By the Old Gods and the New: The Effect of the Congruence and Incongruence of Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety and Enjoyment on Self-Perceived Proficiency
BOTES, Elouise; Dewaele, Jean–Marc; GREIFF, Samuel
2022 • In Modern Language Journal, 106 (4), p. 784 - 797
foreign language classroom anxiety; foreign language enjoyment; polynomial regression; response surface analysis; self-perceived proficiency; Language and Linguistics; Linguistics and Language
Abstract :
[en] Emotions in foreign language (FL) learning have become an increasingly popular research avenue in applied linguistics. Such research is often carried out using linear correlational or regression methods, which are limited in the extent to which they can depict interrelations. In this study, we aimed to reexamine the relationships between the emotion variables of foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA) and foreign language enjoyment (FLE) and the outcome variable of self-perceived proficiency (SPP) through nonlinear methods. Specifically, we examined how different levels of FLCA and FLE influenced SPP in concert in a sample of N = 1,039 FL learners by utilizing polynomial regression with response surface analysis. The nonlinear method generated a response model that visually depicted a complex SPP pattern as a result of differing levels of FLCA and FLE. This three-dimensional model provides considerable insight into the interaction of positive and negative emotions above and beyond what could be derived from “classical” methods of correlation and linear regression.
Disciplines :
Education & instruction
Author, co-author :
BOTES, Elouise ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS) > Cognitive Science and Assessment ; University of Vienna, Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Vienna, Austria
Dewaele, Jean–Marc ; Birkbeck, University of London, Department of Languages, Cultures, and Applied Linguistics, London, United Kingdom
By the Old Gods and the New: The Effect of the Congruence and Incongruence of Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety and Enjoyment on Self-Perceived Proficiency
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