Research on English Learners’ Self-efficacy in Rural Junior High Schools from the Perspective of Rural Revitalization

Yang Tianfu,Hongyuan Wang

doi:10.5430/ijelt.v9n1p13

Abstract

Currently, English learners in Chinese rural junior high schools have been increasingly focused by people in all walks of life, especially the government for they will function as an impetus to promote the construction as well as the growth of the new rural areas. Accordingly, this study will utilize the rural revitalization, a national strategy for rural areas to investigate some current situations on English learning self-efficacy of rural school students, which is an important factor affecting their learning, taking students of several rural middle schools in Suining, Sichuan province as participants and including the following research questions by virtue of the method of questionnaire, interview and literature analysis: 1) What is the current situation about English learning self-efficacy of rural junior high school students under the background of rural revitalization? 2) What factors can affect English learners’ learning self-efficacy against the background of rural revitalization? 3) Is there any positive or negative correlation between learners’ English learning self-efficacy and their academic achievements in the context of rural revitalization? Based on the outcomes of this research project, some valid and feasible strategies can be introduced to promote English learners’ self-efficacy and facilitate better achievements in English learning in rural junior high schools.

Highlights

The strategy of rural revitalization was put forward by General Secretary Xi Jinping in the Nineteen Major Reports of the Party on October 18, 2017
English learners in Chinese rural junior high schools have been increasingly focused by people in all walks of life, especially the government for they will function as an impetus to promote the construction as well as the growth of the new rural areas
The implementation of the rural revitalization strategy can provide a better solution for problems such as the “three rural” development limitations and the imbalance of urban and rural economic development as it is the key to comprehensive building of a well-off society (Liu, 2021)

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Introduction

The strategy of rural revitalization was put forward by General Secretary Xi Jinping in the Nineteen Major Reports of the Party on October 18, 2017. The Central Document No 1 in 2021 pointed out that the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China deems that the work of agriculture, rural areas and farmers in the new stage of development is still of great importance and we mustn’t relax our vigilance for a moment They should persist in solving the “three rural issues” as the top priority of the whole Party’s work, comprehensively promoting rural revitalization as a major task to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and speed up the modernization of agriculture and rural areas by gathering up the power of the whole Party and the whole society, so that the vast number of farmers can live a better life. Rural revitalization strategy, as an important strategic deployment of China’s work related to agriculture, rural areas and farmers in the new era, has marked a milestone in the process of China’s development of agriculture, rural areas and farmers for the factor that it has been equipped with the connectivity of the concept and graduality of the stage

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