| 英文摘要 |
This study aimed to establish a scale for the self-assessment of academic emotions among foreign students studying Mandarin Chinese in Taiwan. The scale is theoretically underpinned by Pekrun’s (1992) concept of academic emotions. This study analyzed 229 responses to a questionnaire based on this scale by foreign students enrolled in Mandarin Chinese classes at various universities in the Taoyuan area in northern Taiwan. The results of this study were as follows. (1) Foreign students’ academic emotions related to the study of Mandarin Chinese varied and included enjoyment, hope, pride, anger, anxiety, shame, hopelessness, relief, and boredom. (2) The most prominent academic emotion among foreign students learning Mandarin Chinese in Taiwan was pride, and the least prominent was boredom. (3) The students reported experiencing a medium to high frequency of experiencing pride, enjoyment, hope, and relief and a medium to low frequency of experiencing anxiety, anger, shame, hopelessness, and boredom. (4) The academic emotions of foreign students were affected by background variables such as the students’ levels of proficiency in Mandarin Chinese and whether they were overseas Chinese students or overseas non-Chinese students. (5) The academic emotions of anxiety and shame related to learning Mandarin Chinese were significantly higher for overseas non-Chinese students than for overseas Chinese students. (6) No significant differences were observed for seven of the academic emotions (enjoyment, pride, anger, hope, hopelessness, boredom, and relief) among foreign students learning Mandarin Chinese, regardless of their background. (7) Students learning Mandarin Chinese at the beginner level experienced the academic emotion of hopelessness significantly more frequently than did students learning Mandarin Chinese at the intermediate level. (8) Beginner-level students learning Mandarin Chinese experienced two academic emotions—anxiety and boredom—significantly more frequently than did intermediate- and advanced-level students learning Mandarin Chinese. (9) Anger and shame were experienced more frequently by lower-level students, with beginner-level students experiencing these two academic emotions more than intermediate-level students and intermediate-level students experiencing these emotions more frequently than advanced-level students. (10) No significant differences were observed in the four academic emotions of enjoyment, pride, hope, and relief among foreign students of different levels of Mandarin Chinese language proficiency. (11) Background variables such as region, age, and gender exhibited no effect on the academic emotions of foreign students. Suggestions for teaching, educational guidance, and further research are proposed based on the findings. |