Fear of failure among technical and vocational students of Taiwan

This study examines the origins of the fear of failure experienced in interpersonal and social contexts by Taiwanese technical and vocational students. The main causes for the phenomenon of fear of failure among technical and vocational students in Taiwan are anxiety relating to language, feeling embarrassed, and having an inferiority complex. In this study, in order to reduce technical and vocational students' fear of failure, the researcher proposed the appreciative pedagogical techniques that focus on positive characteristics, bilingualism, empowerment, and dialogism to build up the students' confidence in language and subject field acquisition. Rather than focusing on students' deficiencies, the practice of appreciative pedagogical techniques empowers students to discover their positive characteristics and create bilingual and dialogical learning environment to increase their confidence.