Affect: what is teacher confirmation and what effect does it have on learning?

• Autor(a) principal: Santana, Carla Alexandra dos Santos Nunes
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/21949
• topic: Foreign language learning; Primary education; Affect; Motivation; Teacher confirmation scale; Afeto; Aprendizagem de língua estrangeira; Educação no 1º ciclo; Motivação; Domínio/Área Científica::Humanidades::Línguas e Literaturas

In the field of affect, research has shown that it is important for young learners to feel confirmed and recognized. This study aimed to look at how I can measure affect in the primary Foreign Language (FL) classroom and discover the implications in my pedagogical practice. My research involved creating a Primary Teacher Confirmation Scale (PTCS) and using it to help me reflect on and manage my behavior and attitude in class. Data was collected via questionnaires, class notes and reflections and feedback from my co-operating teacher. The PTCS proved to be a valuable tool to measure affect, and contributed to helping me improve the classroom environment, the students’ motivation and my awareness of how the children perceived me as their teacher. This scale can help teachers measure affect in their classrooms and self-reflect to better improve the teaching and learning of English in the primary classroom.