The Inescapable Interplay Between Language Learning and Self-Confidence
Can high-quality lesson content reinforce L2 learners’ self-confidence ? Can demanding subject matter contribute to learners’ long-term establishing of self-esteem? Solid language foundation is a long-term development and so is the quality of self-belief, at least for a respectable number of second language learners. The two entities are inherently interlaced . Offering challenging educative content can drive to the realization that the learning process is brimming with difficulties, mental toil, misunderstandings-even subversions along the way. Therefore, learners are to be accordingly armoured in the linguistic (i.e. grammar/ syntactic, phonetic, semantic, pragmatic) and content area. Interestingly, Leslie (2012) introduces the idea of “ ease of use ” which an artist should constantly be escaping in order to remain creative . During the teaching practice, are there times wherein you feel compelled to compromise the linguistic challenges in fear of cracking you...