Existing SLA emotion research methods cannot capture the dynamic nature of emotions in language learning situations¶
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q2 i? Cross-sectional, laboratory and longitudinal designs in SLA emotion research share one limitation: they do not allow analysis of the dynamic nature of emotions, because of singular timepoints, low sampling rates, or static statistical analyses. → Peng Wang 2024
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Peng Wang 2024¶
Peng Wang, Lesya Ganushchak, Camille Welie, Roel van Steensel. (2024). The Dynamic Nature of Emotions in Language Learning Context: Theory, Method, and Analysis. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09946-2
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The review's methodological critique of quantitative SLA emotion research: cross-sectional studies "only sample at singular timepoints, and therefore cannot infer causality and temporal properties", and longitudinal studies typically use weekly, monthly, or annual intervals that miss subtle fluctuations.
"These research approaches have important limitations, which together boil down to one issue: the fact that they do not allow to analyse the dynamic nature of emotions in language learning situations."
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Existing SLA emotion research methods cannot capture the dynamic nature of emotions in language learning situations |
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Existing SLA emotion research methods cannot capture the dynamic nature of emotions in language learning situations |
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