Developing emotional competence for L2 teaching in second language teacher education: Opportunities and challenges for teacher education in Poland and turkey

Abstract

This chapter is devoted to the issue of developing teacher emotional competence. It mainly focuses on the emotional competence of second language teacher and the opportunities and the challenges in the development of initial teacher education, induction and continuous professional development of teachers. The paper raises the question of emotional education for teachers throughout their careers. The research study presented in the chapter provides insights into pre-service second language teachers’ emotional competence in Turkey and Poland. The research is comparative in nature and allows making the attempts to explain its subject with taking into account such variables as: age, gender, academic achievements, country of residence, and enthusiasm, confidence, school ethos, optimism, power, forgiveness, youth culture, social justice, relational, trust, and compassion, which are the subscales of PTECS (Prospective Teachers Emotional Competence Scale). On the basis of the research findings some conclusions on developing emotional competence for L2 teaching in second language teacher education are formulated.