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Mariusz Kruk; Majid Elahi Shirvan; Miroslaw Pawlak; Tahereh Taherian; Elham Yazdanmehr – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
In this study we used a factor of curves model (FCM) to examine the co-development of the subdomains of boredom in practical English language classes in an online setting (BPELC) over time in four phases of an online L2 course to explore the covariance of the initial level and slope of the sub-domains, as well as to check to what extent the…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Psychological Patterns, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Yongliang Wang; Mariusz Kruk – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
Adopting a sequential mixed-methods approach, the current inquiry examined English major students' perceptions of the role of teacher confirmation and teacher credibility in enhancing their academic engagement in the Chinese context. In doing so, through WeChat messenger, three scales were provided to 1168 English major students chosen from…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Ali Derakhshan; Jalil Fathi; Miroslaw Pawlak; Mariusz Kruk – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This study aimed to test a model of classroom social climate, growth language mindset, boredom, and student engagement among English as a foreign language (EFL) learners. In addition, the mediating role of boredom in this structural model was examined. To this end, 287 English major students from various universities in Iran participated in the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Miroslaw Pawlak; Nourollah Zarrinabadi; Mariusz Kruk – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Relatively few studies in the field of second language acquisition have undertaken to investigate the interrelationships of constellations of individual difference variables. This is certainly true of how complexes of ID factors impact motivation to learn an additional language. In order to address this gap, the paper reports a study that examined…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Learning Motivation
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Mariusz Kruk – Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
A number of variables have an influence on language learners' success in the learning of a foreign/second language. Some variables, such as motivation, language anxiety or willingness to communicate (WTC), have been researched extensively in the field of second language acquisition, while others, such as boredom, still remain among "the most…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Anxiety, Learner Engagement
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Mariusz Kruk – Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
This chapter discusses issues concerning the design and implementation of the research project dealing with the changes in the levels of willingness to communicate, motivation, boredom and language anxiety, their relationships and factors influencing them in the course of the participants' visits to the virtual world Second Life. [For the complete…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Individual Differences, Computer Simulation