Anxiety over learning English at primary schoolteachers' perceptions and educational strategies
ISSN: 0033-698X, 0718-4883
Year of publication: 2021
Issue: 59
Pages: 153-172
Type: Article
More publications in: RLA: Revista de lingüística teórica y aplicada
Sustainable development goals
Abstract
El aprendizaje de lenguas es un instrumento necesario y eficaz para facilitar la comuni cación en la sociedad actual. La ansiedad se evidencia como un factor limitante de ese aprendizaje. La escasez de investigaciones sobre edades tempranas y la percepción del pro fesorado, nos motiva a identificar centros, profesores y estrategias educativas utilizadas que derivan en menores niveles de ansiedad del alumnado. Planteamos un estudio de metodologia mixta en dos fases. En la primera fase, de naturaleza cuantitativa, se llevó a cabo la versión española de FLCAS en 255 alumnos de 5° y 6° de Educación Primaria de 5 colegios en Burgos (España). La segunda fase, de naturaleza cualitativa, se organizó un focus- group con 5 profesores sobre las siguientes categorias: factores que generan ansiedad y recursos organizativos y didácticos para reducir dicha ansiedad. Los resultados ofrecen un amplio banco de útiles recursos educativos para mejorar el aprendizaje de la lengua extranjera en Educación Primaria.
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