Turning Trauma into Triumph: Communicative Language Teaching helps L2 students

This presentation explains how important it is for L2 students to gain confidence to speak English through cooperative learning in classrooms. While doing communicative activities in groupwork, they are trying to scaffold and learn something new from the other group members. In short, L2 students in these situations feel self-esteem, inspiration, and sympathy. Even though they may have negative feelings in the groupwork, some positive members play a role as supporters. Such supportive learning often empowers L2 learners to enjoy their successful cooperative learning. This speaker will demonstrate classroom activities to focus on how L2 students can turn trauma into triumph in communication.