Region - Educational Research and Reviews

With the improvement of the requirements for cultivating college students' English application ability and cross-cultural communication ability in the 2020 edition of the "Guidelines for College English Teaching", the problem of insufficient student learning engagement in college English classrooms has become increasingly prominent, directly restricting the improvement of teaching quality. This article adopts literature research and logical analysis methods to first define the core concepts and dimensions of learning engagement, and then systematically analyze the key factors that affect students' learning engagement from four levels: students themselves, teachers, curriculum design, and classroom environment. Finally, targeted optimization strategies are proposed. Research has found that students' learning motivation, English foundation, teachers' teaching methods and professional competence, practicality of course content and assessment methods, as well as classroom physics and psychological environment, all have a significant impact on learning engagement. By stimulating students' intrinsic motivation, innovating teaching models, optimizing the curriculum system, and creating a positive classroom atmosphere, measures can effectively enhance students' learning engagement. Research provides theoretical references and practical paths for the reform of college English teaching, helping to achieve the goal of high-quality foreign language teaching.