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Series	BYU English Language Center
Pages	517
License	CC BY-NC
Year	2022

Language Learning Psychology Positive Psychology Positive Education ESL

Positive Psychology in the Classroom

Lesson Plans for English Language Teachers

Maryann Phillips, Dan P. Dewey, Carolee Rogers, Maria Summers, Allison Wallace Baker, & Ben McMurry

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Positive Psychology in the Classroom is a book of 33 lesson plans made for teaching positive psychology interventions using language learning outcomes. It is organized into three units: PERMA, Character Strengths, and Mindfulness. In each unit, there are lesson plans to guide teachers, but it is encouraged for teachers to adapt the lesson plans according to their context. Each lesson is adapted into two proficiency levels: novice high and intermediate mid. This book also demonstrate how positive psychology interventions can be successfully blended with language learning outcomes to improve students’ experience in the classroom. In our experience, students have had a positive reaction to the lesson plans as we have taught them in the institution in which they were piloted and continue to be used.

Acknowledgements 1

Introduction3

PERMA11

Experiencing Gratitude15

Resilience27

Active Constructive Responding51

Service71

Goals81

Expressing Gratitude93

Character Strengths169

Overview171

Appreciation of Beauty and Excellence183

Responding to Disappointments343

Perfectionism355

The Five Senses369

Connecting to the Past387

Self-Compassion403

Perspective413

Handling Strong Emotions435

Mindful Academic Relationships449

Mindful Learning463

Cultural Mindfulness477

Selective Attention495

Annotated Bibliography 513

Maryann Phillips

Maryann Phillips is from Spokane, Washington. She graduated from Brigham Young University-Hawaii in 2018 with a BA in Teaching English to Speakers of a Second Language (TESOL). She is currently a student in the MA TESOL program at Brigham Young University and will graduate in April of 2022. Her interests include positive psychology, grammar instruction, and phonology. She is grateful to all the people that helped and supported the creation of this book.

Dan P. Dewey

Carolee Rogers

Maria Summers

Allison Wallace Baker

Ben McMurry

Brigham Young University

Positive Psychology in the Classroom

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