Developing Growth Language Learning Mindsets to Facilitate L2 Motivation

This poster presents a mixed-methods study exploring the impact of a pedagogical intervention designed to develop growth language learning mindsets and enhance L2 motivation among English learners. The intervention consisted of twelve online sessions aimed at helping students understand the role of effort, challenge, and mistakes in language learning. A pre-experimental one-group pre-test, post-test, and delayed post-test design was used, combining quantitative analyses (paired-samples t-tests and Wilcoxon signed-rank tests) with qualitative thematic analysis of students’ reflections. The findings suggest that the intervention contributed to positive changes in students’ language learning mindsets and increased motivation in the short term. The poster was presented at the Poster Presentation Event, University of Essex, United Kingdom, on 9 March 2023.