EFL Teachers' Mindfulness and Emotion Regulation in Language Context.
Na Wang
Frontiers in Psychology June 9, 2022 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.877108 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Meditation |
| Keywords | Emotion regulation Language context Educator Efl teachers |
| Key findings | Argues that mindfulness can serve as a strategy for EFL teachers to regulate their focus, emotions, manner, and contemplation, and that it is linked to constructive encouragement when used to manage anxiety and worry. The review offers theoretical suggestions for educational situations rather than empirical results. |
Abstract
The academic setting is a collection of diverse emotive needs that require skillful educators who can regulate and deal with them. Emotion regulation by language educators emphasizes the techniques that language educators use to regulate their emotions. In addition, English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers have a growing interest in examining the utilization of mindfulness-based methods to study and instruct a foreign language. Indeed, it is regarded as a strategy that has been connected to constructive encouragement when utilized as a managing technique for anxiety and worry. Concerning this, the goal of this mini review is to examine the function of mindfulness in regulating educators' focus, emotion, manner, and contemplation. Some theoretical suggestions for educational situations are presented.
Comparable studies
Other narrative reviews on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness training as a clinical intervention: A conceptual and empirical review. Clinical populations | 2003 | Review | |
| Mindfulness: Theoretical Foundations and Evidence for its Salutary Effects | 2007 | Review | |
| Mindfulness Interventions | 2016 | Review | |
| Mind the Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation | 2017 | Review | |
| Mindfulness and acceptance: expanding the cognitive-behavioral tradition | 2005 | Review |
Citations in the library
Cited by 3
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