Psychology & Language Learning Writing for Well-Being: Positive Psychology Writing and L2 Learners more

Sat, Nov 13, 12:45-13:10 Asia/Tokyo

Research in psychology has found that certain types of writing tasks can have a lasting impact on the writers’ overall sense of well-being. This is potentially of great interest to educators, as an individual’s level of happiness also correlates to other benefits that can positively impact student learning. This presentation will share the findings of an empirical study applying these techniques to an EFL classroom to see if these benefits extend to L2 writers.