Why Does Academic Enjoyment Affect Foreign Language Proficiency? The Mediating Role of Elaboration Strategies

From the perspective of positive psychology, academic enjoyment, a achievement emotion, positively impacts school outcomes. However, studies have yet to explore mediating mechanism between enjoyment and achievement. This research investigated direct indirect effects on foreign language (FL) proficiency. Specifically, this study endeavored test role FL elaboration strategies whether strategies, in turn, affects Data were collected from 505 Chinese secondary students aged 12 15 using convenience sampling. Structural equation modeling (SEM) mediation analyses found that partially mediated relationship Implications, shortcomings, directions for further are also discussed.