The Effect of Mindfulness-Cultivation Intervention on EFL Learners’ Reflective Thinking, Positive Orientation, and Language Achievement

The present article experimentally studied the impact of mindfulness-cultivating intervention on various dimensions of learning. The mindfulness-cultivation techniques employed in the experimental group involved observance of all experience, analyzing, planning, judging, reasoning, and fantasizing (van Vreeswijk, et al., ۲۰۱۴). Furthermore, Pirson et al.’s (۲۰۱۲) contention that mindfulness encompasses four facets of attributes:; novelty producing, novelty seeking, engagement, and flexibility informed the selection of techniques. Learners’ level of proficiency was checked before the treatment. Before and after the treatment, three questionnaires were employed: ۱) Langer Mindfulness Scale ۲) Reflective thinking questionnaire ۳) Positivity Scale. Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) results demonstrated, approximately ۵۰ percent of variance in reflective thinking was predicted by these techniques. Furthermore, the results via independent samples t -test demonstrated that positive orientation and language achievement promoted in the experimental group, thus implying that the intervention executed in the experimental group was effective in enhancing these two factors as well.

Keywords:

EFL learners , mindfulness , mindfulness-cultivating intervention , positive orientation , reflective thinking