Anna Lia Proietti Ergün is an associate professor at Yıldız Technical University in the Department of Western Languages and Literatures, (Istanbul, Türkiye). She earned her Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from Ca’ Foscari University, (Venice, Italy), with a dissertation focused on language attrition. Her primary research interests include language acquisition, with a particular emphasis on the role of emotions, the application of positive psychology in language acquisition, and bilingualism. She has authored more than sixty scientific publications.