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Integrating Positive Psychology in Language Testing: Fostering Growth, Motivation, and Well-Being in Assessment Practices | ||
| Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning | ||
| دوره 16، شماره 34، اسفند 2024، صفحه 409-426 اصل مقاله (840.21 K) | ||
| نوع مقاله: Research Paper | ||
| شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22034/elt.2024.63551.2694 | ||
| نویسندگان | ||
| Mohammad-Ali Soozandehfar* 1؛ Mahdi Dehghayedi2 | ||
| 1Department of TEFL, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran | ||
| 2Department of Foreign Languages, Dashtestan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran | ||
| چکیده | ||
| This study is an attempt to explore the integration of positive psychology within language testing, while assessing its effects on learner performance, self-efficacy, motivation, and test anxiety in EFL contexts. Postulated on a mixed-method approach, firstly, the study involves in a quasi-experimental design, where 100 EFL learners were assigned into control and experimental groups. The latter group experienced strength-based feedback and growth-focused assessment practices. The results of the paired t-tests and ANCOVA revealed significant improvements in the EFL students' language proficiency, with the anxiety construct reduced by 30%, alongside substantial increases in the constructs of motivation and self-efficacy. These outcomes can be taken into account as the highlight of the efficacy of positive psychology interventions, contrasting with traditional deficit-focused models of assessment. Afterwards, in the qualitative phase, the research advocates for a paradigm shift in language testing, while emphasizing EFL learners' emotional well-being, cognitive engagement, and learner autonomy. Furthermore, this study contributes to the broader discourse, representing implications on rethinking pedagogical approaches to language assessment, proposing more humanistic and learner-centered frameworks. | ||
| کلیدواژهها | ||
| positive psychology؛ language testing؛ test anxiety؛ self-efficacy | ||
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