The Predictive Effects of Gender and Academic Discipline on Foreign Language Enjoyment of Chinese High School Students

被引：2
作者：
Huang, Jian [1 ]
Jiang, Guiying [2 ]
机构：
[1] Cent Univ Finance & Econom, Sch Foreign Studies, Beijing, Peoples R China
[2] Xiamen Univ, Coll Foreign Languages & Cultures, Xiamen, Peoples R China
来源：
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY | 2022年 / 12卷
关键词：
foreign language enjoyment; gender; academic discipline; positive psychology; EFL learning; CLASSROOM ANXIETY; EMOTIONS; PERCEPTIONS; MOTIVATION; FRENCH;
D O I：
10.3389/fpsyg.2021.802152
中图分类号：
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号：
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要：
Foreign Language Enjoyment (FLE) plays a facilitative role in FL learning and its contributing factors have been the object of scholarly attention in the Positive Psychology approach to second language acquisition (SLA). The present study examined the predictive effects of gender and academic discipline on overall FLE and each of its subcomponents in a specific Chinese EFL context. Statistical analyses based on a sample of 1,718 high school students showed that: (1) female students scored significantly higher in overall FLE, FLE-Private, and FLE-Atmosphere than their male counterparts, but no significant difference was found in their FLE-Teacher; (2) students of Humanities and Social Sciences scored significantly higher in overall FLE, FLE-Teacher and FLE-Atmosphere than students of Natural Science, though no significant difference was identified for FLE-Private. Reasons for the statistical variations and their implications were also discussed.
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