Emotional Issues in Language Learning: A Case Study of Korean Female Students in Short Term Study Abroad

Emotional Issues in Language Learning: A Case Study of Korean Female Students in Short Term Study Abroad

  This paper examines study abroad students" emotional issues when they first arrived in the target culture. The participants in this study had problems in communicating with the target language and also confronted personal problems such as loneliness, discrimination, homesickness. as well as feeling powerless. This made them easily emotional and venerable, and this influenced their learning. too. The language learners emotional problems could be considered as a timely matter that would go away as time passes. However, it was important to look at the problems closely and think about how we could help the learners deal with their emotional breakdowns and concentrate more on learning. This qualitative research aims to explore affective part of language learning process in language learners" particular social and cultural environment. Data was gathered by conducting in-depth interviews and shadowing observations in various settings. Field notes were filled, and the conversations were taped and transcribed. The research suggests that emotional problems students face during study abroad can be an important cue that shows how they manage their language learning. Therefore, the findings of this study will identify emotional elements bothering the language learners and provide the ways the learners got over them and become more confident.