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  1. Validating a questionnaire for tapping into autonomy in learning L2 grammar

    Article • Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, December 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  2. Real‐Time Changes in Enjoyment, Boredom, and Engagement in English Classes: Evidence From Polish Learners and Teachers

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

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  3. The (in)congruence of L2 grit and growth mindset in shaping engagement among Thai learners of Chinese as an additional language: a response surface approach

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

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  4. Development and Validation of the Second or Foreign Language Boredom Coping Strategies Scale

    Article • Language Teaching Research, June 2026, SAGE Publications

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. Emotional CALL: Reframing technology-mediated language learning

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

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

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

    Article • RELC Journal, August 2025, SAGE Publications

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  15. 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

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

    Article • Glottodidactica, July 2025, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  17. 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

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

    Article • British Educational Research Journal, June 2025, Wiley

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. New horizons in emotional literacy and second language learning

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

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  22. 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

  23. Language Teacher Demotivation and Burnout

    Article • January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  24. (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

  25. 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

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

    Article • System, October 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  27. 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

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

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

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. 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

  34. 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

  35. 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

  36. 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

  37. Language Teacher Demotivation and Burnout

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. 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

  42. 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

  43. 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

  44. 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

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

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

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  46. 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

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

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

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  48. 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

  49. 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

  50. 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

  51. Individual Differences in Computer Assisted Language Learning Research

    Article • July 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  52. 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

  53. 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

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

    Article • System, April 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  55. 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

  56. 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

  57. Understanding Emotions in English Language Learning in Virtual Worlds

    Article • February 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  58. Methodology of the research project

    Article • February 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  59. Positive and negative emotions

    Article • February 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  60. Research findings

    Article • February 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

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

    Article • February 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  62. Conclusion

    Article • February 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  63. Introduction

    Article • February 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

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

    Article • System, February 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

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

    Article • Language Teaching Research, December 2021, SAGE Publications

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  66. 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

  67. 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

  68. 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

  69. Motivational dynamics in learning English in Second Life

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

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

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

    Article • System, October 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  71. 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

  72. 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

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

    Article • Neofilolog, March 2021, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  74. 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

  75. Boredom as an Aversive Emotion Experienced by English Majors

    Article • RELC Journal, January 2021, SAGE Publications

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  76. 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

  77. OUP accepted manuscript

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

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  78. "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

  79. 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

  80. 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

  81. 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

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

    Article • System, July 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

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

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

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  84. 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

  85. 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

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

    Article • January 2020, IGI Global

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  87. Boredom in the Foreign Language Classroom

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  88. Approaching Boredom from a Theoretical Angle

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  89. Approaching Boredom from an Empirical Angle

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  90. Conclusions, Directions for Future Research and Pedagogical Implications

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  91. Design of the Study

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  92. Findings of the Study

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  93. 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

  94. 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

  95. 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

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

    Article • January 2019, IGI Global

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

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

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

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  98. 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

  99. 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

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

    Article • September 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  101. Changes in foreign language anxiety: A classroom perspective

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

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  102. 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

  103. 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

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

    Article • July 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

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

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

    Dr Mariusz Kruk

  106. 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

  107. Teaching Grammar in Virtual Worlds

    Article • IGI Global

    Dr Mariusz Kruk