Seminar | The emotional profiles of self-perceived "good" Foreign Language learners
Seminars / Lectures / Workshops
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Date
03 Oct 2025
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Organiser
Department of English and Communication
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Time
17:00 - 18:00
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Venue
Online via Zoom
Speaker
Professor Jean-Marc Dewaele
Summary
"Good" language learners do not have a distinctive psychological profile but rather a positive emotional profile. "Good" learners were identified among 502 Moroccan EFL learners based on their self-reported relative standing in the group. Higher relative standing was linked to higher levels of Foreign Language Enjoyment and Foreign Language Peace of Mind, and to lower levels of Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety and Foreign Language Boredom. We conclude that teachers cannot alter social hierarchies in class, but they can help learners build a positive emotional profile that can boost their performance and confidence and can lead to a positive re-evaluation of their relative standing.
Reference
Dewaele, J.-M., & Meftah, R. (2025). The emotional profiles of self-perceived "good" Foreign Language learners. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching. https://doi.org/10.1080/17501229.2025.2508809.
Keynote Speaker
Professor Jean-Marc Dewaele
VIZJA University, Warsaw, Poland; University College London, UK; Birkbeck, University of London, UK
Jean-Marc Dewaele is Professor at the VIZJA University, Warsaw, Poland; Honorary Professor at University College London and Emeritus Professor at Birkbeck, University of London. He has published and edited 10 books, and close to 400 papers and chapters on emotion and individual differences in multilingualism and foreign language learning. He is former president of the International Association of Multilingualism, the International Association of Multilingualismand the International Association of MultilingualismHe has won major Research Awards for his work from the International Association of Multilingualism(2013), the International Association of Multilingualism(2016), the International Association of Multilingualism(2022) and the Francqui Foundation (2025). He was ranked as the 3th most influential linguist in the world in the Stanford rankings 2024.
