Author(s)

Jie Meng ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Foreign Languages, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 610031, China

Corresponding Author

Jie Meng

ABSTRACT

With the positive turn in the field of foreign language learning, researchers have gradually noticed the role of foreign language learners’ emotions, especially positive emotions, in promoting language learning. The present study reviewed theoretical and empirical research on emotions in foreign language classes at home and abroad. The results showed that the research on emotions in foreign language learning can be divided into three stages. The first stage primarily focused on negative emotions, especially on foreign language anxiety. The second stage laid emphasis on the interrelationship between foreign language enjoyment and foreign language anxiety, and the third explored multiple emotions, in addition to enjoyment and anxiety. The study offered insights into future research directions and provided recommendations to enhance the study of emotions in foreign language learning.

KEYWORDS

Emotion; Foreign language learning; Positive psychology

CITE THIS PAPER

Jie Meng, A Review of Research on Emotions in Foreign Language Learning. Applied & Educational Psychology (2024) Vol. 5: 156-165. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/appep.2024.050423.

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