ERIC Number: EJ1461835
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-2322-1291
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Integrating Emotional Agility into Pre-Service Language Teacher Preparation: From Theory to Practice
Belgin Elmas
Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, v12 n3 p197-215 2024
Emotional agility has a fundamental role in educational contexts and developing agility skills in teachers is essential to enhancing their teaching effectiveness. The aim of this study is to improve preservice language teachers' emotional agility through a four-module workshop, equipping them with the necessary skills before they begin their teaching profession. The research examined how developing emotional agility skills affects future language teachers' personal and professional development. Data were collected through five participants' opinions on the reflections before, during, and post-workshop sessions. The findings revealed that pre-service teachers gained emotional self-awareness, learned how to become "emotionally agile teachers," and developed practical coping strategies for personal and professional situations creating emotional challenges. The study demonstrated that emotional agility training can contribute to pre-service language teachers' personal and professional development providing them strategies to use with their own students. The findings suggest that integrating emotional agility training into teacher preparation programs can better prepare future language teachers for the emotional complexities of language classrooms. [Paper presented at the International Conference on Psychology for Language Teachers and Learners (ICPLTL) (2nd, Istanbul, Turkey, Oct 12-14, 2024).]
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Emotional Intelligence, Teacher Education Programs, Student Attitudes, Workshops, Metacognition, Coping, Self Control, Teacher Student Relationship, Reflection, Writing (Composition), Task Analysis, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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