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  1. Tackling Student Boredom in the EFL Classroom: Insights from Iranian Teachers

    Article • The Clearing House A Journal of Educational Strategies Issues and Ideas, June 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  2. A latent profile analysis of EFL teachers’ L2 grit: associations with teaching boredom, enjoyment, enthusiasm, and self-efficacy

    Article • Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, May 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  3. Sacrifice in L2 teaching: teachers’ perspectives from China, Iran, and Turkey

    Article • Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, May 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  4. A Longitudinal Investigation of the Relationship Between Achievement Emotions and Engagement Among Chinese EFL Students in a SPOC‐Based Blended Learning Context

    Article • International Journal of Applied Linguistics, April 2026, Wiley

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  5. Less is more: Developing and validating the short scale for investigating L2 boredom beyond the classroom

    Article • Language Teaching Research, February 2026, SAGE Publications

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  6. Emotional CALL: Reframing technology-mediated language learning

    Article • Language Learning & Technology, January 2026, National Foreign Language Resource Center

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  7. Development and validation of the Short-Form Foreign Language Classroom Boredom Scale (S-FLCBS)

    Article • Language Teaching Research, October 2025, SAGE Publications

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  8. An exploration of psychological capital resources, mindfulness, L2 grit, and L2 achievement: An explanatory mixed-methods study

    Article • Applied Linguistics, September 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  9. Turn over a new leaf: classroom concordancing and L2 boredom among high school EFL learners

    Article • Computer Assisted Language Learning, August 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  10. Instruction in Grammar Learning Strategies: Exploring Learners’ Response

    Article • RELC Journal, August 2025, SAGE Publications

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  11. The impact of strategy-based instruction on grammar learning strategies: a second-order multiple-group latent curve modeling approach

    Article • Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, July 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  12. Exploring the effects of strategic intervention in fostering autonomy in learning grammar

    Article • Glottodidactica, July 2025, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  13. Chinese EFL Learners’ Task Control-Value Appraisals, Emotions and Behavioral Engagement During After-Class App-Assisted Vocabulary Learning

    Article • Language Teaching Research Quarterly, July 2025, EUROKD Egitm Danismanlik Group

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  14. Boredom strikes back: Triggers and solutions for English as a foreign language teachers

    Article • British Educational Research Journal, June 2025, Wiley

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  15. Antecedents of and solutions to boredom in online and in-person classes: lived experiences of Iranian L2 learners

    Article • Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, June 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  16. Dynamic reciprocal associations of AI-assisted L2 writing task emotions in data-driven learning: a dynamic structural equation modeling

    Article • Computer Assisted Language Learning, May 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  17. New horizons in emotional literacy and second language learning

    Article • Language Learning Journal, March 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  18. A person-specific perspective on the dynamics of anxiety in foreign language learning: A dynamic P-technique factor analysis

    Article • Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, January 2025, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  19. Language Teacher Demotivation and Burnout

    Article • January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  20. (L2) grit, emotions, and motivated learning behavior: The case of English majors in Hungary

    Article • Language Teaching Research, December 2024, SAGE Publications

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  21. Investigating the Role of AI Tools in Enhancing Translation Skills, Emotional Experiences, and Motivation in L2 Learning

    Article • European Journal of Education, December 2024, Wiley

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  22. Factor structure and psychometric properties of the L2 teacher boredom scale

    Article • System, October 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  23. Testing associations between global and specific levels of foreign language enjoyment and foreign language boredom: the moderator role of L2 savouring beliefs using bifactor exploratory structural equation modelling

    Article • Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, September 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  24. Boredom and English language conversational topics: an idiodynamic approach

    Article • Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, August 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  25. The dynamics of L2 teacher boredom and their link to creativity: A ban or boon for boredom

    Article • International Journal of Applied Linguistics, August 2024, Wiley

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  26. The bright side and the dark side of foreign language boredom in learner engagement: a moderated mediation model of foreign language playfulness and boredom-coping strategies

    Article • Language Learning Journal, July 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  27. Exploring the relations among foreign language enjoyment, ideal L2 self, grit, and growth mindset in EFL learners: A cross-lagged analysis

    Article • Language Teaching Research, July 2024, SAGE Publications

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  28. Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the L2 Savoring Beliefs Inventory

    Article • International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, June 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  29. The stone left unturned: boredom among young EFL learners

    Article • IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, April 2024, De Gruyter

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  30. The domain-specific grammar grit questionnaire: a cross-cultural validation study

    Article • Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, February 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  31. Modeling the interaction between teacher credibility, teacher confirmation, and English major students’ academic engagement: A sequential mixed-methods approach

