A Survey of English Underachievers in Rural Junior Middle Schools

International Journal of Humanities and Social Science

© 2023 by SSRG - IJHSS Journal

Volume 10 Issue 2

Year of Publication : 2023

Authors : Li Qiongqiong, Gan Xiaolan

10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V10I2P107

How to Cite?

Li Qiongqiong, Gan Xiaolan, "A Survey of English Underachievers in Rural Junior Middle Schools," SSRG International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, vol. 10,  no. 2, pp. 52-59, 2023. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V10I2P107

Abstract:

With the advent of the era of reform and opening up and economic globalization, English plays an increasingly important role in world communication and international cooperation. However, in the vast rural areas, there are a large number of "underachievers" in English teaching in junior middle schools. Without much attention, it perhaps slows down the process of realizing the strategic goals of quality education and the comprehensive development of students. In order to probe the internal and external causes of the rural English underachievers, this research adopts the questionnaire to survey the rural underachievers' learning motivations, learning methods, self-attributions, impacting factors on English learning in ZK Middle School in Zibo City, Shandong Province. This research perhaps provides educational implications and strategies for rural English underachievers in rural junior middle schools.

Keywords:

Rural Junior Middle School, English Underachievers, Investigation and research.

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