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Review
. 2021 Sep 7:12:749844.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.749844. eCollection 2021.

The Role of Grit in Students' L2 Engagement in the English as a Foreign Language Classroom

Juan Liu  1
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Review

The Role of Grit in Students' L2 Engagement in the English as a Foreign Language Classroom

Juan Liu. Front Psychol. .

Abstract

Due to the rapid development of teaching and learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL), on the one hand, and the arrival of positive psychology (PP) in the process of language education, on the other hand, student engagement has been burgeoned and got a noteworthy role in the academic field. The present review attempts to investigate the relationship of grit with students' L2 engagement, by examining both backgrounds and consequences of grit. Consequently, the effectiveness of findings for policymakers and academic experts is discussed, along with the prominence of strengthening grit in the scholastic contexts in order to cultivate character in learners and improve their prospects.

Keywords: foreign language class; grit; policymakers and academic experts; scholastic contexts; students L2 engagement.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author declares that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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