ABSTRACT
According to educational psychology, affect accounts learning efficiency and success. "Empathy", as a kind of positive affect, has been studied by many scholars. In this paper, the author, on the basis of the achievements made by the scholars home and abroad, explored the effects of "Empathy" used at English class teaching in middle school.
This thesis studies according to the psychology of middle school students, combining the relationship of pragmatic empathy between the politeness principle and the cooperative principle. Based on these theories, the author attempts to propose three pragmatic empathy strategies: politeness strategy, appropriateness strategy and equality strategy, and group cooperation strategy.
Keywords：empathy; psychology; English language teaching
Contents
1．Introduction 1
1.1 The importance of studying affect 1
1.2 Related researches of affect abroad and home 1
1.3 The importance of empathy to affect 2
2. Theoretical Basis of Empathy Theory 3
2.1 The concept of empathy theory 3
2.2 Development of empathy theory 4
2.3 The problems with the existing studies 4
3. English learning psychology of students 6
3.1 Introduction 6
3.2 Learning emotion 6
3.3 Learning attribution 6
4. Empathy strategy 8
4.1 Pragmatic empathy strategy 8
4.1.1The origin of pragmatic empathy 8
4.1.2 Pragmatic empathy in brief 9
4.2 The empathy in group interaction strategy 9
5. The Effect of the Empathy on English Teaching 11
5.1 Introduction 11
5.2 Using praising and encouraging strategies 12
5.3 Using correcting probably strategies 13
5.4 Using group interaction strategy 14
5.4.1Thinking in others' shoes strategy 15
5.4.2 Using cooperating strategy 16
6. Conclusion 18
Acknowledgements 19
References 20
