Language Teacher Emotion Regulation: An Exploration in Japan: 30 (Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching) - Softcover

Morris, Sam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1800419120 ISBN 13: 9781800419124

Publisher: Multilingual Matters, 2025

Synopsis

This book seeks to understand how language teachers regulate and use their emotions to best serve themselves and their students. It furthers research in the field by providing an in-depth theoretical discussion of emotion regulation alongside a comprehensive exploration in Japan. The study at the heart of the book focuses on three important features: the strategies language teachers employ to regulate their emotions, the motives that they regulate in aid of, and the various contextual factors shaping their strategy and motive decision-making. The findings reveal numerous ways that language teacher emotion regulation is empowered and constrained by identities, notions of good practice, critical experiences and external pressures. The book provides theoretical models of emotion regulation alongside recommendations for researchers, trainers and teachers who are interested in understanding more about the emotional dimension of the language classroom.

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About the Author

Sam Morris is an Associate Professor in the Centre for Foreign Language Education and Research at Rikkyo University, Japan. His research explores the affective dimensions of language teaching and learning, with a particular focus on language teacher emotion regulation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1800419120
• ISBN 13: 9781800419124
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 206