Affective teaching plays an increasing significant role in the teaching process; it not only attaches great importance to the teaching of knowledge and skills, but also pays specific attention to students' attitude and emotional needs in the process of teaching, so as to promote students' overall development as well as improving their comprehensive qualities. In this paper, the author first put forward the current problems of English teaching in China, and then introduced some relevant studies of affective teaching. Finally the author tries to explain the strategies of applying emotional factors to the college English classroom from both the students' and the teachers' perspective.