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Frontiers in Educational Research, 2020, 3(12); doi: 10.25236/FER.2020.031206.

The Influence of Affective Factors on Primary School English Teaching

Author(s)

Jin Wu

Corresponding Author:
Jin Wu
Affiliation(s)

Foreign Language College, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China

Abstract

Learning emotion refers to the feelings, emotions and attitudes of learners in the learning process. The emotional state affects and restricts learners' learning behavior and learning results to a large extent. Affective factors are the key to determine the quality of English learning.What’s more,in the primary stage of English learning,it’s important to form positive affective factor because it can laid a solid foundation for the following English study. This article takes the influence of affective factors on primary school English teaching as the topic, analyzes the influence of motivation, self-confidence and anxiety on primary school English teaching, and proposes strategies for constructing affective factors in teaching.

Keywords

Affective factors, primary English teaching, motivation, confidence, anxiety

Cite This Paper

Jin Wu. The Influence of Affective Factors on Primary School English Teaching . Frontiers in Educational Research (2020) Vol. 3 Issue 12: 33-39. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.2020.031206.

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