Volume 29, Issue 2
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2020.389
MENTAL STATE OF ENGLISH LEARNERS AND ITS INFLUENTIAL FACTORS
Abstract
During language learning, English learners may suffer from a huge psychological pressure, which may negatively affect their mental state. To improve the mental health of English learners, this paper mainly explores the mental state of these learners and identifies its influencing factors. The research data were collected through a questionnaire survey on a high school in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China, and subjected to a systematic statistical analysis. The results show that most English learners lack long-term learning objectives, and their poor performance is closely related to improper learning plans; most learners cannot make flexible use of knowledge, fully utilize classroom notes, or summarize learning strategies; the learner’ anxiety about English has much to do with examination anxiety, which comes from their poor English proficiency; the teachers should motivate the enthusiasm and confidence of students in classroom teaching. The research provides a new way to improve the mental state of English learners.
Keywords
English, Mental state, Foreign language learning, Teaching.