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Ariza, Eileen N.

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Resurrecting "Old" Language Learning Methods To Reduce Anxiety for New Language Learners: Community Language Learning to the Rescue.

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Ariza, Eileen N. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2002

Anxiety can impede language learning. By using the Community Language Learning method, a teacher helped young Spanish-language learners in Puerto Rico break through almost impenetrable social and psycholinguistic barriers that threatened their capability of learning a new language. This method focuses on strategies that reduce anxiety as the…

Descriptors: Anxiety, Classroom Environment, Humor, Personal Narratives