Boredom as an Aversive Emotion Experienced by English Majors

Autor/inn/en	Zawodniak, Joanna; Kruk, Mariusz; Pawlak, Miroslaw
Titel	Boredom as an Aversive Emotion Experienced by English Majors
Quelle	In: RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 54 (2023) 1, S.22-36 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kruk, Mariusz)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-6882
DOI	10.1177/0033688220973732
Schlagwörter	Learning Motivation; Negative Attitudes; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Psychological Patterns; Classroom Techniques; Student Attitudes; Teaching Methods; Coping; Language Attitudes; English (Second Language); Advanced Students; Undergraduate Students; Majors (Students); Foreign Countries; Poland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Negative Fixierung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Klassenführung; Schülerverhalten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Bewältigung; Sprachverhalten; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fortgeschrittener; Ausland; Polen
Abstract	Despite a growing focus on positive psychology in recent years, negative emotions have not ceased to play a crucial role in learning additional languages in the classroom. This paper reports a study that investigated one such negative emotion -- boredom -- as experienced by 115 advanced learners of English. They were asked to write a descriptive paragraph about boredom that they experienced during English classes. Qualitative analysis resulted in the identification of five broad categories of factors responsible for student boredom -- namely, language tasks, the teacher, modes of class organization, class components and others. On that basis, some boredom-coping solutions are offered. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01