Open AccessCurrent perspectives of teaching English through affective learning strategies
Author(s) -
Jeannette Valencia Robles
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
global journal of foreign language teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2301-2595
DOI - 10.18844/gjflt.v8i4.3088
Subject(s) - set (abstract data type) , psychology , process (computing) , anxiety , filter (signal processing) , domain (mathematical analysis) , cognitive psychology , computer science , psychiatry , computer vision , programming language , operating system , mathematical analysis , mathematics
This paper explores the current perspectives of teaching English taking into consideration the benefits of applying affective learning strategies. Affective strategies are a set of techniques that seek to facilitate learning by lessen the affective filter and increasing motivation to face language anxiety. The paper revises the latest discussions about the elements of the affective domain and how addressing them could increase learners’ opportunities to participate more meaningfully in the learning process of acquiring and developing the skills in a foreign language.
Keywords: affective strategies, social estrategies, affective domain, learning objectives