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An Analysis of Psychological Factors Affecting High School Students’English Learning
Abstract
In the 21st century, learning English well is of realistic and far-reaching historic significance to Chinese. At present, more and more Chinese are aware of the essentiality of learning English, but the actuality of English teaching does not satisfy the needs of China’ economic construction and social development. There still exists a gap between the actuality and the requirements of the fast developing age. This makes it necessary to consider the existing problems in the process of English teaching and learning. This thesis lays emphasis on analyzing the non-intelligence factors, including the incorrect motivation toward English learning, the arrogance psychology, the personality of introversion, the frustration psychology, inferiority complex, hatred for English learning, the conformable psychology, etc. Then, the writer finds some possible ways to remove the psychological barriers and thus settle some practical problems the high school本论文由英语论文网 www.51lunwen.org整理提供 students may meet with in their English learning, such as, correcting the incorrect motivations, harmonizing the relationship between teachers and students, fostering students’ interest in English learning, increasing students’ self-confidence and cultivating students’ strong will, etc.
Key Words
Psychological factors; non-intelligence factors; psychological barriers

摘要
在21世纪，学好英语对于中国人来说有着重要的现实意义和深远的历史意义。目前，越来越多的中国人意识到了学习英语的重要性。但是，中国英语教育的现状尚不能适应国家经济建设和社会发展的需要。现实与时代发展的要求还存在着差距。这促使英语学习者和英语教育者思考英语教学过程中存在的问题。本论文分析了影响中学生学习的因素，尤其是非智力因素，即学习英语的过程中出现的心理障碍，它们包括不良的英语学习动机，内向性格，挫折心理，自卑心理，厌学心理和从众心理。然后作者提出了一些克服心理障碍的方法，来解决中学生在英语学习过程中可能遇到的一些问题。这些方法是：纠正中学生的不良英语学习动机，和谐师生之间的关系，培养学生学习英语的兴趣，增强学生自信心以及培养学生学习英语的坚强意志。

Introduction
With China’s entry into the WTO, China catches up with the world gradually. At the same time, English, as an international language and a communicative tool, becomes more and more important. In the 21st century and the next centuries, English will be used in people’s work, in their study and almost everywhere in their daily life, so learning English well has realistic and far-reaching historic significance to people in modern times. In China, English is introduced into the students’ 本论文由英语论文网 www.51lunwen.org整理提供courses in some elementary schools and in all the high schools both in the cities and countryside. In the cities, it is taught even in some kindergartens. But, in reality, however early one starts to learn English, he may feel it difficult to learn English well. What affects the students’ learning of English in high schools on earth? Last century, some experts both at home and abroad did researches into foreign language learning process and proved that both intelligence factors and non-intelligence factors influence students’ English learning. Non-intelligence factors which refer to all the psychological factors except intelligence factors influence common English learners’ study deeply including the high school students.

Ⅰ.Analysis of the Actuality of English Learning in High Schools
With the expanding of reform and opening to the outside world, the reform of English teaching and learning in high schools enters a new stage in China. In the process of reforming, great progress has been made. However, there exist a lot of common problems in English teaching and learning in high schools according to the reality. For exam