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Anxiety in language teachers

Exploring the variety of perceptions with Q methodology

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ID8937182
AuthorsNicola Fraschini (0000-0002-9353-6319, The University of Western Australia Crawley Western Australia Australia, corresponding author), Hyunjin Park (0000-0001-5206-7424, Jeonju University Jeonju South Korea)
Year2021
Volume54
Issue2
Pages341-364
Publication date2021-05-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueForeign Language Annals (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0015-718X • E-ISSN: 1944-9720
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/flan.12527
OpenAlexW3161164564
LanguageEN
Citations received25
References cited91

The negative effects of anxiety on teachers' lives, classroom practice, and student learning have highlighted the importance of this emotion for the language teaching field. An understanding of anxiety in language teaching offers a means to explore how language teachers interact with their professional environment, also yielding important implications for teacher well‐being. This paper uses Q methodology to investigate Korean as a second language teachers' shared experiences related to anxiety in the language teaching profession, foregrounding different ways that language teachers interact with their professional environment, and exploring holistically participants' subjectivities. Results identified the presence of three major perspectives, representing types of teachers' individual responses to the interaction between their personal and professional goals and their working context—(1) work/life balance, (2) job performance and evaluation, (3) job security. Implications of the results are discussed in relation to research on classroom emotions and language institution practices

Anxiety · Context (archaeology · Foregrounding · Language assessment · Language education · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Perception · Professional development · Second-language acquisition · Variety (cybernetics · Computer Science · Problem Solving Skills Development · Psychology · Q Methodology Applications

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Citation span2022 - 2026 (5)
Citation velocitycurrent
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