Abstract:Emotion factor is an important factor in English teaching and learning. However, many English teachers attach too much importance to cognitive side of language and neglect the function of emotion factors.
The psychological research indicated that, in many aspects, emotional attitudes have direct or indirect learning effect, especially in English teaching. Positive emotion can be a catalyst in students’ learning motivation, the enthusiasm of learning English, harmony of the classroom atmosphere that it can help the teacher achieve better teaching quality and learning effects. On the contrary, negative emotion can be a great obstacle in the teaching process and the achievement of the learning effects. Thus the main path to cultivate students’ positive emotion, dismiss their negative emotion and improve their personalities is to adopt a tactic of emotional teaching. Consequently, positive and optimistic emotional attitudes and active characters can be good for students committing themselves to the language learning, reaching their potential of English learning and improving their learning effects.
This paper tries to discuss how the teacher should learn to make use of emotion factors in English teaching to instruct the students in English learning within a linguistic context. The emotion of the teacher and the students can affect each other. Thus, the teacher should play an importance on the application of emotion in the English teaching to achieve the success in the English teaching during the course.
Key Words: emotion factor; teaching methods; influence; motivation; encouragement
摘要:情感因素是教学活动中的一个关键因素。但许多英语教师过于重视语言的认知而忽略情感因素的作用。
国内外心理研究表明：情感态度在很多方面会直接或间接地影响学习效果。在英语教学中，这种影响尤为突出。积极情感刺激学生的学习动机，提高学生学习英语的积极性，也使英语课堂的气氛更活跃，提高学生的学习效果和教学质量。反之，消极情感是对英语教学的进行和效果的阻碍。因此实施情感教学策略是培养学生积极情感，消除消极情感，促进学生健全人格发展主要渠道。积极乐观的情感态度，活泼开朗的性格有助于学生积极投入到语言学习活动中，有利于发挥学生学习英语的潜能，提高学习效果。
本文主要研究教师该怎样利用情感因素进行生动的英语教学，教导学生在轻松的语言环境学习英语。师生的情感是互相影响的。所以，教师要在外语教学中取得成功，必须重视情感在英语教学中的作用，注意课堂情感的适当运用。
关键词：情感因素；教学方法；影响；动机；鼓励
