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Документ Classroom nonverbal communication(ТОВ "Планета-Прінт", 2021) Snigurova, T.Документ Coping with stress and anxiety when L2 acquisition(Видавничий дім "Гельветика", 2021) Romanov, Yu.; Snigurova, T.This article considers stressors affecting the psychological state of international college students. In addition to the general stress inherent in higher education as such (necessity of meeting certain academic requirements, test taking, a significant amount of educational material, lack of time, competition among classmates, etc.), international students experience additional stressors associated with L2 acquisition (language learning difficulties, cultural differences, fear of losing self-identity, etc.). The concept of stress was formulated by a prominent Hungarian-Canadian scientist H. Selye. He considered stress to be a non-specific reaction to any demands made on the body which cannot be avoided. Negative effects of stress (low academic performance, sleep difficulties and depressive/anxiety symptoms, smartphone addiction, Internet addiction, suicide attempts) are widely discussed in modern science. Nevertheless, reducing academic stress can increase students’ intrinsic motivation and improve learning outcomes. As for L2 anxiety, it can significantly affect academic achievements, so the factors that determine its level (gender, age, fear of negative evaluation, general feeling of anxiety, etc.) are subject to detailed study. The article analyzes the influence of anxiety on the formation of speaking skills and suggests some teaching techniques that help overcome anxiety and are applicable to L2 teaching, namely, group work (role play within the given contexts) with no explicit control from the teacher and project-based learning which involve completing various communication tasks aimed primarily at the development of speaking skills. By performing such tasks, students have the opportunity to focus on the process and mechanisms of cooperative learning which significantly reduces the foreign language anxiety.