ON AFFECTIVE BARRIERS TO LANGUAGE LEARNING

• 作者: XiangMaoying
• 来源期刊: 中国英语教学：英文版
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: 语言学习 英语学习 学习兴趣 学习气氛 情绪控制
• 年，卷（期）: 2004,（1）
• 页码范围: 115-119
• 页数: 5页
• 分类号: H319.3

摘要

Affective factors play a significant role in languagelearning. This paper argues that positive emotions can facilitatethe language learning process and improve learners' languageperformance, while negative emotions will bring barriers tolanguage learning and reduce learners learning capacity. Withtwo true stories as an introduction and some relevant answersobtained from my questionnaire, this paper mainly discusses theinfluences of negative emotional factors on language learning.such as anxiety, low self-esteem, insecure classroomatmosphere, lack of rapport between teachers and students, etc.Some suggestions about how to overcome affective barriers areput forward.