Abstract:Nowadays people are increasingly aware of the emotion in foreign study. On Affective Filter Hypo thesis, American language educationist S.D. Larson pointed out that relaxation and anxiety both play an important role. It is visible to see that anxiety may be the most affective element in language learning. This paper mainly states the wide occurrence of anxiety in pupils’ English class and explores the sorts and reasons of pupils’ anxiety in English class. Many results show that anxiety has been found to be correlated with English-learning achievement among different groups of people in various contexts. In order to explore primary school students’ English learning anxiety，this paper reveals what are the most effective strategies in English teaching to ease the state of anxiety for pupils. Ultimately, some problems worth noticing of researching anxiety have been put forward.
Key words: English class; pupil; anxiety
中文摘要:在英语学习过程中，人们越来越关注学习者的情感因素。美国语言教育学家克拉申在他的情感过滤学说中指出,焦虑或放松在情感过滤中起着关键性的作用。可见焦虑可能是语言学习中最大的情感障碍。本文主要指出了在小学英语课堂上焦虑情绪的广泛存在性，探讨了小学生英语课堂焦虑情绪的种类和引发的原因。许多先前调查结果显示，不同性别、英语课堂气氛、学生成绩和师生关系都会是引发小学生英语课堂焦虑的主要因素。此外，本研究者结合与教师教学活动相关的焦虑因素，提示教师应采取积极的措施帮助学生减轻外语焦虑，以提高英语学习的效率。最后，文章指出了关于更多对小学生外语课堂焦虑研究的呼吁。
关键词：英语课堂；小学生；焦虑
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