The Motion of Emotion: Idiodynamic Case Studies of Learners' Foreign Language Anxiety
The Motion of Emotion: Idiodynamic Case Studies of Learners' Foreign Language Anxiety
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情绪的运动：学习者外语焦虑的自发案例研究
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10.1111/modl.12084
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2014
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Mario D. Meza
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作者：
T. Gregersen;P. MacIntyre;Mario D. Meza
语言学习是一个情感和心理的动态过程，受到无数不断变化的变量和情感“共鸣”的影响，这些变量和情感“共鸣”会在学习者的适应中产生每时每刻的波动。本研究采用个人层面的研究方法，对三名高焦虑和三名低焦虑语言学习者的生理、个性、访谈和自我报告的调查数据进行三角分析，以考察他们的语言焦虑、其触发因素以及对短时间内快速变化的情感反应的解释。参与者在他们的西班牙语作为外语课上戴着心脏监测器进行视频演示。使用特质动力学方法，参与者在三分半钟内自我评估了42次他们每时每刻的焦虑，后来在采访中解释了他们的反应。在各种融合的数据源之间观察到的强有力的关系表明了使用三角定量和定性方法在个人层面上考虑语言学习者的力量。这项研究产生了处理积极和消极情绪的教学意义，促进生理线索的重新解释，规划“逃生路线”，让参与者保持积极的沟通交流，并调用准备，计划和排练的积极力量。
Language learning is an emotionally and psychologically dynamic process that is influenced by a myriad of ever-changing variables and emotional “vibes” that produce moment-by-moment fluctuations in learners' adaptation. This individual-level study triangulates physiological, idiodynamic, interview, and self-report survey data of three high and three low anxiety language learners to examine their language anxiety, its triggers, and the interpretations of rapidly changing affective reactions over a short period of time. Participants were videorecorded giving a presentation, while wearing heart monitors, in their Spanish as a Foreign Language class. Using the idiodynamic method, participants self-rated their moment-by-moment anxiety 42 times over three and a half minutes and later explained their reactions in an interview. The strong relationship observed among the various converging data sources demonstrates the strength of considering language learners on an individual level using triangulated quantitative and qualitative approaches. The study generated pedagogical implications for dealing with both positive and negative emotions, facilitating the reinterpretation of physiological cues, planning “escape routes” that allow participants to remain active in communication exchanges, and invoking the positive power of preparation, planning, and rehearsal.