A Study on Students' Affective Factors in Junior High School English Teaching

Autor/inn/en	Zhu, Biyi; Zhou, Yaping
Titel	A Study on Students' Affective Factors in Junior High School English Teaching
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 5 (2012) 7, S.33-41 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Junior High School Students; English (Second Language); English Instruction; Student Attitudes; Affective Behavior; Second Language Learning; Anxiety; Inhibition; Self Esteem; Expectation; Learning Motivation; Nonverbal Communication; Cooperative Learning; Student Interests; Student Needs; Questionnaires; Grade 7; Achievement Need; Foreign Countries; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Junior High Schools; Student; Students; Sekundarstufe I; Schüler; Schülerin; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; Schülerverhalten; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Angst; Hemmung; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Expectancy; Erwartung; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Kooperatives Lernen; Studieninteresse; Fragebogen; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Ausland
Abstract	Affect is considered as aspects of emotion, feeling, mood or attitude which condition behaviors in second language acquisition. Positive affect is good for studying while negative affect will inevitably hinder learners' learning process. As we know, students in junior high school are special groups as they are experiencing great changes both in physiology and psychology. Their affect can be easily influenced by external and internal factors. Therefore, it is of vital importance to pay close attention to students' affective factors in English learning process, particularly to the negative ones. Based on the results of the previous research about affects in second language acquisition, the study finds that junior high school students have the following negative affective factors such as boredom, anxiety, hopelessness, inhibition and low self-confidence in their English learning. Then some suggestions for cultivating and improving students' affect are put forward in the hope of improving junior high school English teaching and learning. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01