{"product_id":"teachers-reflecting-on-boredom-in-the-language-classroom-9781800504226","title":"Teachers Reflecting on Boredom in the Language Classroom","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Miroslaw Pawlak\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Equinox Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Equinox Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Teaching - Subjects - Language Arts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book investigates teacher and student boredom from the perspective of the teacher and illustrates how thinking about different aspects of this negative emotion might enhance reflective practices. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first part of the book is devoted to the role of positive and negative emotions in L2 learning, conceptualizations of boredom, theories accounting for this negative emotion, and a brief overview of student and teacher boredom-related studies carried out in educational psychology and L2 education. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second part is empirical in nature. It reports on a mixed-methods investigation which tapped learner and teacher boredom from the perspective of EFL secondary school practitioners. It focuses on: teacher-perceived causes of learners' boredom; causes of teachers' own boredom; ways in which teachers confront student boredom in the classroom; ways in which teachers deal with their own boredom; factors that underpin teacher and student boredom; and ways of combating student and teacher boredom. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe third part of the book integrates teachers' recommendations with outcomes of previous research to propose a reflective practice model of dealing with boredom in the classroom as well as strategies that can be employed to minimize teacher boredom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Equinox Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45051590148247,"sku":"9781800504226","price":3144.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781800504226.webp?v=1769200145","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/teachers-reflecting-on-boredom-in-the-language-classroom-9781800504226","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}