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Home> Archive> 2023> Volume 13 Number 4 (Aug. 2023)
IJSSH 2023 Vol.13(4): 216-220
doi: 10.18178/ijssh.2023.V13.1148

The Research on the Application of Positive Psychology in Second Language Acquisition

Minmin Tang

Abstract—Positive psychology is a theory regarding how people thrive and live better. Some contents of English subject have a certain influence on second language acquisition. This article is conducted to investigate positive psychology in the context of second and foreign language acquisition. This theory places particular emphasis on the positive emotions, positive personality qualities, as well as settings that allow people to thrive, which are significant issues in second language learning and teaching. This study aims to review the meaning and application of positive psychology in second language acquisition, mainly focusing on two categories of theory: the PERMA model and the EMPATHICS model; and finds that positive and negative emotion theories bring some enlightenment to second language teaching. For one thing, teachers’ positive personality qualities are being developed in order to boost students’ communicative drive. For the other thing, teachers had better foster a supportive environment in the classroom that will help the learners to learn languages in a positive environment. Moreover, this study also dialectically treats the theory of positive psychology.

Index Terms—Second language acquisition, positive psychology, language teaching, positive emotion

M. M. Tang is with the University College London, Gower Street, London, UK. E-mail: qtnzmta@ucl.ac.uk (T.M.)

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Cite: Minmin Tang, "The Research on the Application of Positive Psychology in Second Language Acquisition ," International Journal of Social Science and Humanity vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 216-220, 2023.

Copyright © 2023 by the authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (CC BY 4.0).
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