Measures to Overcome Junior High School Learners' Foreign Language Test Anxiety

Xuehan Rong

doi:10.54691/wsxzyy83

Authors

Xuehan Rong

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54691/wsxzyy83

Keywords:

Junior High School Learners; Foreign Language Test Anxiety; Causes of Anxiety; Measures.

Abstract

In the field of junior high school English learning, test anxiety has become a prominent problem affecting the acquisition and development of learners' English ability. Numerous studies at home and abroad have shown that test anxiety negatively affects test scores in most cases. In this study, the causes of English test anxiety among junior high school students were analyzed in depth, including internal physical and mental factors and external environmental factors. Based on these analyses, the solution measures of reasonable teaching and learning process, democratic teacher-student relations and appropriate evaluation mechanisms are proposed, so as to reduce test anxiety, improve the quality of junior high school students' English learning, and provide positive and powerful support for their overall development.

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