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Strategies To Reduce Foreign Language Anxiety In Adult Efl Students Of The European Union, Kathleen Hershner
Strategies To Reduce Foreign Language Anxiety In Adult Efl Students Of The European Union, Kathleen Hershner
Master's Projects and Capstones
One of paradoxes in adult foreign language learning is that older learners must communicate in the very language, in this case English, they struggle to acquire. The discomfort that arises from needing to use deficient or non-existent skills in a new language is more acutely felt in adults than children. Adults approach learning new languages with an assumed level of control over themselves and their environment and can easily become frustrated when they're unable to maintain their usual levels of confidence and competence, which can lead to foreign language anxiety. FLA is a specific kind of anxiety defined as an …
The Exploration Of A Multi-Theoretical Framework For Holistic And Democratic Adult Esl Instruction, Fujuan Tan, Lee Nabb
The Exploration Of A Multi-Theoretical Framework For Holistic And Democratic Adult Esl Instruction, Fujuan Tan, Lee Nabb
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper explores a multi-theoretical framework that capitalizes on the use of students’ prior experiences in practicing culturally responsive education among adult English as a Second Language (ESL) learners, with an aim to promote language proficiency, socio-cultural competence, and personal growth, and therefore to facilitate holistic and democratic instruction.