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Learner beliefs influence motivation and anxiety

Learner beliefs influence the strategies they use

Results of learner interviews about beliefs

Discussion of common beliefs about language learning

Making anxiety a topic of discussion in language classes

Creating lesson plans from the students' perspective

Helping students to stay positive about their performance

Is some anxiety good?

Correcting the learner

Learners can't present self in different language

Learners' accounts of anxiety

Discussion of why students lose motivation

Responses to the question What motivated you

Responses to the question What motivated you to learn a second language

Motivation predicts success

Language learners and teachers have different impressions about what is going on in the classroom

Asking learners what they want to tell teachers

Stages of concern

Why it is important to take the perspective of learner

The following videos are Lg. Learner Modules instructed by Dr. Elaine Horwitz, the Professor of Curriculum & Instruction & director of the Graduate Program in Foreign Lg. Education at UT Austin. Her specialization is SLA & Teacher Education, & is widely published in the areas of foreign lg. anxiety, learner beliefs about lg. learning, & lg. learning strategies. The major topics discussed in the modules include:

1. Why FL Teachers Need to Know About Learners
Exploring effective lg. teaching through understanding your students & the feelings they bring with them into the classroom

2. Motivation
The many types of motivations learners have for studying a lg.

3. Anxiety
Examining the anxiety that some learners feel when learning & using a new lg.

4. Beliefs
Learners' preconceptions & misconceptions about lg. learning