PRACTICAL WAYS TO HELP ANXIOUS LEARNERS

  Ольга Іщенко (Львів, Україна) |    Download article

The role of emotional variables in foreign language teaching and learning has been studied extensively for the last three decades. Among other affective variables, anxiety stands out as one of the main blocking factors for effective language learning. Its damaging effects have been found in all phases of this process, Input, Processing and Output and through the four skills, becoming a barrier for successful performance in all of them.