Using Character Strengths to Address English Writing Anxiety

• Authors: Tammy Gregersen , Peter D. MacIntyre , Rachel Buck

Abstracts

EN

Positive psychology has been introduced to the applied linguistics literature with the broad goal of improving the experience of language learners and teachers through a variety of interventions (MacIntyre & Mercer, 2014; Gabryś-Barker & Gałajda, 2016). “The aim of positive psychology is to catalyze a change in psychology from preoccupation only with repairing the worst things in life to also building the best qualities in life” (Seligman &Csikszentmihalyi, 2000, p. 5). One significant contribution of this young field has been a series of empirically-tested positive psychology interventions (PPIs) that have been shown to increase positive emotion, reduce distress, and/or improve well-being (Seligman, Steen, Park, & Peterson, 2005; Sin & Lyubormirsky, 2009). In the present research, we examine one application of a PPI involving a focus on using character strengths as a way to address language anxiety. Through a case study analysis, we demonstrate the ways that this intervention was beneficial for the student.             

Keywords

EN

signature strengths; writing anxiety; positive psychology

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Śląski
• Journal: Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 11-35

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Tammy Gregersen

author

Peter D. MacIntyre

• Cape Breton University

author

Rachel Buck

• American University of Sharjah

Identifiers

DOI

10.31261/TAPSLA.8431

Biblioteka Nauki

1371429