01588nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653003600118653002100154653002100175653003200196653002500228100003200253700003100285700003300316700002900349245012100378300001200499490000700511520080000518022001401318020001401332       2023                            d  c12/2023bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aDialogic Pedagogical Gatherings10aenglish learning10aLearning anxiety10aSecond Language acquisition10aPre-service teachers1 aNerea Gutiérrez-Fernández1 aLourdes Villardón-Gallego1 aAitana Fernández-Villardón1 aMaite Santiago-Garabieta00aFostering student participation through Dialogic Pedagogical Gatherings to face anxiety toward English (L2) learning  a130-1360 v293 aAnxiety is an affective variable that negatively affects learning in general, and specifically second language learning. Several studies have demonstrated that the active participation of students helps to reduce learning anxiety. The Dialogic Pedagogical Gatherings (DPG) are an educational action that promotes participation through dialogue. However, the effect of this pedagogic strategy to overcome anxiety towards learning English (L2) in pre-service teachers has not been studied in depth. To this end, a quasi-experimental study with a mixed design was carried out with the participation of 48 preservice teachers. The results show that the anxiety level of the participants decreases considerably after the DGP intervention. These results have implications for second language teaching.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437