Психологические аспекты изучения иностранных языков. (#1-2017 г.)

Вестник Пермского национального исследовательского политехнического университета. Проблемы языкознания и педагогики. 2017. № 1. С. 117–125.

Shepelenko T. M.

The article analyzes various types of psychological barriers the learners of foreign languages go through in second language acquisition (SLA), different views of both Russian and foreign psychologists on the issue and defines some strategy to overcome these barriers. Second language learning is impacted on both by objective factors: age, gender, language learning aptitude, social factors, etc, and subjective, affective factors or filters, such as motivation, personal attitude to the subject of study and learning process, anxiety, self-confidence and self-esteem. The theory of effective filters, or individual barriers to SLA first introduced by H. Dulay and M. Burt and then advanced by S. Krashen plays an important role for teachers both in finding the proper methodology to facilitate learning, considering each learner’s own affective filters, choosing the best way to conduct their teaching and further insight into the theory of psychological barriers impeding foreign language learning as a whole. Effective SLA and its further professional use depend on the students’ psychological state, readiness to reshape the former opinion of their own ability to grasp and advance in speaking the foreign language both inside and outside the classroom as well as the teacher’s talent to apply the explicit instruction and input, build trustworthy relationship with the students and cultivate a friendly classroom atmosphere.

 

 

Keywords: мотивация, motivation, second language acquisition, psychological barrier,, affective filter,, anxiety,, психологический барьер,, аффективный фильтр,, тревожность,, усвоение второго языка