A Study On The Causes And Countermeasures Of English Listening Anxiety Of High School Students

Paying attention to the development of students’ emotional attitude is an important aspect of the current basic education curriculum reform.Anxiety,as one of the important emotional factors affecting language learning,is clearly mentioned in the The English Curriculum Standard of General Senior High School(2017 Edition,2020 Revision),students’ self-confidence,cooperation awareness,positive attitude and interest need to be taken in the compulsory stage.It can be cultivated to help students regulate negative emotional states such as anxiety during the elective stage.In the learning process of English as a subject,listening has become an area where high school students are prone to anxiety because of its temporary nature and non-replay ability.High school students are the main sufferers of English listening anxiety.Utilizing a questionnaire,teacher-student interviews and classroom observation,this paper investigates and analyzes the current situation of high school students’ English listening anxiety,and draws four manifestations of English listening anxiety in high school students with moderate anxiety.There is a deviation in self-cognition of listening,which breeds an inferiority complex;The basic knowledge of listening is weak,causing fear;Improperly designed listening content,"sucking seedlings to promote" induces anxiety;Listening strategy guidance is absent,and the "blind man touching the elephant" aggravates anxiety.The first cause is insufficient learning motivation and excessive attention to negative evaluation;The second reason is that there are shortcomings in pronunciation and vocabulary knowledge;The third reason is that the difficulty coefficient of listening material selection and the listening task is too high;The fourth reason is the lack of effective guidance before,during and after listening.Aiming at the causes of English listening anxiety of high school students,this paper proposes corresponding countermeasures in order to alleviate the English listening anxiety of high school students.The first is to play the guiding role of teachers to strengthen self-recognition and evaluation;the second is to lay a solid foundation for phonetics and vocabulary to make up for students’ shortcomings;the third is to adjust the difficulty of listening teaching to adapt to students’ learning conditions;the fourth is to cultivate the ability to use listening strategies and improve the listening level.