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    On emotions in foreign language learning and use

    Dewaele, Jean-Marc (2015) On emotions in foreign language learning and use. The Language Teacher 39 (3), pp. 13-15. ISSN 0289-7938.

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    Abstract

    Emotions are at the heart of the foreign language learning process. Without emotion, boredom would reign and very little learning would take place. I report on some recent work that has investigated the role of emotion in the foreign language classroom, both positive (foreign language enjoyment) and negatives ones (foreign language anxiety). It seems that both learners and teachers play a crucial role in managing emotions in the classroom. I also report on the difficulties associated with the communication of emotions in a foreign language and on their relative absence in foreign language course books and during classes. This leaves learners ill-prepared to recognise and express emotions appropriately in a foreign language, which is an essential part of sociopragmatic competence.

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    Additional Information: 外国語学習過程の中心には「感情」がある。感情がなければ飽きるの も早く、学びも限られてしまう。本論では、外国語の授業で感情が果た す肯定的な(例:外国語学習の楽しみ)および否定的な(例:外国語学習 不安)役割について報告する。そして最近の研究を基に、いかに学習者と 教員双方がクラスでの感情のコントロールに深くかかわっているかを考 察する。また、外国語で感情を伝えることの難しさについても触れ、外国 語の教科書や授業で感情表現が扱われることの少なさが、社会語用論 的能力の主な要素である感情表現の理解不足につながっていることを 指摘する
    School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication
    Depositing User: Jean-Marc Dewaele
    Date Deposited: 21 Sep 2015 14:26
    Last Modified: 09 Aug 2023 12:36
    URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/12944

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