THE IMPACT OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY ON BLENDED LEARNING

Abstract

Positive psychology has a significant impact on blended learning teaching courses. According to the research conducted with 25 university students learning English as a second language, positive emotions in the classroom facilitated by the teacher-student contact have led to well-being and effective learning. Blended learning is the thoughtful combination of the face-to-face and online components, which aims to provide learners an engaging learning experience. The relationship between BL and emotion shows that learners’ emotions in face to-face classes are more intense than those in online learning, both positive and negative. Students go through various emotional experiences in online and offline learning environments that impact their academic performance and mental well-being. It is usually considered that the face-to-face (F2F) section of BL can meet students’ emotional and social needs. However, the research proved that F2F learning helped improve students’ cognitive engagement while having no significant effect on emotional engagement. Emotions explored in the BL context are still scarce. In conclusion, positive psychology can be brought into the classroom to teach happiness skills and enhance language learning, to make students more effective learners.