    Article • Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, January 2024, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  32. Examining predictive effects of general grit and L2 grit on motivated behavior: The mediating effect of self-perceived proficiency

    Article • Porta Linguarum Revista Interuniversitaria de Didáctica de las Lenguas Extranjeras, January 2024, Editorial de la Universidad de Granada

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  33. Language Teacher Demotivation and Burnout

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  34. Metacognitive knowledge and openness to diversity and challenge among Turkish pre-service EFL teachers: The mediating role of creative self-efficacy

    Article • Thinking Skills and Creativity, December 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  35. Emotion and Cognition Are Two Wings of the Same Bird: Insights into Academic Emotion Regulation, Critical Thinking, Self-efficacy Beliefs, Academic Resilience, and Academic Engagement in Iranian EFL Context

    Article • Thinking Skills and Creativity, October 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  36. Investigating in-class and after-class boredom among advanced learners of English: intensity, interrelationships and learner profiles

    Article • Applied Linguistics Review, September 2023, De Gruyter

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  37. Yet another look at strategies for learning grammar: Validating the Grammar Learning Strategy Inventory in the Iranian EFL context

    Article • System, September 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  38. A Longitudinal Analysis of Informal Digital Learning of English, Willingness to Communicate and Foreign Language Boredom: A Latent Change Score Mediation Model

    Article • The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, July 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  39. Modelling boredom in the EFL context: An investigation of the role of coping self-efficacy, mindfulness, and foreign language enjoyment

    Article • Language Teaching Research, June 2023, SAGE Publications

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  40. Revisiting after-class boredom via exploratory structural equation modeling

    Article • IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, May 2023, De Gruyter

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  41. Revisiting boredom in practical English language classes via exploratory structural equation modeling

    Article • Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, April 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  42. When time matters: Mechanisms of change in a mediational model of foreign language playfulness and L2 learners’ emotions using latent change score mediation model

    Article • Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, March 2023, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  43. Achievement emotions and control-value appraisals in foreign language learning

    Article • Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, March 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  44. Special issue: new horizons in emotional literacy in traditional and virtual language learning classes

    Article • Language Learning Journal, January 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  45. Classroom environment and willingness to communicate in English: The mediating role of emotions experienced by university students in China

    Article • Language Teaching Research, August 2022, SAGE Publications

    Dr Mariusz Kruk, Jean-Marc Dewaele

  46. Classroom social climate, growth language mindset, and student engagement: the mediating role of boredom in learning English as a foreign language

    Article • Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, July 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  47. Individual Differences in Computer Assisted Language Learning Research

    Article • July 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  48. Investigating grit in second language learning: The role of individual difference factors and background variables

    Article • Language Teaching Research, July 2022, SAGE Publications

    Dr Mariusz Kruk, LI LINDA

  49. Positive and negative emotions, L2 grit and perceived competence as predictors of L2 motivated behaviour

    Article • Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, June 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  50. The emergence of boredom in an online language class: An ecological perspective

    Article • System, April 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  51. Potential sources of foreign language learning boredom: A Q methodology study

    Article • Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, March 2022, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  52. A longitudinal study of foreign language enjoyment and boredom: A latent growth curve modeling

    Article • Language Teaching Research, March 2022, SAGE Publications

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  53. Understanding Emotions in English Language Learning in Virtual Worlds

    Article • February 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  54. Methodology of the research project

    Article • February 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  55. Positive and negative emotions

    Article • February 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  56. Research findings

    Article • February 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  57. Research on positive and negative emotions in L2 learning and teaching in conventional settings and CALL

    Article • February 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  58. Conclusion

    Article • February 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  59. Introduction

    Article • February 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  60. Examining the underlying structure of after-class boredom experienced by English majors

    Article • System, February 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  61. Boredom in online English language classes: Mediating variables and coping strategies

    Article • Language Teaching Research, December 2021, SAGE Publications

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  62. The Role of Grit Among Polish EFL Majors: A Comparative Study of 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-Year University Students

    Article • Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning, December 2021, International Association for the Psychology of Language Learning

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  63. Boredom in practical English language classes: a longitudinal confirmatory factor analysis-curve of factors model

    Article • Applied Linguistics Review, December 2021, De Gruyter

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  64. A longitudinal study of the subdomains of boredom in practical English language classes in an online setting: A factor of curves latent growth modeling

    Article • Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, November 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  65. Motivational dynamics in learning English in Second Life

    Article • ELT Journal, October 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  66. Boredom in online classes in the Iranian EFL context: Sources and solutions

