Language teachers’ emotions when working with students that exhibit ADHD-type behaviours

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Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder or ADHD may affect additional language learning and teaching. Students that display ADHD-type behaviours may be challenging to teach, and as a result, their teachers may experience various emotions. Yet, empirically this has not been investigated. Therefore, the present study focused on the effect of behaviours associated with ADHD on language teachers’ emotions. The participants were 51 teachers of english as a foreign language, of different age and teaching experience, working in pre-, primary, and high schools in Poland. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire, where the participants were asked to indicate their first and other emotions for inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity symptoms. The findings revealed context-related emotion tapestries, but overwhelmingly with the presence of less pleasant emotions. Thus, the topics of teacher agency and well-being are discussed.

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