Open AccessPRE-SERVICE ESL TEACHERS’ PARTICIPATION IN A VIRTUAL COMMUNITY: A POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY VIEW
Author(s) -
Noraini Zulkepli,
Siti Nor Amalina Ahmad Tajuddin,
Intan Safinas Mohd Ariff Albakri,
Azizah Atan,
Rozana Mastura Abu Bakar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of education, psychology and counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0128-164X
DOI - 10.35631/ijepc.4330010
Subject(s) - pride , psychology , perception , service (business) , applied psychology , qualitative research , social psychology , pedagogy , sociology , social science , economy , neuroscience , political science , law , economics
This qualitative research was carried out to investigate a group of pre-service ESL teachers’ perceptions of their participation in a virtual community to facilitate their willingness to communicate. Positive Psychology was employed as the theoretical framework. Using the hybrid approach to analyse the findings, preliminary analysis revealed that the participants repeatedly mentioned the emergence of positive emotions. To understand better, a codebook based on Fredrickson’s framework of positive emotion was developed to further analyse the data. Findings indicated that participation in a virtual community led to the emergence of four types of positive emotions: interest, hope, pride, and aspiration. This article provided some suggestions for teacher educators on the use of a virtual community to facilitate willingness to communicate.