“…Concerning hope in L2 contexts, research signifies that it is correlated with achievement, performance, self-esteem, career behavior, satisfaction, cognitive ability, success, resilience, confidence, self-efficacy, wellbeing, and engagement ( Hirschi, 2014 ; Feldman and Kubota, 2015 ; Gallagher et al, 2017 ). Likewise, trust in L2 settings has been found to influence teachers’ professional learning, fairness, wellbeing, engagement, job satisfaction, psychological empowerment, and classroom rapport ( Hoy and Tarter, 2004 ; Khany and Tazik, 2016 ; Hongwidjojo et al, 2018 ; Bellibaş and Gümüş, 2021 ). Both hope and trust can play a significant role in the development of grit in that when EFL teachers are hopeful and have trust in their colleagues and organizations, they manage the encountering setbacks better and become more gritty.…”