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Direct linkTeimouri, Yasser; Plonsky, Luke; Tabandeh, Farhad – Language Teaching Research, 2022
As a personality trait, 'grit' has been defined as a combination of perseverance and passion for long-term goals. Past research in social psychology has found grit as an important predictor of success across different populations in various academic and non-academic areas. Since successful mastery of a second language (L2) is highly dependent on…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Persistence, Personality Traits, Predictor Variables
Sudina, Ekaterina; Plonsky, Luke – Modern Language Journal, 2021
The emerging interest in grit, referred to as sustained perseverance and passion for reaching long-term goals and conceptualized as a facet of conscientiousness, has shown that language-specific grit is positively linked to foreign language (FL) achievement. Evidence from recent studies on intended effort and academic buoyancy--constructs…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Attitudes
Download full textTeimouri, Yasser; Sudina, Ekaterina; Plonsky, Luke – Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning, 2021
As a personality trait, second language (L2) grit--a combination of perseverance and passion for L2 learning--has recently been proposed as a meaningful predictor of learners' motivational behavior and L2 achievement. The results of a growing body of empirical studies carried out in various L2 contexts have substantiated the power of L2 grit in…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Resilience (Psychology)
Sudina, Ekaterina; Brown, Jason; Datzman, Brien; Oki, Yukiko; Song, Katherine; Cavanaugh, Robert; Thiruchelvam, Bala; Plonsky, Luke – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
'Grit' has been identified as an important predictor of success in a number of academic and non-academic domains (Duckworth, A. L., C. Peterson, M. D. Matthews, and D. R. Kelly. 2007. "Grit: Perseverance and Passion for Long-Term Goals." "Journal of Personality and Social Psychology" 92: 1087-1101.…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