    Article • System, October 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  67. Investigating the Experience of Boredom During Reading Sessions in the Foreign Language Classroom

    Article • Journal of language and Education, September 2021, National Research University, Higher School of Economics (HSE)

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  68. Using internet resources in the development of English pronunciation: the case of the past tense -ed ending

    Article • Computer Assisted Language Learning, May 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  69. Znaczenie determinacji w nauce języka angielskiego jako obcego na poziomie zaawansowanym

    Article • Neofilolog, March 2021, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  70. Another look at boredom in language instruction: The role of the predictable and the unexpected

    Article • Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, March 2021, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  71. Boredom as an Aversive Emotion Experienced by English Majors

    Article • RELC Journal, January 2021, SAGE Publications

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  72. Investigating Dynamic Relationships Among Individual Difference Variables in Learning English as a Foreign Language in a Virtual World

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  73. OUP accepted manuscript

    Article • ELT Journal, January 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  74. "Ciemna i jasna strona mocy, czyli o roli negatywnych oraz pozytywnych emocji w uczeniu i nauczaniu języka obcego"

    Article • Języki Obce w Szkole, January 2021, Fundacja Rozwoju Systemu Edukacji

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  75. Fluctuations in self-perceived foreign language anxiety during visits to Second Life: a case study

    Article • Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, September 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  76. Variation in experiencing boredom during self-directed learning in a virtual world

    Article • Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, August 2020, John Benjamins

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  77. A Comparative Study of the Experience of Boredom in the L2 and L3 Classroom

    Article • English Teaching & Learning, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  78. Investigating factors responsible for boredom in English classes: The case of advanced learners

    Article • System, July 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  79. The neglected emotion of boredom in teaching English to advanced learners

    Article • International Journal of Applied Linguistics, June 2020, Wiley

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  80. Individual trajectories of boredom in learning English as a foreign language at the university level: insights from three students’ self-reported experience

    Article • Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, May 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  81. Investigating individual trajectories in experiencing boredom in the language classroom: The case of 11 Polish students of English

    Article • Language Teaching Research, April 2020, SAGE Publications

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  82. New Technological Applications for Foreign and Second Language Learning and Teaching

    Article • January 2020, IGI Global

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  83. Boredom in the Foreign Language Classroom

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  84. Approaching Boredom from a Theoretical Angle

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  85. Approaching Boredom from an Empirical Angle

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  86. Conclusions, Directions for Future Research and Pedagogical Implications

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  87. Design of the Study

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  88. Findings of the Study

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  89. EWALUACJA NARZĘDZI BADANIA NUDY NA ZAJĘCIACH PRAKTYCZNEJ NAUKI JĘZYKA ANGIELSKIEGO Z PERSPEKTYWY MAKRO I MIKRO

    Article • Neofilolog, December 2019, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  90. Dynamicity of perceived willingness to communicate, motivation, boredom and anxiety in Second Life

    Article • Computer Assisted Language Learning, October 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  91. Changes in self-perceived willingness to communicate during visits to Second Life: a case study

    Article • Language Learning Journal, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  92. Assessing the Effectiveness of Virtual Technologies in Foreign and Second Language Instruction

    Article • January 2019, IGI Global

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  93. Porównawcze studium doświadczania nudy w nauce języków drugiego i trzeciego

    Article • Applied Linguistics Papers, September 2018, University of Warsaw

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  94. On the possible interactions of varied EFL activities and learning styles with EFL students’ motivational changes

    Article • Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, January 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  95. A look at the advanced learners' use of mobile devices for English language study: Insights from interview data

    Article • The EuroCALL Review, October 2017, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  96. The Contribution of Metaphor to University Students’ Explicit Knowledge About ELT Methodology

    Article • September 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  97. Changes in foreign language anxiety: A classroom perspective

    Article • International Journal of Applied Linguistics, July 2017, Wiley

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  98. Variations in motivation, anxiety and boredom in learning English in Second Life

    Article • The EuroCALL Review, May 2016, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  99. Practicing the English Present Simple Tense in Active Worlds

    Article • International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, October 2015, IGI Global

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  100. The Use of Internet Resources in Developing Autonomy in Learning English Pronunciation

    Article • July 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  101. Using Internet Resources in Teaching English Subsystems: An Autonomous Approach

    Article • Journal of Language Teaching and Research, November 2012, Academy Publication

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  102. The Development of Learner Autonomy Through Internet Resources and Its Impact on English Attainment

    Article • Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, January 2012, De Gruyter

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  103. Teaching Grammar in Virtual Worlds

    Article • IGI Global

    Dr Mariusz Kruk