An innovative english teaching model based on mental health theory

Abstract

Mental health is a non-intellectual component that greatly affects the learning outcomes. The English teaching effect may be improved if mental health is considered in the teaching model. In this paper, the mental health is adopted to create an innovative English teaching model. First, the author analyzed the theoretical correlations between mental health and English language learning, and conducted a survey on the English learning conditions of college students in China. Based on the survey results, an innovative teaching model was designed on the theory of mental health. To verify its effectiveness, the proposed model was applied to the English teaching of students from a university in Jiangxi Province, China. The psychological states and test results of the students were analyzed in details. The results show that the students in the test class saw a 29.4% increase in test results and steady improvement to learning emotion, behavior and attitude, while those in the control class did not have any change; More than 80% of students in the test class always preferred the frequently used English learning strategies, while than 40% of students in the control class felt the same. This research sheds new light on the integration of psychological theories with English teaching.