Affective factors are once solely regarded as a category in psychology. Currently many linguists and educators are concerned about the functions of affective factors in foreign language instruction. Cooperative learning approach is widely used by a large number of instructors worldwide. Many researchers claim that students learning effects can be effectively improved by means of cooperative learning approach, especially affective factors are given sufficient consideration in the process of language instruction. Taking writing curriculum as an example, the author drew the following suggestions: firstly, students affective state is dynamic, teachers should help students to reduce the influence of the negative affective factors to guarantee the implementation of cooperative learning; secondly, teachers should often discuss with students to adjust teaching strategy accordingly; lastly, in cooperative teaching, learners are center-oriented,  teachers are facilitators; teachers should assist students to cultivate the ability to solve various problems of affective factors on their own.

Wang Mingliang. Functions of Affective Factors in Cooperative Language Instruction –Taking Writing Curriculum as an Example. Frontiers in Art Research (2020) Vol. 2 Issue 4: 44-48. https://doi.org/10.25236/FAR.2020.020414.

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