International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Nov. 13, 2024
Abstract Considering the demanding and challenging nature of teaching profession in general foreign/second language (L2) contexts particular, there is a need to examine protective psychological resources such as grit—conceptualized inclination show consistent interest perseverance times setbacks failures—among L2 teachers. Given recently emerging status research on grit multitude factors that might potentially affect teachers’ grit, this study examined roles growth mindset, positive negative emotions (enjoyment, anxiety, anger), self‐efficacy grit. The participants were 215 Iranian teachers who recruited via convenience sampling responded four questionnaires: Sudina et al.’s Teacher Grit Scale, Frenzel Emotions Nalipay Growth Teaching Mindset short version Tschannen‐Moran Hoy's Self‐Efficacy Scale. results indicated all three significantly contributed Moreover, based relative weight analysis (RWA), weights enjoyment, followed by higher predicting while anxiety anger had lowest weight. Implications for promoting self‐efficacy, mindset well suggestions future studies are presented.
Language: Английский