A Survey On The Current Situation Of Teaching Anxiety Among High School English Teacher

Teachers’ emotional experience can influence and shape teachers’ teaching behavior,which is related to the quality of education and development of students.Teaching anxiety is a common psychological emotion among teachers.English teachers in senior high schools carry the fervent hope from society,schools and parents,so they are faced with great pressure of college entrance examination course teaching;meanwhile,since English is their second language,English teachers are not only English language instructors but also English language learners,thus,teaching language itself will also have a certain impact on their emotional experience.Therefore,it is necessary and urgent to draw attention to the present situation of their teaching anxiety,analyze the specific causes of teaching anxiety,and find out the strategies to solve the anxiety problems.Based on the efficacy expectancy theory,state-trait anxiety theory,and multidimensional anxiety interaction model theory,this study has conducted a survey among high school English teachers of Liangshan and Jiaxiang County,Jining,Shandong Province by using the following two methods: questionnaire and interview,in order to answer the following questions:1.What is the level of teaching anxiety among high school English teachers?2.Is there any difference in the degree of teaching anxiety among teachers with different gender,age,teaching experience and teaching title? What is the correlation between gender,age,teaching experience,teaching title and the level of teaching anxiety?3.What impact does senior high school English teachers’ teaching anxiety have on their teaching practice?In this study,SPSS25.0 software is used to analyze the questionnaire data through descriptive statistics,independent-samples T test,difference analysis and correlation analysis.Together with the interview data,the major findings of the study are as follows:1.Most senior high school English teachers(70.8%)have moderate anxiety,and a few teachers have a low level of teaching anxiety or a high level of teaching anxiety,including 13.1% of teachers who were in low-level teaching anxiety and 16.1% of teachers who were in high-level teaching anxiety.2.There are no significant differences in the overall level and dimensions of anxiety among teachers of different sexes,but there are significant differences in the overall level and dimensions of anxiety among teachers of different ages,teaching experience and teaching title.There is no statistical correlation between gender factors and teaching anxiety level,but there is a negative correlation between age,teaching experience,teaching title and teaching anxiety level.3.Both high-level teaching anxiety and low-level teaching anxiety have negative effects on English teaching in many aspects,while moderate teaching anxiety shows a positive effect on English teaching.This study reveals the current situation of English teachers’ teaching anxiety in senior high schools,and finds out the influence of teaching anxiety on teaching,which can provide some useful implications for improving English teachers’ teaching anxiety and teaching quality in senior high schools.Meanwhile,the study can lay an empirical foundation for further research in this field.