Özet:
This study is an action research which aims to find out the effects of humanistic activities on students? affective domain in English language classes. Humanistic activities were applied in this study because these activities allow students to share their feelings, experiences, interests, and memories with each other in the classroom. The research was carried out in Rize Anatolian Teachers? Training High School and it took six weeks. During that period, humanistic activities were applied two hours in a week in English language class. At the end of the study, a questionnaire was administered to the students to elicit their opinions about the humanistic activities. Also, the teacher kept a teaching journal after each activity to reflect the students? attitudes towards the humanistic activities from her point of view. The results from the questionnaire and the journal show that humanistic activities can be considered effective to address the affective domains of the learners in this study.
