The Impact of Self-Efficacy on English Academic Achievement among High School Students

In contemporary education, English language learning among senior high school students has garnered significant attention, with academic performance serving as a key indicator of knowledge mastery and skill acquisition.Selfefficacy, a critical psychological factor, has been increasingly recognized for its role in shaping students' English academic achievement.This study investigates the impact of self-efficacy on high school students' English performance and explores its underlying mechanisms.Employing a mixed-methods approach, the research combines literature review, questionnaire surveys (N = 130), a controlled experiment (N = 112), and in-depth interviews (N = 4) with secondyear students from a high school in Zhuji City, Zhejiang Province.Quantitative and qualitative analyses reveal that students' English learning self-efficacy is moderately developed and positively correlates with academic performance.Furthermore, targeted self-efficacy interventions significantly enhance learning outcomes.Based on these findings, the study proposes practical strategies to improve students' learning competence and behavioral self-efficacy, offering pedagogical implications for enhancing English teaching quality and student achievement.