This article focuses on the possibilities of employing mindfulness in order to support a foreign language student in developing the competence to deal with language anxiety and to strengthen a sense of psychological well-being in the face of the contra-dictory challenges of modern times. First, the author describes the difficult situation of a contemporary student of foreign languages who functions in two axiologically contradictory realities: fluid modernity and crystallized university reality. Then the issue of language anxiety is discussed, and finally the author presents the concepts of the mindfulness program in foreign philology.
The aim of this article is to present opportunities, challenges and constraints related to the support of a student’s empowerment in the context of institutionalized foreign language teaching. In the first part of the article, we describe empowerment as the approach, the process and the action that support the growth of power in individuals, communities and organizations. In the following part we present teaching and learning of foreign languages as a process supporting student’s empowerment. In the last part, we point to a foreign language teacher as a source of opportunities, challenges and constraints related to the support of a student’s empowerment.
JavaScript is turned off in your web browser. Turn it on to take full advantage of this site, then refresh the page.