Resumen de Student resilience and motivation during the pandemic: Lessons from a study into adult ESOL
This paper reports on research conducted with English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) learners and teachersduring the academic year 2020/21. The study aimed to discover the reasons adults enrol on ESOL courses at the (pre)intermediatelevel in England and how their motivation was affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Data were collected through an online studentsurvey (n72) and individual teacher interviews (n17), using self-determination theory as a basis for analysis. The results suggestthat motivation was impacted by the students’ response to the changes in learning spaces and the support they received fromteachers and peers.