Author(s)

Yana Liu

Corresponding Author

Yana Liu

Abstract

The success of second language acquisition depends on the input of language, the environment of language study, the individual differences of learners and the social and cultural factors of language acquisition, among them, the key factor that affects learner’s individual differences is emotion in non-intelligence element. The reason is that emotion factors such as motivation, attitude, interest, self-confidence, self-esteem, anxiety and empathy directly influence the acquisition behavior of second language learners. This paper mainly analyses the influence of emotion factors such as motivation, anxiety and empathy on second language acquisition, and puts forward some relevant countermeasures to fully mobilize positive emotions.

Keywords

second language acquisition, emotional factors, positive emotion, motivation, anxiety, empathy.