Anxiety in language teachers: Exploring the variety of perceptions with Q methodology

• Published in: Foreign language annals Vol. 54; no. 2; pp. 341 - 364
• Main Authors: Fraschini, Nicola, Park, Hyunjin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Alexandria Wiley 01.07.2021; American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
• Subjects: Anxiety; Classroom communication; Classrooms; Cognition & reasoning; Emotions; Family Work Relationship; Foregrounding; Foreign language learning; Goal Orientation; individual differences; Job Performance; Job Security; Korean; Korean as a second language; Korean language; Language acquisition; Language Teachers; Learning; Learning Strategies; Motivation; Q Methodology; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Second language teachers; Stress; Student teacher relationship; Teacher Attitudes; teacher emotions; Teaching; Well Being; Work Environment

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 prof...