Heed their affect before you teach them

الملخص EN

This study is an attempt to shed light over the importance of learner affect for the success of every foreign-language-classroom activity.

It is intended to show that learner accommodating affect is a prerequisite for his involvement, engrossed enterprise, and success in foreign language learning and that the feeling of malaise is likely to thwart any of his learning endeavours.A quantitative research method has been conducted on a sample of English language learners in the Algerian middle and secondary schools.

The sample bears different criteria which have all been taken into account for the sake of exhaustiveness in the study.

The results obtained give evidence of the necessity to attach a paramount importance to learner affect in all foreign language teaching and learning activities to ensure success.