ArticleFrontiers in psychology2025
The mediating role of psychological capital in the relationship between EFL learners' L2 grit and L2 WTC.
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- Classroom climate and EFL students' willingness to communicate: the mediating role of L2 grit.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Drivers of willingness to communicate with generative AI: the roles of self-efficacy, grit, speaking enjoyment, and anxiety from a self-determination theory perspective.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The Chinese translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the adult Grit Psychological Resources Scale.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The relations among foreign language anxiety, academic buoyancy and willingness to communicate in EFL classroom.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Introduction: The key role of L2 grit has been acknowledged in English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' linguistic and psychological development. However, there is still debate regarding the role of L2 grit in enhancing EFL learners' willingness to communicate (WTC) in L2. Furthermore, due to the novelty of the concept of psychological capital (PsyCap) in the field of foreign language education, little is known about its mediating role in the relationship between L2 grit and WTC. Methods: The current study used valid, online questionnaires and employed structural equation modelling (SEM) to test whether Chinese EFL learners' ( Results: The results indicated that Chinese EFL learners' PsyCap partially mediated the relationship between L2 grit and WTC. Therefore, L2 grit impacted EFL learners' WTC in L2 both directly and indirectly through their positive psychological resources such as optimism, resilience, efficacy, and hope. Discussion: The findings highlight the criticality of positive psychological states in language classroom settings where EFL learners can enhance their tendency to communicate in L2 with higher levels of perseverance of effort and consistency of interest.
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