English-medium instruction learners’ enjoyment and anxiety: a quasi-experimental research
While foreign language enjoyment and anxiety are attracting renewed attention in learner psychology research, little attention has been paid to contextualising the two emotions within the increasingly popular educational context of English-medium instruction. To examine the impact of this educationa...
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| description | While foreign language enjoyment and anxiety are attracting renewed attention in learner psychology research, little attention has been paid to contextualising the two emotions within the increasingly popular educational context of English-medium instruction. To examine the impact of this educational approach on learners’ foreign language enjoyment and anxiety and to explore the episodes related to these emotions, the study adopted a quasi-experimental design and mixed-methods approach. Two first-year university classes were recruited (experiment group, n = 45; comparison group, n = 39). ANCOVAs revealed the educational approach’s effect on post-test enjoyment and prepost enjoyment variances and its effect on post-test anxiety and prepost anxiety variances. Meanwhile, qualitative content analysis indicated the episodes in relation to which learners’ enjoyment and anxiety arose. Pedagogical implications were drawn. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8902123d85f944319f465b3e8a6fea4b2025-08-20T03:21:40ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Education2331-186X2025-12-0112110.1080/2331186X.2025.2477351English-medium instruction learners’ enjoyment and anxiety: a quasi-experimental researchYouzhi Sun0Qingyun Yang1School of Foreign Languages and Literature, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Foreign Languages and Literature, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, ChinaWhile foreign language enjoyment and anxiety are attracting renewed attention in learner psychology research, little attention has been paid to contextualising the two emotions within the increasingly popular educational context of English-medium instruction. To examine the impact of this educational approach on learners’ foreign language enjoyment and anxiety and to explore the episodes related to these emotions, the study adopted a quasi-experimental design and mixed-methods approach. Two first-year university classes were recruited (experiment group, n = 45; comparison group, n = 39). ANCOVAs revealed the educational approach’s effect on post-test enjoyment and prepost enjoyment variances and its effect on post-test anxiety and prepost anxiety variances. Meanwhile, qualitative content analysis indicated the episodes in relation to which learners’ enjoyment and anxiety arose. Pedagogical implications were drawn.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/2331186X.2025.2477351Affective aspectscontent and language integrated learningEnglish-Medium instructionforeign language anxietyforeign language enjoymentBilingualism - Second Language |
| spellingShingle | Youzhi Sun Qingyun Yang English-medium instruction learners’ enjoyment and anxiety: a quasi-experimental research Cogent Education Affective aspects content and language integrated learning English-Medium instruction foreign language anxiety foreign language enjoyment Bilingualism - Second Language |
| title | English-medium instruction learners’ enjoyment and anxiety: a quasi-experimental research |
| title_full | English-medium instruction learners’ enjoyment and anxiety: a quasi-experimental research |
| title_fullStr | English-medium instruction learners’ enjoyment and anxiety: a quasi-experimental research |
| title_full_unstemmed | English-medium instruction learners’ enjoyment and anxiety: a quasi-experimental research |
| title_short | English-medium instruction learners’ enjoyment and anxiety: a quasi-experimental research |
| title_sort | english medium instruction learners enjoyment and anxiety a quasi experimental research |
| topic | Affective aspects content and language integrated learning English-Medium instruction foreign language anxiety foreign language enjoyment Bilingualism - Second Language |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/2331186X.2025.2477351 |
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