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Emotional Dimensions of Teaching Foreign Languages: Existing Studies and Future Perspectives #1320

A sudden shift to Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) that occurred in the previous year 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic undid all the familiar pedagogic algorithms of language classroom management. Along with new online teaching communicative pedagogical strategies and accommodations, a relatively new dimension has started gaining the attention of educators. Massive changes in the new pedagogical reality sturred a new range of powerful emotions-isolation, fear of the unknown, anxiety. Affected by the above, I have decided to embrace the situation and start searching for practical solutions in the existing pre-pandemic research on the matter. My presentation is aiming to provide a summary of my search and can be useful for fellow educators looking to reduce the emotional complexity in their teaching situations. I will summarize diverse teaching contexts with emotional issues and solutions as described in the edited volume "The Emotional Rollercoaster of Language Teaching" by Christina Gkonou, Jean-Marc Dewaele, and Jim King. I hope to keep my presentation interactive by encouraging the audience to share their emotional experiences and engage in the discussion of future research perspectives.