Abstract：This thesis aims to analyze how can the affective factors influence primary students’ performance and what can be done to reinforce or diminish the influence. The inspirations come from the definition and categories of affect and the analysis of the learners’ emotions in the process of language learning. Positive emotions facilitate the performance of the learners while the negative ones hampers. This thesis investigates the problems occurring in the real situations of teaching, the solutions to which are well presented. Teachers ought to encourage the positive emotions and avoid the negative ones.

Key words: affective factors; English learning; primary school teaching;

CONTENTS

Abstract

摘要

1.Introduction1

  1.1 Background of Research on Affective Factors

  1.2 Motivation and Objectives

2. Literature Review...2

  2.1 Definition and Implications of Affective Factors

  2.1.1 Affect

  2.1.2 Motivation 

  2.1.2.1 Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation

  2.1.2.2 Integrative and Instrumental Motivation

  2.1.3 Attitude

  2.1.4 Anxiety

  2.1.5 Empathy

  2.2 Theoretical Foundation

 2.2.1 Introduction to Krashen’s Affective Filter Hypothesis

  2.2.2 Implications from Theory 

3. Affective Teaching Methods and Strategies7

  3.1 Problems Caused by Negative Affective Factors

  3.2 Methods and Strategies to Transform Emotions Negative to Positive

  3.2.1 Empathy

  3.2.2 Reflection

  3.2.3 Reducing the level of anxiety

  3.3 Getting Students Motivated

  3.4 Paying attention to different personalities of students

  3.5 Establishing positive attitudes

4.Conclusions....14

Bibliography..15

Acknowledgments.....17