摘　要

情感是人对客观事物是否符合自己需要而产生的态度体验。在英语教学中，情感起着很重要的作用。本文主要研究英语教学中的五个情感因素：动机，焦虑，态度，自尊及移情。其目的旨在通过对情感因素和一些相关情感理论的研究来分析初中学生学习英语过程中所遇到的一些问题和障碍。2001年的新课程改革实施后，情感被视为学生学习不可分割的一部分。但是，长期以来，我国教师在教学过程中忽视了情感因素的发展，导致学生学习效率低下，学习动力不足。消极情感严重影响广大中学生的学习效果。积极情感能够激发学生的学习热情和兴趣。然而，消极情感抑制学生的学习动机，妨碍学生的学习进度。所以，在情感研究的基础上，本文对如何促进积极情感并且克服消极情感提出了针对性策略。

关键词：英语教学；情感；积极情感；消极情感
 
Abstract

Affect refers to one’s attitude towards something which expresses whether he or she needs objective things or not. Affective factors play a very important role in the process of English teaching. The main content of this paper is research on five affective factors in English teaching which include motivation, anxiety, attitude, self-esteem, empathy. This thesis aims at analyzing the problems and obstacles when students are learning English through the research of affective factors and some relevant affective theories, and also inquiring into the current affective situation of students and even make feasible suggestions constructing positive affects and avoiding negatives ones in order to help students improve the learning efficiency and promote all-around development of the students. Since the new curriculum reform of 2001 has been put into practice, affect has been regarded as one of the most integral factors in the process of English learning. However, for a long time, in the present English classroom, especially in Chinese junior schools, Chinese teachers’ ignoring the development of affective factors in English teaching results in students’ low learning efficiency and little motivation in English learning. As a consequence, some negative affects like high anxiety and little motivation will reduce students’ learning efficiency in a great way. Positive affects are likely to stimulate students’ learning enthusiasm and interests; while negative affects may suppress students’ motivation and then prevent their learning progress. Thus, on the basis of affective research, this paper proposes some targeted strategies on how to stimulate positive affects and overcome negative affects accordingly.

Key Words: English teaching; affect; positive affect; negative affect

1 Introduction
    This paper mainly focuses on different affective factors which influence English teaching, some relevant affective teaching theories and the application of affect in English teaching. According to Krashen(1985), affective factors mainly includes several aspects: motivation, attitude, self-esteem, anxiety and empathy, etc. Positive affect can initiate students’ interest in English learning and then reduce their learning anxiety; while negative affect may lead students to a poor performance in class.