Teachers Reflecting on Boredom in the Language Classroom - Mirosław Pawlak
Conceptualizing Boredom
Teachers Reflecting on Boredom in the Language Classroom - Mirosław Pawlak
Mirosław Pawlak [+]
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland University of Applied Sciences, Konin, Poland
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Mirosław Pawlak is Professor of English at the Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland, and the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Applied Sciences, Konin, Poland.
Mariusz Kruk [+]
University of Zielona Góra, Poland
Mariusz Kruk, PhD, is University Professor at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Zielona Góra, Poland.
Joanna Zawodniak [+]
University of Zielona Góra, Poland
Joanna Zawodniak is University Professor at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Zielona Góra, Poland.
Description
Chapter Two provides a definition of boredom and attempts to relate it to other, similar concepts in the literature in educational psychology as well as SLA, such as disengagement, lack of motivation or demotivation (e.g., Dörnyei, 1998; Fahlman, 2009; Henry & Thorsen, 2018). It also discusses the types of boredom (e.g., in-class boredom vs. after-class boredom) and its manifestations in educational contexts (e.g., Trautwein, Lüdtke, Kastens, & Köller, 2006; Tulis & Fulmer, 2013).