New Insights into Language Anxiety: Theory, Research and Educational Implications

Published by Multilingual Matters 2017

New Insights into Language Anxiety

Theory, Research and Educational Implications

Edited by: Christina Gkonou , Mark Daubney and Jean-Marc Dewaele

In the series Second Language Acquisition

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781783097722

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About this book

This book provides an overview of current theory, research and practice in the field of language anxiety and brings together a range of perspectives on this psychological construct in a single volume. Chapters show that language anxiety can be viewed as a complex and dynamic construct and can be researched using different methods and frameworks.

Author / Editor information

Gkonou Christina :

Christina Gkonou is Lecturer in TESOL and MA TESOL Programme Director in the Department of Language and Linguistics at the University of Essex, UK. Her research interests include language anxiety and emotions, and teacher education.

Daubney Mark :

Mark Daubney is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Languages and Literatures at the School of Education and Social Sciences-Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal. His research interests are teacher education, and affective factors - especially anxiety and motivation - in classroom interaction.

Dewaele Jean-Marc :

Jean-Marc Dewaele is Professor in the Department of Applied Linguistics and Communication, Birkbeck, University of London, UK. His research interests include individual differences in multilingualism and emotion and he is President of the International Association of Multilingualism.

Christina Gkonou is Lecturer in TESOL and MA TESOL Programme Director in the Department of Language and Linguistics at the University of Essex, UK. Her research interests include language anxiety and emotions, and teacher education.

Mark Daubney is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Languages and Literatures at the School of Education and Social Sciences-Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal. His research interests are teacher education, and affective factors - especially anxiety and motivation - in classroom interaction.

Jean-Marc Dewaele is Professor in the Department of Applied Linguistics and Communication, Birkbeck, University of London, UK. His research interests include individual differences in multilingualism and emotion and he is President of the International Association of Multilingualism.

Reviews

Wayne Trotman, İzmir Kâtip Çelebi University, Turkey:

As someone who both lives and works in a Turkish speaking environment, and still suffers from LA even after 30 years, I felt like a patient listening to his doctor. I found this title most enlightening, especially in relation to identifying and treating its symptoms.

I would certainly recommend adding this title to reading lists for courses at all higher levels of teacher development.

I feel participants would be made much more aware of both causes and effects of LA. They would also of course be more knowledgeable in how to deal with such matters in a professional manner.

In this excellent and much-needed collection, the authors bring inspiring theoretical and empirical insights to one of the most perplexing affective factors in language learning and teaching: language anxiety. It offers insightful and refreshing perspectives for research within diverse methodologies for contexts and participants across the globe!

Much of the current research in SLA and the neurosciences points to the strong influence of affective factors, such as anxiety, on the process of language learning. With chapters from important experts in the field, this book makes a valuable contribution to understanding the research and theoretical proposals regarding anxiety and also makes useful suggestions for reducing its influence in the classroom.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
1. Introduction Mark Daubney, Jean-Marc Dewaele and Christina Gkonou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part 1: Theoretical Insights
2. An Overview of Language Anxiety Research and Trends in its Development Peter D. MacIntyre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
3. On the Misreading of Horwitz, Horwitz and Cope (1986) and the Need to Balance Anxiety Research and the Experiences of Anxious Language Learners Elaine K. Horwitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Part 2: Empirical Investigations
4. Anxiety and L2 Self-Images: The ‘Anxious Self’ Erdi Şimşek and Zoltán Dörnyei Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
5. Are Perfectionists More Anxious Foreign Language Learners and Users? Jean-Marc Dewaele Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
6. Social Anxiety and Silence in Japan’s Tertiary Foreign Language Classrooms Jim King and Lesley Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
7. Do You See What I Feel? An Idiodynamic Assessment of Expert and Peer’s Reading of Nonverbal Language Anxiety Cues Tammy Gregersen, Peter D. MacIntyre and Tucker Olson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
8. Towards an Ecological Understanding of Language Anxiety Christina Gkonou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
9. Exploring the Relationship between Anxiety and Advanced Hungarian EFL Learners’ Communication Experiences in the Target Language: A Study of High- vs Low-Anxious Learners Zsuzsa Tóth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	156
Part 3: Implications for Practice
10. Anxious Language Learners Can Change Their Minds: Ideas and Strategies from Traditional Psychology and Positive Psychology Rebecca L. Oxford Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
11. The Links Between Self-Esteem and Language Anxiety and Implications for the Classroom Fernando D. Rubio-Alcalá Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	198
12. Conclusion Christina Gkonou, Jean-Marc Dewaele and Mark Daubney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	224

Language: English
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Keywords: Language anxiety; Psychology of language learning and teaching; Educational psychology; Second Language Acquisition; SLA; Language learning; Language teaching; Learner emotions

eBook

Published: April 25, 2017
ISBN: 9781783097722