Investigating the Correlation Between Teachers’ Teaching for Creativity and Foreign Language Teaching Enjoyment

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1674-8921.2025.06.016

Abstract

Abstract:

Teachers’ Teaching for Creativity (TFC) and teaching enjoyment play a significant role in enhancing the quality of foreign language education. Nevertheless, prior research has paid little attention to these two aspects. This study explored the levels of English teachers’ TFC and Foreign Language Teaching Enjoyment (FLTE) and their correlation, using questionnaire based on data from 699 junior high school English teachers in Guangdong Province. The results of data analysis indicated that: (a) generally, English teachers’ TFC and FLTE were both at relatively high levels; (b) there was a strong significant positive correlation between English teachers’ TFC and their FLTE; among the four dimensions of TFC, teacher self-efficacy, societal value and student potential were significant predictors of FLTE but environmental encouragement was not. These findings can not only enrich the perspective of research on foreign language teachers’ emotions, but also provide some insights for the studies on TFC.

Key words: English teacher, teaching for creativity, foreign language teaching enjoyment, foreign language education

CLC Number:

G443

CHEN Ying, PENG Jian’e, LIU Yi. Investigating the Correlation Between Teachers’ Teaching for Creativity and Foreign Language Teaching Enjoyment[J]. Contemporary Foreign Languages Studies, 2025, 25(6): 142-149.

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变量	得分区间	最小值	最大值	单项平均值	标准差
教师创造力教学	36-216	114	216	4.51	0.54
教师自我效能	13-78	37	78	4.44	0.61
环境鼓励	7-42	15	42	4.33	0.80
社会价值	10-60	30	60	4.91	0.63
学生潜力	6-36	13	36	4.21	0.70
外语教学愉悦	9-54	27	54	4.70	0.70
个人外语教学愉悦	3-18	9	18	4.78	0.75
学生相关型外语教学愉悦	3-18	9	18	4.67	0.75
社交型外语教学愉悦	3-18	9	18	4.66	0.74

	外语教学愉悦
教师创造力教学	皮尔逊相关性	.785^***
教师自我效能	皮尔逊相关性	.753^***
环境鼓励	皮尔逊相关性	.391^***
社会价值	皮尔逊相关性	.712^***
学生潜力	皮尔逊相关性	.622^***

回归模型		拟合指数			系数						共线性诊断
预测变量	结果变量	R	R²	F	β		t		p		容忍度		方差膨胀系数
常量					-		.405		.686		-		-
教师自我效能	外语教学愉悦					.435		12.858		.000		.433		2.309
环境鼓励		.81	.656	330.644^***		.017		.660		.509		.780		1.282
社会价值						.334		10.593		.000		.499		2.005
学生潜力						.134		4.379		.000		.528		1.895