Feedback matters
Thwarting the negative impact of language anxiety
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 24220587 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tammy Gregersen (0000-0003-0744-9655) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Pages | 56-63 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annual Review of Applied Linguistics (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0267-1905 • E-ISSN: 1471-6356 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s026719052300003x |
| OpenAlex | W4379876256 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 26 |
Elaine Horwitz et al. (1986), in their seminal article that helped jumpstart our current interest in language anxiety, characterized this affective malady as composed of three elements: fear of negative evaluation, communication apprehension, and test anxiety. Notably, all three of these components are linked in different ways to learners’ perceptions about others’ assessment of their linguistic competence. Over the years since Horwitz et al.'s influential publication, research has only reinforced the idea that feedback provided to language learners has a powerful impact on their emotional well-being and levels of linguistic confidence. This article explores research on the various ways that learners can be supported via assessment practices and feedback techniques that not only counter the debilitating effects of language anxiety but also may even work preventatively to increase learner well-being. Among these is Appreciative Inquiry , a feedback technique that focuses on what learners are doing effectively, as well as other nondeficit, strengths-based approaches that concentrate on assets rather than fixing what is broken.
Appreciative Inquiry · assessment practices · Communication Apprehension · Fear of negative evaluation · feedback · language anxiety · linguistic self-confidence · strengths-based approach · student well-being · Test anxiety · Communication in Education and Healthcare · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Student Assessment and Feedback
Transactional theory and research on emotions and coping
A measure of second language writing anxiety
Strengths of Character and Well-Being
An Exploration of Chinese EFL Learners' Unwillingness to Communicate and Foreign Language Anxiety
The Motion of Emotion
The Impact of Signature Character Strengths Interventions
The broaden–and–build theory of positive emotions
Positive psychology
Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety
A study of novice teachers
Educating second language teachers
Narrative frames for investigating the experiences of language teachers
Language teachers’ coping strategies during the Covid-19 conversion to online teaching
Novice‐Service Language Teacher Development
Positive Psychology Progress
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |