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标题：An Empirical Study of Affective Instruction in Comprehensive English Class for English Majors in China
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作者：Zhiwei Gong ; Yuhong Jiang ; Jing Wei 等
期刊名称：Journal of Language Teaching and Research
印刷版ISSN：1798-4769
出版年度：2015
卷号：6
期号：4
页码：789
DOI：10.17507/jltr.0604.10
出版社：Academy Publisher
摘要：The research aims at exploring that application of affective instruction in English as a foreign language class in China is conducive to students’ cognitive development and target language acquisition. The study involves both quantitative approach depending on the statistical data and qualitative approach to analyze the investigation results. The subjects are 64 sophomores of English majors from School of Foreign Languages at a university in southwestern China. The instruments of the investigation are questionnaires and tests for English majors. The results of the experiments (Research subjects were required to finish questionnaires and testing papers in Sep. 2006 and Jan. 2007 respectively.) indicated that in the pretest the students from two classes are approximately well-matched concerning affective factors and English proficiency, while in the posttest there are changes of students’ affective state between the students from the experimental class and the control class (t=3.405, P<0.001) and some differences of the two classes in English proficiency (t=3.239, P<0.01). Based on these research results, the conclusion is drawn that affective instruction contributes to cultivating students’ positive affect, and positive affect in turn helps students enhance their target language acquisition.
关键词：affective instruction; affective factors; English proficiency; English major