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Language learning and emotion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2022

Luke Plonsky Open the ORCID record for Luke Plonsky [Opens in a new window] ,
Ekaterina Sudina  and
Yasser Teimouri
Luke Plonsky*
Affiliation:
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
Ekaterina Sudina
Affiliation:
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
Yasser Teimouri
Affiliation:
Boğaziçi University, Turkey
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*Corresponding author. Email: lukeplonsky@gmail.com
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Language learning can be very emotional, as anyone who has ever tried to learn or use another language (L2) will attest. The range of emotions varies widely in both type and intensity, from the thrill of successfully articulating yourself, for example, to the anxiety of navigating a high-stakes encounter in an L2. It is not surprising, therefore, that there is a longstanding tradition of research on emotion in the context of L2 learning (e.g., Horwitz et al., 1986). In fact, more than 40 years ago, Scovel (1978) reviewed the accumulated evidence on the role of just one emotion: Anxiety.

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Language Teaching , Volume 55 , Issue 3 , July 2022 , pp. 346 - 362
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