The four characteristics of computer anxiety, CMC apprehension, metacognitive self-regulation, and goal orientation have not been fully explored in previous studies, particularly with language learners. This review of literature provides a brief overview of previous findings that address the influence of e-learner characteristics on e-learner satisfaction. (For a more in-depth review, see Author, 2010.) The concepts of computer anxiety (Igbaria & Parasuraman, 1989), CMC apprehension (Fuller, 2006), metacognitive self-regulation strategies (Pintrich, 2000b), goal orientation theory (Ames, 1992; Pintrich, 2000a), and e-learner satisfaction (Wang, 2003) were reviewed for this study as the basis to frame e-learner satisfaction in the English e-learning context.