Test anxiety is caused by excessive study pressure. As we all know, there are many differences between Chinese and foreign educational systems and teaching. Take the United States as an example In the classroom of American schools, teachers not only measure students by their test scores, but also pay more attention to their learning attitude, learning process, independence and creativity. They will grade students' usual homework, classroom activities, teaching activities, investigation reports, papers and tests one by one, and then give a comprehensive score, which will become an integral part of the final exam. This is undoubtedly a great challenge for China students who grew up in the exam-oriented education environment. In addition, the high cost of make-up exams will also cause some psychological pressure on foreign students, so many students have adverse reactions of exam anxiety, such as absent-mindedness, irritability, lack of rest, listlessness in class and so on.
To deal with these phenomena, we must first learn to vent reasonably, adjust our psychological state, relieve the pressure of study and open our minds. Listening to music, going for a walk in the wild, hitting sandbags and chatting with friends are all good ways to vent. Only by adjusting your mentality can you face the exam with a correct attitude and relax, and you can play your best. Secondly, we should communicate with teachers' parents more and get more encouragement and correct guidance from them. Enable students to put themselves in a stable and open psychological environment and actively adapt to study and life abroad.
2. Study abroad depression
Wang, a student from Dalian who is going to college in England, is only 18 years old. During my one-year stay in England, I have been doing well in school, which is an enviable good thing, but it has become a great pressure and burden for this international student. What he is most worried about every day is that his studies are not excellent enough, and he is afraid that his teachers and parents will be dissatisfied and his classmates will laugh at him. Over time, his learning efficiency dropped sharply, his sleep quality deteriorated day by day, his attention could not be concentrated, his energy was not as good as before, his mood was depressed and his will was depressed. Psychologically called depression. This is caused by the pressure of overseas students to go to school, lack of confidence in themselves, intensified competition, accelerated pace, single lifestyle and lack of self-liberation. Many international students will have this kind of emotion to some extent.
To improve this situation, we can enrich students' spare-time life by encouraging them to actively participate in campus activities, and change a life pattern that followed the rules in the past, which can not only ease their emotions, but also make many friends and understand the humanities and cultures of various countries. This is of great help to increase your experience and adapt to the western way of thinking more quickly. Students can also do some "stupid things" appropriately, and find that nothing terrible has happened after breaking the routine, thus eliminating their mentality of influencing behavioral disorders. Face the exam correctly and tell yourself that the exam is only an affirmation of your study some time ago, but it is only a verification of your study.
3. Studying abroad to communicate terror
"You want me to speak on stage, you might as well kill me." Xiao Zhang, a native of Dalian, is an international student at a university in Canada. He is introverted and does not like to talk. When he first entered the university, the professor gave him a chance to give a speech because of his good grades. Xiao Zhang is very scared. It turned out that Xiao Zhang had been packaged by an intermediary before he came to Canada and had no strength to enter the university. The result of the speech can be imagined, which made him extremely embarrassed. From then on, he became afraid to speak in public. Every time his classmates take turns to speak on the stage, he would rather pretend to be ill and play truant than talk to his classmates. From this point of view, Xiao Zhang obviously has the symptoms of communication phobia mentioned by psychology. Xiao Zhang's situation tells us that children must carefully choose their study plan and intermediary when studying abroad, and apply for colleges and universities according to their actual situation. Otherwise, it will bring many invisible stressors to children. In this case, Xiao Zhang's own ability is really insufficient, which leads to guilt and fear. However, due to the differences in environment, culture and way of thinking, many foreign students have problems in interpersonal communication, especially when interacting with foreign children. Many foreign students will be surprised why foreigners are so selfish that even my best friends don't care about my thoughts and feelings, so they seem indifferent. Actually, it's not like this, but the way they express their concern for you is different from that of China people. They are used to giving people more private space to show their respect for you.
Encourage students who have problems in interpersonal communication. When their interpersonal communication changes, we should give them encouragement in time to keep them going. In cognition, let them learn to put themselves in others' shoes, learn to respect others' privacy, be good at observing others, find out what others have done for you in time, and respect the way they express to you. This will make your interpersonal communication more harmonious and reduce the pressure of students' overseas life.