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Teaching Mindfulness in the English Foreign Language Classroom to High School Students

Table 1: Means and standard deviations for the questions referring to the MBI

Item No. of participants who answered Mean score S. D T
I feel that studying English this semester was valuable to me 26 3.8 1.2
The teacher taught in an interesting way 26 4.3 0.7
I enjoyed participating in the meditations. 26 3.42 1.39
Before the mindfulness program I found it difficult to focus 26 2.7 1.05
The program helped me focus better during school work. 26 2.88 1.31 -0.724
Before the mindfulness program I felt that I didn’t pay attention to things around me. 26 2.84 1.06
The program raised my awareness about paying attention to the things around me. 26 3.42 1.24 -2.670*
Before the mindfulness program I was very judgmental towards myself. 26 3.19 1.17
I feel less judgmental towards myself 26 2.69 0.95 2.575*
Before the mindfulness program I was very judgmental towards others. 26 2.73 1.09
I feel less judgmental towards others. 26 2.73 1.09 -2.101*
Before the mindfulness program I barely paid attention to the present moment. 26 2.65 1.23
The program helped me pay more attention to the present moment. 26 3.30 1.16 -3.411**
Before the program I found I was living part of my life on automatic pilot. 26 2.88 1.25
I feel as though I function less on automatic pilot. 26 2.76 1.04 0.461
I feel more gratitude towards life than before I started the program. 26 2.88 1.55
I didn’t find the mindfulness program effective. 26 2.30 1.25
I tried hard to come to all the English lessons. 26 3.76 1.18
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