based on the analysis of the literature on FLA and FLE, it was found that the research on FLA and FLE mainly focuses on the following categories: correlation between FLA and FLE, influencing factors of FLA and FLE, correlation of FLA and FLE with academic achievements, and dynamicity of FLA and FLE. This study summarized the major findings in the four research hotspots and concluded with some research lacunae and possible directions for future research on FLA and FLE from the perspective of PP.
以外语学习焦虑（FLA）为代表的负面情绪长期以来一直是第二语言习得（SLA）研究中的一个重要话题，而积极情绪对外语学习（FLL）的影响却长期被忽视。自从积极心理学（PP）被引入第二语言习得领域以来，基于积极心理学视角对第二语言习得中学习者的积极和消极情绪的研究开始蓬勃发展。特别是，外语学习乐趣（FLE）与外语学习焦虑之间的相关性已成为一个热门话题。通过对有关外语学习焦虑和外语学习乐趣的文献分析发现，对外语学习焦虑和外语学习乐趣的研究主要集中在以下几个方面：外语学习焦虑与外语学习乐趣之间的相关性、外语学习焦虑和外语学习乐趣的影响因素、外语学习焦虑和外语学习乐趣与学业成绩的相关性以及外语学习焦虑和外语学习乐趣的动态变化。本研究总结了这四个研究热点中的主要发现，并从积极心理学的角度总结了一些研究空白以及未来关于外语学习焦虑和外语学习乐趣研究的可能方向。
