A Case Study Of Affective Education In A Senior Middle School English Teaching

As one of the five objectives in English Curriculum Standard,affective objective plays a very critical role in today's English teaching.However,many teachers pay much more attention to the cognitive factors than the affective factors in foreign language teaching for a long time.The orientation of New Curriculum Standards is to stimulate and cultivate students' interest in learning English,so that students can establish confidence,develop good learning habits and form effective learning strategies,and develop the ability of autonomous learning and cooperative spirit.In allusion to the phenomena above,based on the humanistic learning theory,constructivism learning theory and the affective filter hypothesis,the researcher adopts questionnaire and interview as the main research instruments to investigate the current state and find the main factors influencing the implementation of affective teaching,and puts forward some constructive suggestions.The research intends to answer the following questions: 1)What is the current state of affective teaching in the senior high school(SHS)English classes? 2)How do the teachers with different affective levels influence students? interest,confidence and anxiety in their middle school English learning? 3)What are the differences between novice and experienced teachers in affective teaching in SHS English classes?The major findings of the research are as follows: 1)Most English teachers have been fully aware of the key role of affect in senior high school English teaching,but the phenomenon of emphasizing knowledge and ignoring affective education largely exists.More than half of the students in English class suffer from higher anxiety and students' interest and confidence in learning English is quite low.2)Teachers with different affective levels have an influence on students? interest,confidence and anxiety in their middle school English learning The teachers' attitudes toward affective teaching and application of affective teaching strategies and methods in class have a certain relationship with the students? learning state.Teachers should create a harmonious and relaxing learning atmosphere to stimulate students? interest in learning,enhance their confidence in learning English,and reduce their anxiety.3)There is no significant difference of application of affective factors between the novice teachers and experienced teachers in preparing lessons and checking students? homework,but the experienced teachers are better than novice teachers in many aspects including students? active participation,creation of a pleasant atmosphere in the classroom,and application of affective strategies.Based on the problems found in the analysis to the data of questionnaire and on the collection of data from the interview,the researcher puts forward some suggestions on affective teaching,hoping to promote the effective application of affective teaching in senior high school English teaching and learning.