How Language Learners Can Improve Their Emotional Functioning: Important Psychological and Psychospiritual Theories

Autor/in	Oxford, Rebecca L.
Titel	How Language Learners Can Improve Their Emotional Functioning: Important Psychological and Psychospiritual Theories
Quelle	In: Applied Language Learning, 25 (2015), S.1-15 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1041-679X
Schlagwörter	Emotional Development; Psychiatry; Second Language Learning; Emotional Response; Anxiety; Behavior Theories; Resilience (Psychology); Well Being; Language Proficiency; Correlation; Psychological Patterns; Learning Motivation; Learning Strategies; Learning Theories + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gefühlsbildung; Psychiatrie; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Emotionales Verhalten; Angst; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Korrelation; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Learning theory; Lerntheorie
Abstract	Emotion is "the primary human motive" (MacIntyre, 2002, p. 61). The human brain is an emotional brain, creating relationships among thought, emotion, and motivation in a complex dynamic system (Dörnyei, 2009). Emotion "functions as an amplifier, providing the intensity, urgency, and energy to propel our behavior" in "everything we do" (MacIntyre, 2002, p. 61). As a background to the author's own research with learner histories and as a means of deepening her understanding of learner anxiety and other emotions, she decided to study emotion theories. This article grew from that passionate interest. In this article, her aim is to describe several focused theories of emotion drawn from psychology and psychospirituality and to explain how they apply to L2 learning. The article is organized into the following theories: (a) resilience theory, (b) emotional intelligence theory, (c) well-being theory in positive psychology, (d) the theory of flow, (e) emotion theory in existential psychotherapy, and (f) psychospiritual concepts of emotion. Each of these theories has implications for L2 learners, who experience a very wide array of emotions as they attempt to develop language proficiency. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01