【正文】 ching is a duplex activity between teacher and students. And enthusiasm is one of the reflections of harmonious teacherstudent relationship. Hegel once said: “We can assert that there is nothing to get achievements in the world without enthusiasm.” A harmonious teacherstudent relationship is essential to Englishteaching. A view from Education Psychology shows that one of the outstanding factors affecting English teaching is students’ emotion. And students’ emotion, to a large extent, depends on the teacherstudent relationship. According to the result of investigation carried out by western Psychologist, the factors affecting English learning for middle students are listed as following: emotion (33%), intelligence (20%), motivation (18%), interest (15%), and habit (95%), other (5%). From this investigation, it is not difficult for us to see that the emotion between teacher and student is the most important. One of the main tasks for English teacher is that enable students to open their mouth to speak English.In a word, lots of studies show that students’ attitude play a very important role in English teaching. And all studies show that a positive attitude toward English will help students improve their English. There should be a positive attitude, or it is not possible to learn English well. Some students who held negative attitude have changed to be positive through teacher’s instruction. This phenomenon shows that students’ attitude toward English is changeable. Therefore, English teachers are required to build a harmonious teacherstudent relationship, for it can help student to hold a positive attitude and improve the quality of the English teaching.3. The present situation of teacherstudent relationship in middle schoolThe following is a questionnaire for investigation carried out in Huangtusheng Middle School in Shantou. Students who are questioned e from Class5 and Class6, Grade2. The result of investigation is representative. Generally speaking, we can see the present situation of teacherstudent relationship in middle school from the result of investigation.Questionnaire for investigation of teacherstudent relationship in Hangtusheng Middle SchoolObject: studentsClass: __________ name: ___________1. Do you like talking with your teacher?A. Yes (50%)。 Harmony is what people pursuit. A harmonious teacherstudent relationship is important for English teaching, which should not be overlooked. It is beneficial to the bilateral activities of English teachingWhether teachers and students can establish a harmonious relationship or not has a direct impact on the English teaching objectives. English teaching is a bilateral activity. Therefore, teachers should play the leading role well and give students the principal role. This is the only way to perform artistry and to create an ideal English teaching result. American psychologists Lindgren said: “Just as other social process, education relies on munication.” A good English teaching result can be achieved only when there is a harmonious relationship between teachers and students. Psychology research shows that in a relaxed and happy state of the mood the students can perform their creativities. At the same time the students will release their potential of learning, which is good for them to accept knowledge. A happy and relaxed class atmosphere es from a harmonious teacherstudent relationship. Only when creating a harmonious teacherstudent relationship can teachers ply with the pace of development, constantly improve themselves and develop their own teaching ability so that they can improve English teaching. A harmonious teacherstudent relationship can not only make English teaching more effective, but also give students enjoyment in all their lives. That is the socalled “give one’s fish for a meal use, and teach one to fish for enjoying a life.” A harmonious teacherstudent relationship is a solid foundation for teachers to teach students to fish, and it can help students to be initiative at the time of teachers are performing their leading role. It is beneficial to keeping students’ initiative for English learningPractice shows that a harmonious teacherstudent relationship may lead students to a happy mood and to an interest for exploring. Getting interested in learning all knowledge is the initial motivity. Students who are interested in English learning will have courage to overe all difficulties in the course of English learning. On contrast, the lost of interest for English learning will not only bee the resistance, but also cause psychological pressure which is a bad effect for future development. Therefore, training students to be interested in English learning is the basic condition to keep students’ initiative for English learning.English is a practical, operative subject. To use English freely, students are required to keep practicing and make exchanges with each other. Students are the masters of learning. They are willing to overe any difficulty if they know their master roles. One student was right when he said: “Happy to learn is better than intended to learn.” It is obvious that the relationship between teachers and students directly affects teacher’s enthusiasm for English teaching and students’ interest in English learning.Generally speaking, if students like a certain teacher, the class atmosphere will bee very active and students39。 loneliness, ease their psychological pressure, inspire their spirit, and cultivate their selfconfidence. Only when teachers and students act in harmony and cooperate with each other can good English teaching results be produced. The establishment of a harmonious relationship between teachers and students is of great significance. Therefore, teachers should create a harmonious relationship between teachers and students in the English teaching. The factors causing the disharmonious teacherstudent relationshipSince the teachers’ social b