Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature
Vol 11, No 1: July 2011

HOW TO REMOVE ANXIETY OF MULTILINGUAL CLASSROOMS?

Aneela Bushra Maqbool (Assistant Professor at the English Department, Forman Christian College (A Charted University), Lahore, Pakistan)



Article Info

Publish Date
06 Feb 2015

Abstract

The purpose of the paper is to reveal a key issue of multilingual classroom i.e. anxiety. When the teacher is mono-or bi-lingual and learners are multilingual then anxiety level of students is very high which creates threatened, de-motivated, and hold-back attitude among students for learning. As a result, such multilingual classroom is nothing more than a prison for learners which blatantly impairs learning and hampers open communication between teacher and student, who belong to diverse lingual background. Therefore, the paper suggests a strategy acronym as OBWMC (Off and on throwing Basic Words in Multilingual Classrooms). The strategy invites instructor to learn some basic 20-25 words of the learners' mother tongue. In a multilingual classroom mere knowing 20-25 words of students' mother tongue can infuse interest among learners towards language learning, lowers the affectivefilter and bolsters learner's self-esteem. Moreover, it also increases respect for other languages and dispel monotony of monolingual classrooms.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

celt

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal, published biannually in the months of July and December with p-ISSN (printed): 1412-3320 & e-ISSN (electronic/online): 2502-4914 It presents articles around the area of culture, English ...