Academic buoyancy is a hot topic in the field of positive psychology, but there are few studies related to second language acquisition. This paper adopts Jahedizadeh et al. (2019) second language academic buoyancy questionnaire to study academic buoyancy among college students, and whether there is a relationship between academic buoyancy and English proficiency. This study comprises 204 EFL students from diverse universities. The descriptive statistical results showed that the college students’ English academic buoyancy and its four dimensions were generally higher than the average level. Through correlation analysis, it is concluded that there is a relatively low but positive correlation between academic buoyancy and English proficiency.

Debing Yang. Exploring EFL Students’ Academic Buoyancy in Chinese Context. Frontiers in Educational Research (2023) Vol. 6, Issue 17: 52-57. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.2023.061710.

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