| 中文摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| ·Problems in present English teaching in middle schools | 第10-12页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第12-13页 |
| ·The purpose of the study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Research questions | 第14页 |
| ·Thesis structure | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter two Literature review and theoretical foundation | 第15-20页 |
| ·Definitions of low achievers at Home and Abroad | 第15-16页 |
| ·Studies on Affective Factors in L2 Learning Abroad | 第16-17页 |
| ·Studies on Affective Factors in L2 Learning at Home | 第17-18页 |
| ·Theoretical foundation | 第18-20页 |
| ·English New Curriculum Standards(2001) | 第18页 |
| ·Humanistic approaches in education | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Affective Filter Hypothesis | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter Three Affective factors and English learning | 第20-27页 |
| ·Attitude and English learning | 第20-21页 |
| ·Motivation and English learning | 第21-22页 |
| ·Anxiety and English learning | 第22-24页 |
| ·Extroversion- Introversion and English learning | 第24页 |
| ·Self-esteem and English learning | 第24-25页 |
| ·Affective factor in English classroom transactions | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter four An Investigation on the Current Situation of the low-achievers' Affective Factors in English Learning | 第27-42页 |
| ·Methodology | 第27-29页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第27页 |
| ·Participants | 第27-28页 |
| ·Instruments | 第28页 |
| ·The Design of the Instruments | 第28页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第28-29页 |
| ·Reliability and Validity | 第29页 |
| ·Results and analysis from the questionnaire | 第29-40页 |
| ·Investigation on the attitude of the low achievers | 第29-31页 |
| ·Investigation about the motivation | 第31-33页 |
| ·Investigation on the anxiety state | 第33-35页 |
| ·Investigation on the introvert-extrovert | 第35-36页 |
| ·Investigation about the self-esteem | 第36-38页 |
| ·An investigation about the English classroom transaction | 第38-40页 |
| ·Summary | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter Five Implications for Middle School English Teaching | 第42-46页 |
| ·Build new type of student-teacher relationship | 第42-43页 |
| ·Arousing low achievers' interests in English | 第43页 |
| ·Fostering students' motivation | 第43-44页 |
| ·Cultivating Self-esteem | 第44页 |
| ·Reducing anxiety | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter six Conclusion | 第46-48页 |
| Bibliography | 第48-51页 |
| Appendix1 | 第51-53页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第53页 |
