Application of affective filter hypothesis in junior english vocabulary teaching

Abstract

With the continuous development of new curriculum reform, language teaching is paid more attention to the learners’ affective state. Affective factors are becoming more and more important factors affecting learners. Therefore, English educators need to make good use of affective factors during the teaching. This thesis researches the middle school students’ emotional problems in the vocabulary learning from three aspects of affective filter hypothesis: motivation, confidence and anxiety and finds the problems of middle school students in English vocabulary learning, then applies this theory in vocabulary teaching. The research shows that the affective filter hypothesis is applied in Junior Middle School English vocabulary teaching. It effectively improves teachers’ teaching proficiency and is good for students’ vocabulary learning.