农村初中生英语自我效能感的研究

Investigation of English Learning Efficacy of Students in the Rural Junior Middle School

以295名农村初中生为研究对象,探讨农村初中生英语自我效能感的性别差异、家庭差异、年级差异以及英语自我效能感与英语成绩之间的关系。研究结果显示:(1)农村初中生的英语自我效能感总体上处于较低水平;(2)英语自我效能感在英语成绩、能力感、努力感和挑战感上有显著的性别差异和年级差异;(3)学生英语自我效能感与父母是否外出打工不存在显著差异;(4)英语自我效能感与英语成绩呈显著正相关。

This study aims to discuss the situation of the English learning self-efficacy of rural junior middle school students, explores whether there exist differences in the aspects of gender, grades, dif- ferent family backgrounds, and further digs into the relationship between English learning self-efficacy and the English achievement of rural junior middle school students. The research subjects are 295 rural junior middle school students, and it adopts various statistical methods. The results show that, （1） The English learning self-efficacy of the rural junior middle school students is at a low level in general; （2） There are significant gender differences in the aspects of English learning self-efficacy, sense of ability, sense of efforts and sense of challenge; （3）There do not exist any significant differences in the learning self-efficacy between the students whose parents go out to work and whose parents stay English at home working; （4） English learning self-efficacy has a significant grade difference. （5） English learning self-effi- cacy is positively correlated with English achievement.