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Conclusions
According to the literature and projects review, we can draw on several im-
portant conclusions concerning physical activity’s positive role in tackling
ESL (see Figure 15).
EFFECTS OF REGULAR
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Improved: Positive BEHAVIOURAL PATTERNS
- PHYSICAL health, (persistence, sense of belonging,
- MENTAL health, acceptance)
- SOCIO-EMOTIONAL well-
improved LEARNING MOTIVATION
being improved self-esteem, SELF-EFFICACY
School-community EXPRESSED AND ADDRESSED
COLLABORATION, raising PROBLEMS with stress management,
AWARENESS, school failure, discrimination,
EXTRACURRICULAR communication di culties, learning
activities, sport EVENTS,
EXPRESSIVE PRACTICES disabilities
ESL PREVENTION AND
COMPENSATION ACTIVITIES
Figure 15. Physical activity’s different beneficial effects on ESL
First, physical activity has an important impact on a student’s physical
and mental health. It is one of the basic human needs and has beneficial ef-
fects on the human as a whole (Teixeira, Carraça, Markland, Silva, & Ryan,
2012). It relaxes the body, helps with coping depression and anxiety, stimu-
lates the student’s concentration and learning motivation. Through sports,
ESLers can learn how to be active and achieve small goals which stimulate
them to also be more confident and effective in other areas of life, including
education. This means it is crucial to incorporate regular physical activity
in all ESL educational prevention and compensation programmes since just
by carrying out basic forms of physical activity has an important impact on
a student’s physical, mental and also emotional health and supports the ed-
ucational process on different levels. Moreover, since it has been found that
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Conclusions
According to the literature and projects review, we can draw on several im-
portant conclusions concerning physical activity’s positive role in tackling
ESL (see Figure 15).
EFFECTS OF REGULAR
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Improved: Positive BEHAVIOURAL PATTERNS
- PHYSICAL health, (persistence, sense of belonging,
- MENTAL health, acceptance)
- SOCIO-EMOTIONAL well-
improved LEARNING MOTIVATION
being improved self-esteem, SELF-EFFICACY
School-community EXPRESSED AND ADDRESSED
COLLABORATION, raising PROBLEMS with stress management,
AWARENESS, school failure, discrimination,
EXTRACURRICULAR communication di culties, learning
activities, sport EVENTS,
EXPRESSIVE PRACTICES disabilities
ESL PREVENTION AND
COMPENSATION ACTIVITIES
Figure 15. Physical activity’s different beneficial effects on ESL
First, physical activity has an important impact on a student’s physical
and mental health. It is one of the basic human needs and has beneficial ef-
fects on the human as a whole (Teixeira, Carraça, Markland, Silva, & Ryan,
2012). It relaxes the body, helps with coping depression and anxiety, stimu-
lates the student’s concentration and learning motivation. Through sports,
ESLers can learn how to be active and achieve small goals which stimulate
them to also be more confident and effective in other areas of life, including
education. This means it is crucial to incorporate regular physical activity
in all ESL educational prevention and compensation programmes since just
by carrying out basic forms of physical activity has an important impact on
a student’s physical, mental and also emotional health and supports the ed-
ucational process on different levels. Moreover, since it has been found that
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