Langerian mindfulness and language learning

Fatemeh Moafian,Francesco Pagnini,Hooshang Khoshsima,Javad Salehi Fadardi,Mireille Besson

doi:10.1080/23311908.2019.1609242

Abstract

In the current article, the tenets of Langerian mindfulness and the principles of the main approaches towards language learning, that is, the environmentalist, innatist, and interactionist approach...

Highlights

Language affects the lives of people of any ethnic background, creed, and area of the world
We argue that applying this mindfulness approach in language learning context may improve the role of learners, by making them more actively engaged, focusing on meaning, enhancing their attention and creativity, and reducing their stress
In the current paper, we tried to find the associations between Langerian mindfulness and language learning theoretically

Summary

Introduction

Language affects the lives of people of any ethnic background, creed, and area of the world. Based on the crucial role that languages play in individuals’ life, researchers and educators in the field have made diverse attempts and have tried different theories and perspectives to facilitate the process of language learning (see Richards, 2008; Mitchell & Miles, 1998). On the basis of this theory, when leaners apply mindfulness in their learning processes, they employ creativity, experience and practice cognitive flexibility, and are capable of a better use of information (Langer, Hatem, Joss, & Howell, 1989; Thornton & McEntee, 1995). This perspective emphasizes the significance of process and understanding. As a matter of fact, mindlessness appears to be as the primary reason of man error in complicated conditions, of stereotyping and prejudice, and of the feeling of switching between anxiousness and dullness that are features of many lives (Langer & Moldoveanu, 2000)

Approaches to language learning

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