CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Creating classroom environments that act intentionally to lower the affective filter will increase language development. The lower the filter, the more input is allowed to pass through. Students who are highly motivated, feel confident, and feel safe are more open to input.

Detailed explanation-2: -The affective filter hypothesis basically explains that language cannot be learned if a learner is blocking the learning process. In other words, a learner can be mentally prepared to learn, or they might be hindering this process in some way.

Detailed explanation-3: -Low motivation and boredom, or low self-esteem and anxiety are all negative emotions that increase the Affective Filter and form a ‘mental block’ that prevents comprehensible input from reaching the language acquisition part of the brain. In other words, when the filter is ‘up’ it impedes language acquisition.

Detailed explanation-4: -Abstract-Affective factors are the most important factors in SLA and English teaching. These factors include emotion, feeling, mood, manner, attitude and so on. All these factors, especially, motivation, self-confidence and anxiety, decide the input and output of the second language.