The Effect of Emotions on Reading Comprehension

Abstract

Reading comprehension is very important to peoples daily lives, and the influence of emotions on human thinking and cognition also affects the level of comprehension of text; the influence of emotions on reading comprehension is crucial to psychological research and educational practice. The purpose of the study is to review, analyze, and debate the prior literature in this area in two ways: the effects of positive and negative emotions on reading comprehension respectively. Regarding the influence of positive emotions on reading comprehension, the study finds that most of the research in this direction focuses on the specific area of second language acquisition, and many scholars further explore it in depth through the framework of psychological theory. Teachers can stimulate students emotional resonance through music stimulation to help students improve their reading comprehension; Regarding the impact of unpleasant feelings on reading comprehension, the research field in this direction is mostly focused on schools, and the research targets are mostly student groups. Future research can be conducted on the influence of external factors such as emotion and music on reading comprehension, and discuss gender differences in the triggering effects of external factors; the research object can also be expanded from the student population to certain professions, a certain age group, etc. In addition, psychology can conduct cross-disciplinary research with drama education, and it is important to investigate the impact of theatre education on Chinese students acquisition of a second foreign language from a psychological standpoint.