Abstract:Emotion factor is an important factor in English teaching and learning. Emotion can generally be divided into two types: positive emotion and negative emotion. Positive emotion can inspire students’ learning motivation, encourage students to learn English more actively, harmonize the classroom atmosphere to achieve better teaching quality and learning effects.  Negative emotion can be a great obstruction in the teaching process and the achievement of the learning effects. The emotion of the teacher and students can affect each other. Hence, in order to achieve the success in the English teaching, the teacher must pay attention to the appropriate application of emotion in the English teaching. The teacher can reduce his gap between the students by inspiring the students’ motivation in English learning, linking knowledge with students’ interests, paying attention to the emotion factors, harmonizing atmosphere in the classroom, interacting with the students actively and providing the students with the interesting ways for memory. 

Key words: emotion factor; teaching methods; influence; classroom atmosphere

中文摘要:情感因素是教学活动中的一个关键因素。情感可以分为两大类，积极情感与消极情感。积极情感有助于刺激学生的学习动机，提高学生学习英语的积极性，同时也使英语课堂的气氛更加活跃，以提高学生的学习效果和教学质量。积极情感对英语教学的进行与效果有巨大的推动作用。反之，消极情感是对英语教学的进行和效果的阻碍。教师和学生的情感是互相影响的。因此，教师要在外语教学中取得成功，就必须重视情感在英语教学中的作用以及注意课堂中情感的适当运用。在课堂上，教师可以运用刺激学生的学习动机，营造和谐的教学气氛，注意与学生的互动，提供有趣的记忆方法，注意知识与学生的兴趣相连，注意语言中的情感因素这六种方法来拉近他与学生之间的距离，使学生更好的感受到他的积极情感。

关键词：情感因素；教学方法；作用；课堂气氛