IMMERSIVE FLOW STATE APPROACH: A LANGUAGE ACQUISITION STRATEGY TO REDUCE NEGATIVE AFFECTIVE FILTER ANXIETY TO SPEAK ENGLISH
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https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v5.i5.2024.4200Keywords:
Affective filters, Anxiety, Flow Theory, Optimal ExperienceAbstract [English]
The Affective Filter Hypothesis (Krashen, 1980) insists that negative emotions such as anxiety, stress, boredom, or lack of motivation can create a psychological barrier that impedes a learner's ability to speak a new language. In the context of second language acquisition, anxiety is a significant emotional filter that obstructs the learner's ability to grasp the contextual and situational elements of the language. This research aims to investigate whether flow theory, a positive psychology theory on optimal experience (Csikszentmihalyi, 1970), can assist learners in overcoming the anxiety barrier when learning to speak English. An innovative learning approach, the Immersive Flow State Approach, was framed. A brief study was conducted with fifty-eight students over four weeks to explore this. The students' experiences were collected using the Experimental Sampling Method. Qualitative and Quantitative analyses were done. The results were analyzed. As the approach is effective, it is suggested that elaborative studies be conducted on the proposed research topic.
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