The Emotional Rollercoaster of Language Teaching

This volume provides fascinating insights into the complexity of emotions shaping language teachers’ classroom practice, experiences and working lives. The editors have brought together a rich range of theoretical and empirical perspectives spanning a diversity of professional contexts. The book will be of value to all those concerned with understanding or researching the emotional dimension of language teaching.

* Ema Ushioda, University of Warwick, UK *

This timely anthology explores the foundational role of emotions in the professional lives and everyday practices of language teachers. Drawing on a wide range of theoretical, methodological and classroom-based approaches, the chapters open up new dimensions in our knowledge of the complexity and salience of language teacher emotions within and across multiple contexts.

* Cynthia J. White, Massey University, New Zealand *

A timely collection that advances new directions for investigating and reflecting on emotions in language education. Bringing various strands of contemporary emotion research to bear on diverse educational contexts across the globe, it provides essential insights into the affective realities that shape teachers’ professional practices and impact their personal wellbeing.

* Matthew T. Prior, Arizona State University, USA *

This much-needed anthology uniquely recognises language teacher emotions and their importance for classroom practices but, most importantly, for teachers’ own personal and professional development [...] After reading this book, the reader learns about the role of emotions and, more importantly, about the benefits of embracing more challenging and unpleasant emotions which can lead to personal growth and development.

-- Lorena Salud Gadella Kamstra, University of Essex, UK * BAAL News, 119 *

This volume is particularly valuable and timely due to a currently unsettled teaching environment. Global changes that have occurred in the year 2020 have stirred a range of emotions and have forced many educators to promptly readjust to an emergency remote teaching context.

-- Anna Belobrovy, Rikkyo University, Japan * JALT Journal, 43.2, November 2021 *

Providing fundamental insights into the complexity of teacher emotions, this collection is devoted to exploring the role of these emotions in diverse cultural contexts by combining emotion theory, emotion-related psychological factors, and language teaching practice. It is suitable for anyone interested in learning about and further investigating teacher emotions.

-- Wenxiu Chu and Honggang Liu, Northeast Normal University, China * Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 11, October 2020 *

The Emotional Rollercoaster of Language Teaching provides readers with a wide range of perspectives and an accurate picture of the field, revealing the complexity of language teachers’ emotions and uncovering some emotional challenges affecting their well-being, pedagogical practices, and professional lives.

-- Alfaf Albakistani, Birkbeck, University of London, UK * LINGUIST List 32.11