Young Children’s Foreign Language Anxiety

Focusing on young learners in South Korea, this book provides invaluable insights on L2 anxiety from psychological, cognitive, developmental, educational and sociocultural perspectives. The interdisciplinary analysis shows dynamic interaction between the sociocultural context and L2 anxiety, and the specificity of the context and learners, ironically, expands the scope of L2 anxiety research focus in applied linguistics. * Yeji Han, York St John University, UK *
This excellent book shows that children need a nurturing and playful learning environment to become happy and successful foreign language learners. It reflects a powerful new positive psychology perspective that stands up against deficit thinking and undue pressure in classrooms and promotes a more informed and optimistic view of language learning. * Jean-Marc Dewaele, Birkbeck, University of London, UK *
This book examines real-life language use in the classroom from a much-needed non-Eurocentric perspective. Written in an accessible style and replete with comprehensive examples, this book will leave readers equipped with practical insight into improving young children’s language learning environment. * Hyejeong Ahn, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore *

The ultimate aim of the book is to help teachers, parents, and policymakers activate the minds
rather than the anxiety levels of YLL. The authors truly accomplish this goal by presenting a comprehensive
review of previous literature, and conducting two important studies that first document
the FLA levels of YLL within English immersion institutions, and second examine the effectiveness
of TBLT through a real-world activity.

-- Şevket Özdemir, Muğ la Sıtkı Koçman University, Turkey * Child Language Teaching and Therapy 1–2 *