An Analysis of Rural Students’ Psychological Obstacles in English Learning

張雪雪

昆明衛生職業學院

【Abstract】Good psychological qualities play an important role on students learning. Psychological problems directly influence students learning efficiency. Most of the rural students have psychological obstacles in English learning. First， this paper gives some reasons why the rural students have psychological obstacles for English learning. And then， the thesis has concentrated on the rural students psychological obstacles in English learning.

【Key words】English learning； rural students； psychological obstacles

1. Some Rural Students Psychological Obstacles to Learning English

1.1 Inferiority

Inferiority is a kind of emotional experience of self-denial in peoples heart. To this kind of students， they show lack of confidence in the learning process. Due to the weak psychological adjustment ability， their inferiority may be more intense. The rural students generally have a sense of inferiority because of their individual conditions. Some of them always think they have many difficulties to learn English well. These students character is more introverted and not good at communicating with people.In class， most of them just keep silent， let alone raise their hands to answer a question. Finally， dumb English appears.

1.2 Depression

Depression is a group of mood disorders or affective disorders， which often causes tremendous emotional pain， which will reduce work productivity and make people absent-minded. Most of students learn not actively but passively， not to mention the rural students. These students with depression often feel blue. For these students， they are sad， anxious. They are easy to lose interest in objects.

1.3 Anxiety

At the beginning of the English study， the students have a strong interest. But as knowledge increases， they can not reach the goals they expected， some students feel stressful. Maybe because they fail an examination or fall behind the other classmates， they will show anxiety. How hard they study， they always think they could not catch up the other students. They spend more time in worrying about their mistakes which could take place instead of study English. There are many phenomena： pronunciation is not good， they can not remember the words， can not understand the sentences， much less conversation.

1.4 Fear

A few students have poor basic skills of English， so they fear English. When they think of English course， English exercises， English exam， they are afraid that they do not do well. In English class， they do not dare to face up to the teachers eyes. Once the teacher asks questions or organizes discussion activities， they always worry bout making mistakes. No matter in class or after class， they are reluctant to ask or answer questions. Mainly because there is such a psychological problem： I do not ask any questions， and on one know I do not know the problem.

1.5 Dependency

The dependence of learning is seen in the lack of initiative and independence. Some students master little basis knowledge， and they are a little slow on the uptake. Facing with the difficulties appearing in English learning， this kind of students puts their hopes on the teacher. From the day when they begin to learn English， they just depend on their English teacher. The teacher asks them what to do and they do. In school， most rural students study mostly depends on their teachers， what they need do is just listen to teachers carefully. When their study has been tough， many students only close themselves， dare not ask to the teacher and communication with students.

1.6 Weariness

Influenced by fear， students English result will quickly decline so that they are tired of it， what is worse， they hate English. Once this kind of psychological barrier formed， students will hate everything about English， including the teacher， even those students who are good at English. They will refuse to accept the teachers teaching. They are loath to do as the teacher said， even deliberately against the English teacher. Some of students have extreme behavior： in the English class， they deliberately disrupt classroom rules and influence others to study. Some of them can be represented as excited， restless， excessive short-tempered.

2. Conclusion

There are six psychological obstacles， including inferiority， depression， anxiety， fear， dependency and weariness. In a word， to recognize rural students psychological obstacles is helpful to English teaching. It is meaningful to keep the students good learning attitude to English. It also has a positive significance for their lifelong learning and development. Psychological problems is a complicated， anything that useful for English teaching is worth doing.

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