Contrastive Analysis of Impact by Affective Factors on Adult Foreign Language Learning and Child Language Development

Affective factors are the meaning of"decisive essence "in foreign language learning. Adult foreign language learning is much influenced by affective factors than children language development in the process of language development. In this paper, on the basis of a Krashen's"Affective Filter Hypothesis", the writer analyses the reasons, and analyses adult foreign language learning and child language development affect differently from four main affective factors: motivation, self-confidence,anxiety and empathy.