A Teacher's Nightmare? Presenting the Sources of Teaching Anxiety

Seminar paper from the year 2021 in the subject Didactics - English, grade: 2,0, University of Augsburg (Philologisch-Historische Fakultät), course: Proseminar: Research in Language Teaching, language: English, abstract: The following research paper will initially give a definition of anxiety. Then, the concept of teaching anxiety and how it differs from learning anxiety will be discussed.

I will dedicate particular focus to foreign language teaching anxiety, as the sources will be presented in the context of teaching a foreign language. The factors leading to anxiety will then be discussed and distinguished in personal, classroom-related, employment-related and situational sources. Eventually, suggestions on how to prevent teaching anxiety will be given and further research fields will be recommended.