Language Learner Engagement: Setting the Scene

By Sarah Mercer. Second Handbook of English Language Teaching, 2018

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Engagement in language learning: A systematic review of 20 years of research methods and definitions (2021, background): “Learning requires active involvement on the part of the learner, and action is the defining characteristic of learner engagement (Mercer, 2019).”
Researching and Practicing Positive Psychology in Second/Foreign Language Learning and Teaching: The Past, Current Status and Future Directions (2021, background): “Behavioral engagement refers to learners’ actual inclination to participate in tasks and lessons (Mercer, 2019).”
Self-determination for all language learners: New applications for formal language education (2019, background): “SDT is once again gaining recognition as a framework for exploring new topics in language education (Mercer, 2019).”
Teachers’ accounts of learners’ engagement and disaffection in the language classroom (2020, background): “…learner engagement may be in its infancy (cf. Henry and Thorsen 2018a) but its appeal and significance can be seen in the growing number of studies, reviews and analyses it has produced (e.g. Hiver, Al-Hoorie and Mercer forthcoming; Mercer 2019; Mercer and Dörnyei 2020; Philp and Duchesne 2016).”
Teacher enthusiasm and students’ social-behavioral learning engagement: The mediating role of student enjoyment and boredom in Chinese EFL classes (2021, background): “, & Mercer S. (2019). Setting an Agenda for Positive Psychology in”