Improving English Teaching Strategies From the Perspective of College Students' Mental Health

Improving English Teaching Strategies From the Perspective of College Students' Mental Health

Xinhui Zhang
Copyright: © 2024 |Pages: 18
DOI: 10.4018/JCIT.342090
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Abstract

Implementing mental health education (MHE) in schools is vital for students' psychological well-being. Subject infiltration integrates psychological factors into subject learning, promoting healthy development. However, English learning can introduce issues like self-confidence and language anxiety. Early identification of mental health problems (MHP) is crucial. This study, rooted in humanistic psychology and constructivism, explores affective factors, strategies, teaching, and English listening. The algorithm, based on the DeepPsy model, shows promise, identifying 75% of students with MHP. This research aids universities in offering timely support to high-risk students, minimizing long-term harm. The algorithm contributes to a healthier learning environment by enhancing English teaching and addressing mental health issues early.
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In the 1980s, MHE in colleges and universities in China started and gradually developed. In 2004, the Opinions on Further Strengthening and Improving College Students' Ideological and Political Education issued by the State Council clearly classified MHE into the category of ideological and political education. In higher vocational education, English courses, as continuous courses, are an important part of training advanced English professionals. English courses should not only lay a good foundation for language learning but also focus on improving practical language skills, especially the ability to use English in daily foreign-related communication or transnational business activities. According to the survey of Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the mental health level of most urban residents in China is in good condition, but about 20% of respondents still have MHP. At the same time, according to a group of data from China Youth Daily, about 60% of university students have MHP. According to statistics, about 17% of university students suffer from depression of different degrees, about 15% suffer from anxiety disorder, about 10% suffer from pessimism of different levels, and about 10% of university students have certain hatred toward society and even family.

Mental health problems can cause serious harm. MHP can cause some negative effects on individuals, making their adaptability in society worse, and even posing a serious threat to their physical health. The research scope of practice psychology mainly covers the nature of learning, learning process, intellectual factors, and non-intellectual factors in the learning process. Therefore, the subject penetration of MHE plays an irreplaceable positive role in improving students' psychological factors and learning potential in various subjects and has far-reaching research significance.

Most teachers take various high-pressure means to force students to memorize, such as assigning homework to copy new words 5 to 10 times. Playing boards, squatting, push ups, running, standing at the wall, inviting parents, and copying dozens of times have become the most basic punishment methods for underperforming students. Teachers' dignity has become a powerful tool to promote learning, but at the same time, teachers and students often confront each other. This kind of unscientific teaching, which violates the educational principles, lacks rationality and interest and causes teachers to quickly burn out. This learning process is only to strengthen the negative psychological factors of students. The positive psychological factors of learning have not been developed and cultivated, which is not conducive to the healthy growth of students' body and mind.

To build an innovative country, the enhancement of independent innovation ability should be the strategic focus to develop science and technology. By taking the enhancement of independent innovation as the central link of adjusting the industrial structure and changing the growth mode, a resource-saving and environment-friendly society can be built, and the steady development of the national economy can be promoted. The emergence of knowledge economy indicates that human society is stepping into a new economic era based on knowledge resources. At the same time, the new economic revolution will reshape the new pattern of the global economy and will cause comprehensive changes in politics, education, and many other aspects. In the face of the new pattern of the world economy, education is facing new challenges. The quality education of university students is taking more and more responsibility in shaping the problem of urgently needed talents in the era. Therefore, high-level English talents can not only contribute to the overall development of the country and society but also become a powerful force to promote the integration of the world economy. Therefore, English courses show unique value that cannot be replaced by other disciplines. These problems need to be deeply studied and solved, and school MHE can penetrate into the memory of senior high school students' English vocabulary through the research process of problem solving. How to carry out such research more scientifically and effectively is the first problem that must be considered.

College students are in a stage of rapid growth in both physical and psychological aspects. They are full of vitality and passion, but they are emotionally unstable and easily affected by the outside world. They are full of curiosity about all new things, dare to explore and practice, but sometimes they can't control themselves reasonably, and some have extreme egos. They live in a group environment, and in the process of interacting with others, it is easy to have some psychological obstacles, which are troubling their mental health.

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