ABSTRACT:In the past two decades, the topic of the beliefs about language learning has been attracting considerable researchers’ interests. Learners’ beliefs play an important role in their learning processes and outcomes. It is useful for teachers to understand beliefs held by their students and study how such beliefs affect their learning. The purpose of this study is to investigate senior middle school students’ English learning beliefs and try to study how such beliefs affect their learning. This study uses questionnaire and conducts in quantitative research to investigate students’ English learning beliefs from the following four aspects: learning aptitude; difficulty of foreign language learning; learning motivation; learning and communicative strategies. 200 students form Grade 1 of No.6 Senior Middle School in Jianshui are selected in this research. The results have shown that the senior middle school students have both of positive and negative beliefs. This study provided some pedagogical implications for the teachers and educators. Teachers should provide effective instruction of learning strategies according to learners’ situation and carry out strategy training with students’ specific beliefs.         

Keywords: English learning; Beliefs; Senior middle school students

摘要:近二十年来，学习观念的研究受到很多研究者的关注。其中，学习者的语言学习观念直接影响学习过程，进而影响学习的最终结果。因此，外语教师有必要了解学习者的语言学习观念及其对语言学习的影响。本文通过对边疆地区高中生的英语学习观念的调查，试图了解这些观念是如何影响他们的英语学习。在研究中采用问卷调查的形式以定量研究方法从语言学习能力，语言学习难度，学习动机，学习和交际策略四个方面对高中生的英语学习观念进行了调查和分析。通过对建水六中高一年级的200名学生的调查表明：高中生的学习观念既有消极的又有积极的,教师应该根据学生的学习观念来进行有效的策略引导。

关键词：英语学习；观念；高中生