The Emotional Rollercoaster of Language Teaching

Published by Multilingual Matters 2020

The Emotional Rollercoaster of Language Teaching

Edited by: Christina Gkonou , Jean-Marc Dewaele and Jim King

In the series Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781788928342

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About this book

Research aiming to combat the epidemic levels of stress and burnout currently seen within the language teaching profession

This book focuses on the emotional complexity of language teaching and how the diverse emotions that teachers experience are shaped and function. The book covers a range of emotion-related topics on both positive and negative emotions, including emotional labour, burnout, emotion regulation, resilience, emotional intelligence and wellbeing.

Author / Editor information

Gkonou Christina :

Christina Gkonou is Senior Lecturer in TESOL, University of Essex, UK. Her research interests include psychology for language learning and teaching, teacher professional identities, language anxiety and teacher education. She is co-editor (with Mark Daubney and Jean-Marc Dewaele) of New Insights into Language Anxiety (Multilingual Matters, 2017).

Dewaele Jean-Marc :

Jean-Marc Dewaele is Professor in Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism, Birkbeck, University of London¸ UK. He has been working in the field for close to 30 years and has published extensively on multilingualism and emotion. He is General Editor of Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development.

King Jim :

Jim King is based at the University of Leicester where he directs postgraduate courses in Applied Linguistics and TESOL. His research interests centre around psychological aspects of foreign language education, with a particular focus on learner silence. He is co-editor (with Seiko Harumi) of East Asian Perspectives on Silence in English Language Education (Multilingual Matters, 2020).

Christina Gkonou is Senior Lecturer in TESOL, University of Essex, UK. Her research interests include psychology for language learning and teaching, teacher professional identities, language anxiety and teacher education. She is co-editor (with Mark Daubney and Jean-Marc Dewaele) of New Insights into Language Anxiety (Multilingual Matters, 2017).

Jean-Marc Dewaele is Professor in Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism, Birkbeck, University of London¸ UK. He has been working in the field for close to 30 years and has published extensively on multilingualism and emotion. He is General Editor of Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development.

Jim King is based at the University of Leicester where he directs postgraduate courses in Applied Linguistics and TESOL. His research interests centre around psychological aspects of foreign language education, with a particular focus on learner silence. He is co-editor (with Seiko Harumi) of East Asian Perspectives on Silence in English Language Education (Multilingual Matters, 2020).

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Tables, Figures and Images Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Foreword Jane Arnold Publicly Available Download PDF	xix
1. Introduction to the Emotional Rollercoaster of Language Teaching Christina Gkonou, Jean-Marc Dewaele and Jim King Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. The Thrills and Ills of Content and Language Integrated Learning Nicole Hofstadler, Kyle Talbot, Sarah Mercer and Anita Lämmerer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
3. Utilising the Emotional Labour Scale to Analyse the Form and Extent of Emotional Labour among Foreign Language Teachers in the US Public School System Kris Acheson and Robert Nelson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
4. Theorising Emotions from a Critical Perspective: English Language Teachers’ Emotion Labour when Responding to Student Writing Sarah Benesch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
5. ‘Opening Pandora’s Box’: Language Teachers’ Dynamic Emotional Experiences of Conducting Action Research Emily Edwards and Anne Burns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
6. Resilience in Language Teaching: Adaptive and Maladaptive Outcomes in Pre-Service Teachers Achilleas Kostoulas and Anita Lämmerer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
7. Past L2 Selves, Emotions and Classroom Group Dynamics: The Don’t Ask, Can’t Tell Policy Joseph Falout Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
8. ‘Critical Incidents’ in Language Teachers’ Narratives of Emotional Experience Christina Gkonou and Elizabeth R. Miller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
9. ‘Please Teach Me How to Teach’: The Emotional Impact of Educational Change Simon Humphries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
10. Investigating Dynamic Changes in Elementary School Teachers’ Anxiety when Teaching English Maiko Ikeda, Osamu Takeuchi and Hiroyuki Imai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
11. Emotion Regulation among University EFL Teachers in Japan: The Dynamic Interplay between Context and Emotional Behaviour Sam Morris and Jim King Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
12. Should I Stay or Leave? Exploring L2 Teachers’ Profession from an Emotionally Inflected Framework Peter De Costa, Wendy Li and Hima Rawal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
13. Dealing with the Emotions of Teaching Abroad: Searching for Silver Linings in a Difficult Context Tammy Gregersen, Peter D. MacIntyre and Nicole Macmillan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	228
14. The Well of Language Teachers’ Emotional Well-Being Rebecca L. Oxford Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
15. What Psychological, Linguistic and Sociobiographical Variables Power EFL/ESL Teachers’ Motivation? Jean-Marc Dewaele Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
16. Concluding Thoughts on the Emotional Rollercoaster of Language Teaching Jim King, Jean-Marc Dewaele and Christina Gkonou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	288
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	296

Language: English
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Pages
- Main content: 296
Keywords: language teacher psychology; inspiring students; positive psychology; emotional labour; teacher burnout; teacher resilience; emotional intelligence and wellbeing in teaching; teacher stress; language teacher emotions; language teaching

eBook

Published: May 19, 2020
ISBN: 9781788928342