Young Children's Foreign Language Anxiety - The Case of South Korea

This book presents original research on the effects of foreign language anxiety (FLA) on young language learners. It includes suggestions for alleviating FLA and encouraging foreign language enjoyment which will ultimately facilitate more effective language learning and support children's psychosocial wellbeing.

About the author

Jieun Kiaer is Professor of Korean Linguistics at the University of Oxford, UK. Her recent publications include Young Children's Foreign Language Anxiety: The Case of South Korea (with Jessica M. Morgan-Brown and Naya Choi, Multilingual Matters, 2021) and Multimodal Communication in Young Multilingual Children: Learning Beyond Words (Multilingual Matters, 2023).

Summary

This book presents original research on the effects of foreign language anxiety (FLA) on young language learners. It includes suggestions for alleviating FLA and encouraging foreign language enjoyment which will ultimately facilitate more effective language learning and support children’s psychosocial wellbeing.

Product details

• Authors: Naya Choi, Jieun Kiaer, Jessica M Morgan-Brown, Jessica M. Morgan-Brown
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781800411609
• ISBN: 978-1-80041-160-9
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 446 g
• Series: Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching; Psychology of Language Learnin
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology