Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ663384
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002
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Resurrecting "Old" Language Learning Methods To Reduce Anxiety for New Language Learners: Community Language Learning to the Rescue.
Ariza, Eileen N.
Bilingual Research Journal, v26 n3 p717-28 Fall 2002
Anxiety can impede language learning. By using the Community Language Learning method, a teacher helped young Spanish-language learners in Puerto Rico break through almost impenetrable social and psycholinguistic barriers that threatened their capability of learning a new language. This method focuses on strategies that reduce anxiety as the teacher plays the role of empathetic counselor. (Contains 26 references.) (TD)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Classroom Environment, Humor, Personal Narratives, Psychoeducational Methods, Second Language Instruction, Security (Psychology), Self Esteem, Small Group Instruction, Spanish, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Experience, Teaching Methods
For full text: http://brj.asu.edu/content/vol26 no3/abstracts.html.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Puerto Rico
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