ERIC Number: EJ1131715
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Jul
Pages: 9
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Language Anxiety as a Major Impediment in Learning/Teaching English
Choubey, Asha
Advances in Language and Literary Studies, v2 n2 p210-218 Jul 2011
Feelings of anxiety, apprehension and nervousness are commonly expressed by second/foreign language learners in learning to speak a second/foreign language. These feelings are considered to exert a potentially negative and detrimental effect on communication in the target language. I shall dwell on my own experience as a practitioner of ELT, and narrate the lessons that I learnt by trial and error method. I can divide my class in four distinct groups, (the Rural Hindi group /the Urban Hindi group/ the Classroom Exposure group and the Classroom & Social Exposure group; RH/UH/CE/CSE) as they sit together in the Engineering class. Since I am more interested in the psychological aspect of language anxiety, I have used humour, relaxation and even distraction to therapeutic effects.
Descriptors: Anxiety, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Rural Areas, Urban Areas, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Engineering Education, Humor, Relaxation Training, Foreign Countries, College Students, Classroom Techniques
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: India
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