Coming soon! Managing Cognitive Distortions and Mitigating Affective Dissonance (Salyer & Leaver)
Coming soon! Managing Cognitive Distortions and Mitigating Affective Dissonance by Salyer and Leaver. Watch for it!
Book Description:
Unlock the Mind. Empower the Learner. Transform Language Education.
Why do capable students fail to thrive in language classrooms? Why do smart learners sabotage their own progress with unproductive thoughts and emotions? Managing Cognitive Distortions and Mitigating Affective Dissonance offers educators and learners alike a groundbreaking framework for identifying and dismantling the hidden psychological barriers that block language acquisition.
Drawing on decades of fieldwork and research, this unique collaboration between educator Dr. Betty Lou Leaver and psychologist Dr. Shannon Salyer explores how distorted thinking and unresolved emotional tension quietly derail learning success. With insights shaped by extensive experience at premier institutions like the Foreign Service Institute and the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, the authors reveal how thoughts such as “I’m just not good at this” or feelings like frustration and anxiety are not harmless—they are obstacles to fluency.
This book is both practical and eye-opening. It clearly defines common cognitive distortions and affective dissonances, then offers actionable strategies for recognizing and resolving them in the classroom and beyond. Educators will gain powerful tools to support struggling students, while learners will discover how to shift unhelpful inner narratives into motivating, productive mindsets.
Whether you’re a language teacher, program administrator, or lifelong learner, this book will challenge you to rethink what really drives—or derails—language learning. Prepare to uncover the invisible forces holding learners back—and to learn how to set them free.
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