Author(s)

Jinrong Du ¹, Jinqian Liu ²

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Humanities and Social Sciences, North University of China, Taiyuan, China
² English Department, North China Electric Power University (Baoding), Baoding, China

Corresponding Author

Jinrong Du

ABSTRACT

Based on the control-value theory, broaden-and-build theory and well-being theory, this study investigated the enjoyment and boredom of 200 Chinese college students in online foreign language classes through questionnaires, and investigated the predictive effects of these two emotions on the learning effectiveness of online foreign language classes. In addition, 10 subjects were randomly selected to conduct semi-structured interviews and ask questions about their emotional changes and reasons in online foreign language learning. The results showed that: in the online foreign language classroom environment, the level of enjoyment in foreign language was higher, and the level of boredom was medium; students' foreign language enjoyment has a positive correlation with their academic achievement, while boredom has a negative correlation with their academic achievement. The interview results show that the emotional changes of students are mainly caused by network problems, teachers and so on. These research results suggest that educators should pay more attention to students' emotional experience in the online course environment and fully mobilize students’ enthusiasm.

KEYWORDS

Foreign language enjoyment; Foreign language classroom boredom; English learning achievements

CITE THIS PAPER

Jinrong Du, Jinqian Liu, A study on the influence of academic emotion on the effectiveness of online foreign language learning. Applied & Educational Psychology (2023) Vol. 4: 113-119. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/appep.2023.041017.

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