TY - JOUR N2 - The term positive psychology has recently entered the field of Second Language Acquisition. The article explains the meaning of the term, presents the definitions of positive psychology, its objectives and history. The key part of the article demonstrates the importance of positive psychology in the second language acquisition presenting many connections between the two fields. The author recommends that positive education is introduced in every school and every foreign language classroom. L1 - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/113411/PDF/KN%203-19%208%20BUDZINSKA.pdf L2 - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/113411 PY - 2019 IS - No 3 EP - 541 DO - 10.24425/kn.2019.129913 KW - positive psychology KW - positive emotion KW - second language acquisition KW - positive education KW - humanistic approaches A1 - Budzińska, Katarzyna PB - Wydział I Nauk Humanistycznych i Społecznych PAN i Uniwersytet Warszawski DA - 2019.09.18 T1 - Positive psychology and its importance in Second Language Acquisition SP - 533 UR - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/113411 T2 - Kwartalnik Neofilologiczny ER -