The impact of group dynamics on the L2 speech of student nurses in the classroom

Nursing students have had little opportunity to speak English in their high school classroom, where they were taught by the Grammar-Translation method under authoritative teachers. In this paper I examine how group dynamics affect these students when they try to improve their ability to speak English. Fear and anxiety may hinder their learning. If they can have positive inter-member relations in groups, they will probably enhance their L2 acquisition. Their speaking ability improves when the group dynamics make their inter- and intra-relationships positive.