1. Emotional Intelligence
1.1. Self-knowledge
1.1.1. Understand ourselves
1.1.2. Realize our strength and weakness
1.1.3. Listening both direct and indirect feedback from others
1.1.4. Being honest to ourselves
1.2. Self - management
1.2.1. How we manage and control our emotions
1.3. Social awareness
1.3.1. ability to interpret what others are experiencing and thinking
1.4. Relationship management
1.4.1. The relationship between teachers and students
1.4.1.1. successful learning = how we manage the various social relationships
2. Positive Emotions
2.1. Positive psychology
2.1.1. "Broaden and Build" theory
2.1.1.1. Ls with more positive psychology will think in more diverse, creative ways, be resilent to stress and setbacks
2.1.2. Help constitute and indicator and response of a happy existence
2.1.3. Well-being and positivity
2.1.4. Key issues
2.1.4.1. Concept of happiness
2.1.4.2. Concept of optimism
3. Definition of Affect
3.1. An abstract concept and an umbrella term that covers emotions, feelings and moods.
4. Why Emotions are so Important
4.1. A world without emotion would be cold and colorless
4.2. Emotional reactions are integral to the learning experience
5. The Nature of Emotions
5.1. An emotional reaction
5.1.1. a physiological element (physically measurable changes in the body)
5.1.2. expressive behavior (how we externally express our emotions)
5.1.3. subjective feeling (how an individual interpret a particular event)
5.2. As a teacher: pay attention to learners' facial expressions and body language is important
5.3. Findings in John Schumann's research
5.3.1. how the brain processes affect in language learning situation.
5.3.2. how language learner's brain evaluates external stimuli
5.3.2.1. Evaluations: appraisals & 5 broad dimensions
5.3.2.1.1. Novelty
5.3.2.1.2. Pleasantness
5.3.2.1.3. Goal conduciveness
5.3.2.1.4. Coping potential
5.3.2.1.5. Self-compatibility
5.4. Emotions can both facilitate and inhibit learning
6. Affect in Language Learning
6.1. Krashen's affect filter
6.1.1. the distinctions between lang learning in formal educational settings & natural acquisiton of lang
6.2. Affect in Language Learning
6.2.1. Krashen's affect filter
6.2.1.1. Aims: replicate the process: comprehensible input - imput of language can be understood - available to learners => input hypothesis
6.2.1.1.1. Negative affects impede learning, positive affects can facilitate it
7. Anxiety
7.1. a negative emotion associated with worry and nervousness
7.2. A form of anxiety: foreign language anxiety
7.2.1. Problem: cause learners difficulties in language comprehension, processing, and production
7.3. A form of anxiety: focus of a large body of research: test anxiety (test-taking, before, and/or during a test) => Lead learners perform badly in the test
7.3.1. Learners who perform well on test may put themselves in excessive pressure, especially perfectionism
7.4. Debilitative & Facilitative Anxiety
7.5. One more learners' problematic behavior: focus too much on flaw and inherent risks of failure
7.5.1. Students expend too much of their mental health energy => teachers need to help learners focus on the positives and consider their progress and achievement
7.5.2. Teach students some test-taking strategies