ABSTRACT
Building on the foundations laid out in the first chapter, Chapter 2 provides a selective review of more recent empirical work focusing on L2 study emotions. Broadly, the featured research covers the expansion to look at emotions other than anxiety, such as enjoyment and boredom; the sheer diversity of emotions experienced in L2 study; the fine-lens view offered by idiodynamic methodology; the connections between L2 study emotions and other aspects of psychology, such as motivation and personality; and situated case studies revealing identity and social aspects to L2 study emotions. Concordant with the stance of the book, I draw on a number of challenges to and hopes for the investigation of L2 study emotions recognized over the years (Arnold & Brown, 1999; Dewaele, 2021; Pavlenko, 2013) to consider the ways in which the reviewed research offers more contextualized, dynamic insights.
