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标题：The Broaden-and-Build Theory of Positive Emotions in Second Language Learning
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作者：Ali Rahimi ; Ali Rahimi ; Rouhollah Askari Bigdeli 等
期刊名称：Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
印刷版ISSN：1877-0428
出版年度：2014
卷号：159
页码：795-801
DOI：10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.12.451
语种：English
出版社：Elsevier
摘要：AbstractPositive emotions can build cognitive and emotional resources. From this perspective, the consensus of opinion is that positive emotions contribute to “approach behavior” or “continued action”. That is to say, individuals experiencing positive emotions actively engage with their environment and participate in activities. This paper aims to address whether the Broaden-and-Build theory of positive emotions developed by Fredrickson may facilitate second language learning. In the light of this theory, it is argued that positive emotions can widen students’ scope of attention, cognition and action, and further produce a tendency toward activity engagement. In contrast, negative emotions reinforce the opposite tendency, restricting the amount of potential language input and accordingly narrowing the students’ capacity for learning. The paper concludes that positive emotions are closely associated with higher levels of students’ engagement and negative emotions with lower levels of engagement. In general, therefore, it seems that second language teachers should go beyond a focus on the reduction of negative emotions towards a focus on the enhancement of positive emotions.
关键词：The Broaden-and-Build theory;positive emotions;negative emotions;second language learning