Family Environment Mode Approach (FEMA) Towards a Tangible Protocol for Nurturing Affective Learning

This paper aims to provide detailed and replicable protocols for the Family Environment Mode Approach (FEMA) to language teaching, developed by the author. FEMA involves the conscious application of an emotional field by... [ view full abstract ]

This paper aims to provide detailed and replicable protocols for the Family Environment Mode Approach (FEMA) to language teaching, developed by the author. FEMA involves the conscious application of an emotional field by self-re-generating educational actors in order to promote key concepts that indirectly affect educational outcomes by reducing stress and increasing motivation. It supports the creation of a stress-free classroom environment and promotes a trusting family-like atmosphere. FEMA teachers react in a non-judgmental manner to language errors, even embracing failure and mistakes. Having pioneered this approach, the author sets out to develop more a robust relationship-centered theory of language learning. The current paper develops these ideas based on concerns that arose during experimental research. Features of classroom plant, tools and equipment, communication of key concepts, relational and transactional factors are considered in detail. In particular, the study reveals teachers’ continuous self-cultivation as being of great importance.

Keywords: Family Environment Mode Approach (FEMA), Mindset, Learning Beliefs