THE IMPACT OF EMOTIONAL CLIMATE ON STUDENT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT IN THE EFL CLASSROOM IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Karimbayeva, Asal Shukhratovna

Қўқон ДПИ. Илмий хабарлар · 2026-yil

Annotatsiya

This study explores how the emotional climate of the classroom influences student speaking engagement in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) course at the university level. Although communicative teaching methods are widely used, many students remain reluctant to participate actively in speaking tasks, even when they have sufficient language proficiency. The research suggests that this reluctance may be connected not only to linguistic factors but also to the emotional atmosphere in the classroom. A short-term pilot experiment was conducted with 48 undergraduate students divided into control and experimental groups. The experimental group experienced targeted strategies aimed at creating a supportive and psychologically safe environment, including delayed error correction, positive feedback, humor-based warm-ups, and cooperative peer interaction. The results showed a significant increase in voluntary participation and longer student responses in the experimental group. The findings demonstrate that emotional climate is a manageable pedagogical factor that can directly enhance students’ willingness to speak and engage more actively in EFL classrooms.

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MualliflarKarimbayeva, Asal Shukhratovna
JurnalҚўқон ДПИ. Илмий хабарлар
Nashr sanasi2026-06-27
Jild8
Son3
Betlar435-443
TilIngliz
DOI10.70728/c.series.v08.i03.071

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emotional climate, speaking engagement, EFL classroom, higher education, psychological safety, foreign language anxiety, student participation, communicative competence.

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