Affective Education Essay

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Teachers who participated in the research believe that affective education plays an important role in English teaching, especially after reform in college English book, which represents complicated contents, so many students had trouble adapting the new textbook. At same time, some of students had anxiety disorder even gave up the subject. And as we all know, their English performance and level of ability are usually poor, and they ignored culture knowledge for a long time for various reasons. However, more and more students became interested in English and made progress after the research. Some students dare to answer the teacher’s questions and participate in class activities actively. With focusing on the affective education, the teachers …show more content…

There are some interruptions of developing affective education. It takes time and lots of efforts to build up it, so teachers have great stress from work. At present, teachers in the universities undertake the responsibility of both the teaching work and research work, so teachers have troubles in organizing and carrying out affective education.[15] At same time, they need to communicate with students by using rest time while they are tired and exhausted after daily work. Due to the some limitations of teaching conditions, it is hard to develop affective education, for example, when the course involves a wide range of contents, teachers should impart knowledge as much as possible in limited time. Therefore, teachers may abandon affective education to follow the traditional teaching methods for various reasons. In addition, there is no uniform pattern and standard of affective education, which teachers can follow it. Thus, teachers should develop affective education depending on characteristics and realities of English …show more content…

Through the review of previously notable researches and theories related to the affective domain in the field of education, psychology and linguistics both abroad and home, the necessity of paying attention to learners' affect is proved and a theoretical basis for further exploration is formed. And Positive affective factors conduce to develop students’ cognition, a favorable attitude towards English and good learning habits. Affective education, which also can stimulate students’ interest and improve their motivation by increasing their confidence and esteem, are contributed to the communication between teachers and students. At the same time, the students learning scores and the effects of teachers’ work will be improved by using affective education. Therefore, the affective education that penetrating in college English teaching can improve the teaching environment, ensure the smooth progress of teaching activities, and lay a good foundation for successful

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