Psychology-Based Activities for Supporting Anxious Language Learners: Creating Calm and Confident Foreign Language Speakers

Cover
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction Kate Maher and Neil Curry
PART ONE Assessing FLA: Identifying FLA and Causes
in Your Context
	2 How are you coping? A tool for identifying situations that cause FLA Neil Curry and Kate Maher
	3 You are not alone: Shining light on FLA perspectives through classroom data collection Jonathan Shachter
PART TWO The Classroom Environment: Creating a
Positive Learning Space
	4 ‘I am worthy and special; I am not afraid to speak.’: Creating a sense of belonging to increase students’ self-confidence Shatha Talib Al-Ahmadi
	5 Creating enjoyable learning environments: Student-centred socially motivating classrooms Wendy Davis
	6 Flowing classrooms: Incorporating principles of flow in classroom activities to reduce FLA Fernando D. Rubio-Alcalá
	7 Making speaking tasks emotionally engaging: Incorporating flow principles in task design Haydab Almukhaild
PART THREE Cognitive Techniques: Thinking through
Anxiety
	8 Stoic sayings for alleviating anxiety: Epictetus, Stoic philosophy and the art of cognitive distancing Ian Gibson
	9 Boosting your students’ confidence in second language learning: The confidence-building diary Jo Mynard and Scott J. Shelton-Strong
	10 Facing worries head on: Discussions for raising awareness and tackling communicative anxiety Amelia Yarwood
	11 Positive attributions: Using attributional retraining tech David McLoughlin
	12 Looking for evidence: Using CBT-based activities for FLA Neil Curry
	13 What makes you nervous?: A cognitive behavioural theory-based approach to identifying FLA triggers Kate Maher
PART FOUR Visualization Techniques: Imagining
Confidence
	14 Imagine how I will face up to speaking anxiety: An imagery-focused mindfulness approach to preparing for speaking situations Sarah Ng
	15 Rewrite your inner script: Make friends with oral presentation Zsuzsa Tóth
	16 Focusing attention outwardly: A coping strategy for speaking tasks based on task concentration training Jonathan Rickard
PART FIVE Well-Being Techniques: Creating Mindful
Foreign Language Speakers
	17 ‘I see you, I hear you, I cheer for you!’: How to overcome speaking-related anxiety through dialogue skits with positive communication in mind Dorota Záborská
	18 Three good things about their English: A positive psychology-inspired evaluation, building confidence and encouraging learners to speak Katarzyna Budzińska
	19 Being positive in the present moment: Mindfulness meditation for reducing anxiety in foreign language classes Nihan Erdemir and Sabahattin Yeşilçinar
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