María Teresa Victoria

Emotional intelligence speaking activities for ESL classrooms (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Emotional Intelligence for ESL Classrooms is my contribution to English language teaching. Rather than aiming at writing this book, the activities shaped themselves one day into the form of this book after completing my doctoral studies in Emotional Intelligence and Mindfulness at the University of Málaga. Emotions live within us all and can emerge in classrooms of any kind, fi lled with pupils of a wide age range. These activities are therefore not aimed at a specifi c type or level group of students, but served as an array of possibilities from where my fellow teachers can pick & take into their classrooms to complement their lessons. The intention behind emotional intelligence practices is to generate a positive, non-punitive climate in the English classroom which boosts the students' self-confidence. An emotionally intelligent classroom where game-based learning activities and challenges can well coexist with Mindfulness interventions, which may raise self awareness of the students' learning processes, and where they can actually feel that mistakes are good opportunities to learn. Far from being too embarrassed to speak English students in emotionally intelligent classrooms will become more participative and willing to interact with their classmates, not only in class but also during out-of-class extracurricular activities. May the reader indulge in the illustrations from Pixabay, which have been selected for each activity as intentional prompts for conversation. Images can always provide extra opportunities for Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence interventions in the classroom that can evoke connectivity and enhance concentration by focusing on the small details and relating to experiential practices. Visuals can actually be ever lasting ice-breakers for detailed imaginative creative exercises connected with the senses.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Exlibric
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9788418912283
• Artikelnr.: 63039450

Autorenporträt

María Teresa Victoria started her career at a very early age in Academia Sta. María del Mar (Fuengirola, Málaga, Spain), as a summer assistant to teachers Mum and Dad. She first began teaching small kids how to read and write in L1, then organised evening English-speaking workshops for young learners when she was only a baccalaureate student. In 1993 she moved to adult education when she became an English teacher for the Junta de Andalucía Official Language schools, where she has worked ever since. During her MA studies in Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence (University of Málaga, 2019) she became powerfully concerned with more inclusive classrooms and well-being programs at schools. Her other publication "Be Mindful" deals with reducing anxiety and coping with examination stress. At present, she is highly engaged with finding optimal ways to address students with learning difficulties and special needs which is what moved her to launch this publication as fundraising for the cause.