Situational interest (SI) significantly influences student engagement, yet validated instruments tailored to primary English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms remain limited. This study aimed to develop and validate an SI measurement tool for young EFL learners in Indonesia. Conducted over one academic semester (6 months), the two-phase mixed-methods study began with a qualitative analysis…
The present study examined any possible relationship between teachers’ emotional contagion and their learners’ achievement and motivation for learning English as a foreign language (EFL). In addition, it explored the predictability of learners’ foreign language motivation and achievements in terms of their respective teachers’ emotional contagion. Twenty EFL teachers were asked to fill …