The Role of Affect in Intraindividual Variability in Task Performance for Young Learners

Young learners (defined as children ages 5–12) of English as a foreign language are growing in number worldwide. At the policy level, foreign language ( FL ) programs for young learners are increasingly emphasizing the use of task‐based language teaching ( TBLT ). In practice, however, designing and implementing tasks for young learners poses numerous challenges, especially considering that young learners are in the midst of developing...