Author(s)

Yilin Wang ¹, Yonggang Cui ², Huifang Li ³

Affiliation(s)

¹ College of Teacher Education, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China
² School of Science, Shijiazhuang University, Shijiazhuang, China
³ Department of Foreign Language Teaching and Research, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China

Corresponding Author

Yonggang Cui

ABSTRACT

Foreign language enjoyment (FLE), which plays an important role in academic emotions, is closely related to senior high school students' engagement and outcomes in English learning. Perceived teacher support is the main resource associated with students’ emotional experience. Most previous studies have examined teacher support and FLE at the overall level, while few studies have examined whether different types of teacher support predict different dimensions of FLE among senior high school students. Based on self-determination theory and control-value theory, this study surveyed 305 students in Grade 10 and Grade 11 from one senior high school in Hebei Province. By employing the Perceived Teacher Support Scale and the Foreign Language Enjoyment Scale, descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, regression analysis, and dominance analysis were conducted to examine the differential predictive effects of perceived teacher support on FLE. The results are: (1) emotional and autonomy support significantly predicted overall FLE, whereas cognitive support showed no significant independent effect; (2) the three support dimensions differed in predictive strength; (3) the dominance analysis showed that emotional support completely dominated the other two dimensions across all four models. These findings provide empirical support for targeted teacher support and the promotion of positive emotions in senior high school English classrooms.

KEYWORDS

Perceived Teacher Support; Foreign Language Enjoyment; Dominance Analysis; Differential Prediction

CITE THIS PAPER

Yilin Wang, Yonggang Cui, Huifang Li. Differential Predictive Effects of Perceived Teacher Support on Foreign Language Enjoyment among Senior High School Students. Advances in Educational Technology and Psychology (2026). Vol. 10, No. 4, 92-101. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/aetp.2026.100413.

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