Jalil Fathi
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Emotions play a fundamental role in all educational settings, including language education. The substantial amount of time students invest in attending classes, completing assignments, taking exams, and forming social connections reflects their pursuit of important life goals. Obtaining an education degree holds unprecedented personal, social, and financial significance in today's world. Hence, it is unsurprising that emotions are prevalent in educational contexts. Within these contexts, positive emotions like enjoyment, interest, hope, and pride, as well as negative emotions such as anger, anxiety, apprehension, aggression, stress, frustration, and boredom, are common and often intense.
Positive emotions have been found to contribute to students' learning outcomes, academic growth, and overall success. Conversely, negative emotions can have detrimental effects, hindering academic performance, increasing the likelihood of dropping out, and negatively impacting psychological and physical well-being. The value of emotions in education also extends to teachers, who not only impart knowledge but also strive to ignite passion for their subject matter and foster enthusiasm for learning. Successfully inspiring excitement about the course material can have motivational benefits that extend far beyond the class itself. However, if teachers fail to do so, negative emotions can quickly erode motivation and the desire to continue participating in the class.
Despite recognizing the importance of emotions in instructional-learning contexts, the role of positive and negative emotions in language education has been somewhat overlooked. In light of this, the current special issue aims to bring together research studies that explore the applications, implications, and impacts of emotions in second/foreign language teaching and learning. We welcome original research, systematic reviews, mini reviews, book reviews, and meta-analyses on this subject. Regarding research design, we encourage comprehensive qualitative studies, large-scale quantitative investigations, and mixed methods research. Researchers can employ various data collection instruments such as questionnaires, interviews, journal writing, narrative writing, diary writing, and observation checklists to gather empirical data for their articles.
Jalil Fathi
