Discussion Task #3: Ten questions I still have:

Discussion Task #3: Ten questions I still have:

What is the history of affective learning? When and where did it come from? 

What's the difference between an affective and a humanistic language teacher?

How popular is affective learning and where is practised, by who and in what kinds of environments and institutions? 

How do I default to an affective style for planning a lesson for YL whenever possible?

How do I make finding/identifying the moments in delivering a lesson when an affective approach would be the best?


How do I balance the dual and mostly opposite demands of affective learning planning, delivery vs. curriculum completion? 



How do I use affective learning with older YLs i.e 11+?



How do I assess learners when using an affective learning approach?

Are there hard 'don'ts' in an affective learning approach? What are they?


Juan mentioned that in affective language learning it is important for life to meet language and that that is when it 'comes alive'. And for that to happen, that we need to 'share ourselves'. But some students are not comfortable doing that (teachers, too in fact). Or at least not every week/day. There are some things they don't want to share and sometimes they are going through something that makes sharing difficult. How does one manage/cater for this in affective language learning classroom?

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  1. Carolina Brenes BurgosMay 2, 2016 at 9:56 AM

    Q/ How do I default to an affective style for planning a lesson for YL whenever possible?
    A/ I believe that part of the challenge is too have it always in mind. Lately when planning a lesson I have been trying to include small encouraging messages that will remind me while I'm teaching what the lesson is all about. I remind myself to smile, or to do little things that I have noticed some of them like. For example remembering one of them just got a sister, or writing the date, or smiling. That changes the whole plan with very small actions, I don't think affective learning is so far apart from regular teaching. It's just a matter of changing the attitude a little
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  2. Juan UribeMay 3, 2016 at 3:17 PM

    Hi Yasmin,

    I simply love your questions and I do not have the answers straight away to many of them. By reading your questions I can see that you are interested in making sense of both the whole of affective language learning and how to put it in practice in your context. Great to see such interest. Happy that the affective bug has gotten you!

    I can say that a lot of affective language learning comes from the 70s from approaches such as silent way, TPR, Communicative Counseling Learning, and Suggestopedia. Gertrude Moskowitz is certainly one of the founder of affective language learning together with Mario Rinvolucri. Other authors you can check include Jane Arnold, Veronica de Andrés, and Bernard Dufeu. There is a lot of research happening right now.

    I use the terms affective and humanistic interchangeably. I will check with other peers if they would agree.

    Thank you for giving lots of topics for me to write on my blog. I will certainly let you know as I go writing them.

    A book I recommend is Affect in Language Learning by Jane Arnold: http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/applied-linguistics-and-second-language-acquisition/affect-language-learning

    Finding the limit of how much one shares and how much we ask for others to do is certainly a point to consider. It is culturally and age related and it can have the counter effect of what we want to happen. In my experience working with children, sharing has not been a challenge. I believe it would be different when working with adults, specially in the beginning. I would not want to be seen as nosy. The challenge is always to live the language with its meaning.

    We will certainly continue talking about all these themes. Thank you for allowing me to reflect about my passion, Yasmin!

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  3. Maria BossaMay 4, 2016 at 1:29 PM

    I simply enjoyed reading both posts!!! Great questions with great answers! Thank you both! :)

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  4. Silvia Montufo UrquízarMay 10, 2016 at 11:07 AM

    Thank you I was in need of more authors to research on!

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