This study aimed at investigating the possibility of improving EFL learners’ self-efficacy by implementing a metacognitive strategies instruction program. The participants were 53 female EFL learners who were divided into two experimental and control groups. The experimental group received an eight-week treatment on metacognitive strategies through descriptions, modeling, and practice. At the beginning and at the end of the program a self-report questionnaire has been used to measure the Participants’ self-efficacy belief and metacognitive strategies awareness. The results revealed that the experimental group participants outdid the control group learners. Their self-efficacy belief improved considerably and they became more confident in their ability to cope with L2 learning tasks and activities. The findings bear significant meaning regarding the importance of both metacognitive strategies and self-efficacy. It was suggested that building deeper awareness of the metacognitive strategies can be a powerful tool to develop self-efficacious learners who are more confident and reassured about their own capabilities in dealing with the complicated tasks and activities of learning a foreign language. تفاصيل المقالة

Teacher enthusiasm and its impact on students’ learning and emotions have remained unnoticed in the realm of second language learning and teaching. This study aimed at exploring the possibility of boosting language teacher enthusiasm and its potential relationship with language learners’ effort and attitude for language learning. In order to foster teacher enthusiasm, the highly novel concept of vision was utilized and a vision enhancement program was conducted to improve language teacher enthusiasm. Four EFL teachers and their 46 students participated in the research project. Two of the teachers were assigned to the six-week visionary intervention and the other two received no treatment. A Likert-scale questionnaire measuring perceived teacher enthusiasm, intended effort, and attitude to language learning was administered to all the students before and after the treatment. Results of ANCOVA revealed that those students whose teachers were subjected to vision enhancement were significantly different from the students whose teachers did not receive the treatment. Moreover, linear regression analyses demonstrated that students’ perception of teacher enthusiasm can positively predict their effort and attitude. The efficiency of visionary training for improving teacher enthusiasm gained empirical support. Besides, the findings underscore the link between teacher enthusiasm and students’ effort and attitude. تفاصيل المقالة