Investigating the Role of Resilience, Foreign Language Teaching Enjoyment, and Mindfulness in Predicting Loving Pedagogy in English Language Teaching.

Background: Loving pedagogy is a new concept in the field of applied linguistics and its correlates have not been fully researched. Objective: To investigate the relations of English as a foreign language EFL) teachers' resilience, mindfulness, and foreign language teaching enjoyment FLTE) in prediction of their attitudes toward loving pedagogy in Iran. Design: Iranian EFL teachers N = 255) completed four questionnaires online on Google Forms. In order to analyze the data, standard multiple regression analysis was performed using SPSS version 25. Results: The results of standardized multiple regression revealed that EFL teachers' FLTE, resilience, and mindfulness were significant predictors of their loving pedagogy. FLTE was identified as the strongest predictor. Conclusion: The findings of this study signified the importance of positive psychological factors in creating a pedagogy of love where EFL teachers show kindness and sympathy toward their learners.