I Felt “Safe and Heard”: Nurturing English Majors’ Social-Emotional Skills through the Discussion of Controversial Issues in the Hungarian University Context
Amidst contemporary challenges (e.g. pandemics, wars), integrating social-emotional learning (SEL) in English as a foreign language (EFL) classes is crucial for fostering students’ growth and emotional well-being. This study aimed to reveal how a language seminar can contribute to nurturing universi...
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| description | Amidst contemporary challenges (e.g. pandemics, wars), integrating social-emotional learning (SEL) in English as a foreign language (EFL) classes is crucial for fostering students’ growth and emotional well-being. This study aimed to reveal how a language seminar can contribute to nurturing university students’ SEL skills while also developing their language skills by engaging in discussions about controversial issues (CIs). Two groups of students, taught by the two authors, participated in the study. The results reveal that the students appreciated the discussions about CIs, found them challenging but enjoyable, and conducive to developing SEL skills. The results imply that creating an SEL-based syllabus focusing on CI could be both feasible and worthwhile. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-91f3473ae81b4c979ea3cc867b2c140c2025-01-10T10:22:58ZengInstitute of English StudiesAnglica. An International Journal of English Studies0860-57342957-09052024-09-0133115117710.7311/0860-5734.33.1.08I Felt “Safe and Heard”: Nurturing English Majors’ Social-Emotional Skills through the Discussion of Controversial Issues in the Hungarian University ContextAnna Pereszlényi0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3014-3956Rita Divéki1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9342-7219Eötvös Loránd UniversityEötvös Loránd UniversityAmidst contemporary challenges (e.g. pandemics, wars), integrating social-emotional learning (SEL) in English as a foreign language (EFL) classes is crucial for fostering students’ growth and emotional well-being. This study aimed to reveal how a language seminar can contribute to nurturing university students’ SEL skills while also developing their language skills by engaging in discussions about controversial issues (CIs). Two groups of students, taught by the two authors, participated in the study. The results reveal that the students appreciated the discussions about CIs, found them challenging but enjoyable, and conducive to developing SEL skills. The results imply that creating an SEL-based syllabus focusing on CI could be both feasible and worthwhile.https://anglica-journal.com/resources/html/article/details?id=624797social-emotional learning (sel)controversial issues (cis)skills developmentclassroom studytertiary educationhungarian university context |
| spellingShingle | Anna Pereszlényi Rita Divéki I Felt “Safe and Heard”: Nurturing English Majors’ Social-Emotional Skills through the Discussion of Controversial Issues in the Hungarian University Context Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies social-emotional learning (sel) controversial issues (cis) skills development classroom study tertiary education hungarian university context |
| title | I Felt “Safe and Heard”: Nurturing English Majors’ Social-Emotional Skills through the Discussion of Controversial Issues in the Hungarian University Context |
| title_full | I Felt “Safe and Heard”: Nurturing English Majors’ Social-Emotional Skills through the Discussion of Controversial Issues in the Hungarian University Context |
| title_fullStr | I Felt “Safe and Heard”: Nurturing English Majors’ Social-Emotional Skills through the Discussion of Controversial Issues in the Hungarian University Context |
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| title_short | I Felt “Safe and Heard”: Nurturing English Majors’ Social-Emotional Skills through the Discussion of Controversial Issues in the Hungarian University Context |
| title_sort | i felt safe and heard nurturing english majors social emotional skills through the discussion of controversial issues in the hungarian university context |
| topic | social-emotional learning (sel) controversial issues (cis) skills development classroom study tertiary education hungarian university context |
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