An Analysis of the Influencing Factors of College Students' English Achievement

Abstract

Based on the data collected from questionnaires and scores of corresponding students, this paper finds out some factors affecting students' English achievements through the subjective and objective analysis of the data. Firstly, the principal component analysis (PCA) is used to reduce the dimensions of 14 variables, and the four main factors affecting English achievement are effort, confidence, motivation and additional effort. After that, a multiple linear regression analysis is made on the four aspects. It is found that there is a non-linear correlation between students' English achievement and effort. Factors that have a greater positive impact on achievement are confidence and motivation, while the additional effort has a negative impact on students. Finally, some suggestions are provided for students' English learning accordingly.