初中生英语课堂愉悦情感研究.pdfVIP

Contents Abstract in Chinese i Abstract in English iii List of Figures vii List of Tables viii Abbreviations ix Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1.1 The Research Background 1 1.2 Research Purpose and Significance 2 1.3 The Thesis Structure 3 Chapter 2 Literature Review 5 2.1 Key Concepts 5 2.1.1 Academic Emotions 5 2.1.2 Students’ Enjoyment in Class 7 2.2 Theoretical Basis 8 2.2.1 The Affective Filter Hypothesis 8 2.2.2 The Broaden-and-build Theory 9 2.3 Related Studies on Students’ Enjoyment in Class Abroad and at Home 11 2.3.1 Related Studies Abroad 11 2.3.2 Related Studies at Home 18 2.3.3 Review of Previous Studies 22 Chapter 3 Research Design 24 3.1 Research Questions 24 3.2 Research Subjects 24 3.3 Research Instruments 25 3.3.1 Questionnaire 25 3.3.2 Focused-essay Technique 27 3.3.3 Semi-structured Interview 27 3.4 Data Collection and Analysis 28 v Chapter 4 Results and Discussion 31 4.1 Levels of the Junior High School Students’ Enjoyment in English Classes 31 4.1.1 General Levels of the Students’ Enjoyment in English Classes 31 4.1.2 Students’ Enjoyment in English Classes in Different Groups 34 4.2 Influencing Factors on the Students’ Enjoyment in English Classes 37 4.2.1 Teacher-related Factors 38 4.2.2 Self-related Factors 46 4.2.3 Peer-related Factors 49 Chapter 5 Implications 51 5.1 Organizing various activities to increase students’ classroom participation 51 5.2 Paying attention to students’ emotion and helping students build positive academic self-concept 5