A Systematic Review on Foreign Language Teaching Enjoyment (FLTE) in Second Language Teaching: A Descriptive and Quantitative Analysis on Focus of FLTE Studies and Their Methodology from the Beginning (2019) up to Present (2023)

The current systematic review of empirical studies on foreign language teaching enjoyment (FLTE) sought to mirror the trends of knowledge production in terms of research topics, designs, methods as well as the publication volume by year and country and to present an analysis of their empirical results. By employing a descriptive quantitative analysis, this study reviewed 10 eligible empirical articles on FLTE published starting from 2019 up to present (May, 2023) by searching the online databases. The results identify that the majority of the studies were quantitative studies with a cross-sectional design seeking linear, reductionist results. Moreover, the focus of the reviewed studies was mainly the relationship between FLTE notion and other emotions. The sources and levels of FLTE were also searched. In addition, findings define the dominance of Iranian scholars. To conclude, accepting FLTE as a complex notion, results indicated the need of a holistic perspective in studies pointing inductive, integrated, and innovated research designs in order to explore the notion to gain a deeper insight.