Educational Psychology

SEMINAR 1
Application of personality factors
( self-esteem, anxiety, inhibition, risk
taking) in the classroom.
Resources:1. Lecture 1-2
2. Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot7lsksQK34

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64SZ_zWYkIE
Simulation meeting
TEAM 1 (ENGLISH department)
What is the relationship between success and self-esteem?
Can teachers let self-esteem take care of itself? Should
teachers improve general self-esteem or simply improve a
learner’s proficiency in the language?
 How are anxiety and self-esteem related? Offer self-
esteem improvement techniques. Offer strategies to reduce
debilitating anxiety and promote facilitating anxiety.
Explore internet resources for recent articles and present
research findings about self-esteem or anxiety in FLL.
Bonus question: personal story about your anxiety in
learning or self-esteem improvement experience.
Simulation meeting
TEAM 2 (French/German department)
Are language achievers high/moderate/low risk takers and
why? What should a teacher do if a student is blurting out
meaningless verbal garbage? How can a teacher train students
to be accurate language guessers?
What kind of drills and exercises could be devised that require
a person to predict or guess another person’s response? Offer
strategies reducing inhibition and improving risk-taking.
Explore internet resources for recent articles and present
research findings about inhibition or risk taking in FLL.
Bonus question: personal story about your inhibition and risk
taking improvement experience.