The purpose of this paper was to introduce positive psychology, to the fields of SLA and English education in Korea. Positive psychology investigates how people flourish and seeks the virtues and strengths of humans. It focuses on the factors enabling people and their communities to thrive, instead of focusing on psychological disorders and abnormalities, longstanding issues of general psychology. Its three main research topics include positive emotions, traits, and institutions, all of which have relevance to SLA and L2 education. This paper examined how these topics have been approached in SLA. Much attention has focused on positive emotions, particularly, enjoyment, which has gained momentum in recent years with publications. Empirical studies of the impacts of positive emotions on L2 learning were reviewed with discussion of enjoyment. The paper concludes by discussing directions for future research, applying positive psychology to Korean EFL contexts.

1. INTRODUCTION
2. POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY AND SLA
    2.1. Three Main Topics of Positive Psychology Research
    2.2. Positive Psychology in SLA
3. POSITIVE EMOTIONS IN SLA
    3.1. Relationship Between Positive Emotions and L2 Learning
    3.2. Review of Empirical Studies
4. FOREIGN LANGUAGE ENJOYMENT
    4.1. Factors Affecting Foreign Language Enjoyment
    4.2. Effects of Foreign Language Enjoyment
    4.3. Measurement Issues of Foreign Language Enjoyment
5. CONCLUSION
REFERENCES

• Sunhee Choi(Professor, Department of English Education, College of Education, Jeonju University)
• So Young Jang(Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Kunsan National University)