
Language Teacher Emotion Regulation
An Exploration in Japan
Sam Morris(Author)
Multilingual Matters (Publisher)
Published on 10. June 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
188 pages
978-1-80041-912-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book seeks to understand how language teachers regulate and use their emotions to best serve themselves and their students. It furthers research in the field by providing an in-depth theoretical discussion of emotion regulation alongside a comprehensive exploration in Japan. The study at the heart of the book focuses on three important features: the strategies language teachers employ to regulate their emotions, the motives that they regulate in aid of, and the various contextual factors shaping their strategy and motive decision-making. The findings reveal numerous ways that language teacher emotion regulation is empowered and constrained by identities, notions of good practice, critical experiences and external pressures. The book provides theoretical models of emotion regulation alongside recommendations for researchers, trainers and teachers who are interested in understanding more about the emotional dimension of the language classroom.
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This book provides a deeply nuanced understanding of the complexities and choices involved in presenting an emotional public teaching-persona. Morris provides the Language Teacher Emotion Regulation Model (LTERM), with research and conceptual arguments expressed in an engaging, thought provoking and immensely readable way that I found both informative and compelling. * Richard S. Pinner, Sophia University, Japan * Morris's book provides the most comprehensive theoretical and empirical treatment of language teacher emotion regulation currently available. Based on a careful qualitative study with tertiary English teachers in Japan, it amply corroborates his claim that emotion regulation is at the heart of nearly every decision that teachers make. Anyone with a stake in language teacher emotions needs to read this book. * Elizabeth R. Miller, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA * In this captivating book, Morris explores teacher emotional struggles, revealing the motives, decisions, and outcomes of emotion regulation. Through an insider's lens, he examines internal, cultural, and contextual influences on these behaviors. Rooted in a specific context, this study offers transformative insights for teachers, trainers, researchers, and institutions into the critical skill of emotion regulation. * Anna Mystkowska-Wiertelak, University of Wroclaw, Poland *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
324 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80041-912-4 (9781800419124)
DOI
10.21832/MORRIS9131
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Sam Morris is an Associate Professor in the Centre for Foreign Language Education and Research at Rikkyo University, Japan. His research explores the affective dimensions of language teaching and learning, with a particular focus on language teacher emotion regulation.
Content
Acknowledgements
Copyright Notice
Acknowledgement of Financial Support
Figures and Tables
Foreword
Chapter 1. Introduction to Language Teacher Emotion Regulation
Chapter 2. Theoretical Perspectives on Emotion Regulation
Chapter 3. Emotion Regulation in Applied Linguistics
Chapter 4. The Non-Japanese Teacher in Japan
Chapter 5. A Study of Emotion Regulation
Chapter 6. Environment
Chapter 7. Attention
Chapter 8. Cognition
Chapter 9. Response
Chapter 10. Conclusion: Language Teacher Emotion Regulation
Appendices
References
Index
Copyright Notice
Acknowledgement of Financial Support
Figures and Tables
Foreword
Chapter 1. Introduction to Language Teacher Emotion Regulation
Chapter 2. Theoretical Perspectives on Emotion Regulation
Chapter 3. Emotion Regulation in Applied Linguistics
Chapter 4. The Non-Japanese Teacher in Japan
Chapter 5. A Study of Emotion Regulation
Chapter 6. Environment
Chapter 7. Attention
Chapter 8. Cognition
Chapter 9. Response
Chapter 10. Conclusion: Language Teacher Emotion Regulation
Appendices
References
Index