Afectividad y competencia existencial en estudiantes de Español como lengua extranjera en Brasil

Abstract

In this paper we address the study of the affective component of the existential competence in students of Spanish as a Foreign Language in a non-immersion context in a Language School in Brasilia. Aspects such as motivation, self-esteem, autonomy, anxiety, and empathy and their relationship to the learning of foreign languages are stated in this research report. Core concepts in Applied Linguistics such as the relationship between emotion and cognition or emotional intelligence are considered in the empirical study when we ask students how these topics in Applied Linguistics such as the relationship between emotion provide us with valuable formative elements to help us to rethink our teaching practices in the foreign language area.