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【Abstract】Effective teaching is a goal that all English teachers pursue all the time. But teaching is an extremely difficult work to a certain extent， especially for English as a foreign language and it’s imperative for teachers to play emphasis on emotion of students， all second language learners must another ego and have no idea of words and structure， just like a babbling infant， which is also true for Chinese learners. Therefore， teachers should provide all the affective support and loving care as much as possible to them.
【Key words】Language ego; Inhibition
【作者简介】朱金裕（1995-），女，汉族，江西萍乡人，江西师范大学，学生，研究方向：二语习得。
Language Ego
1.The Definition of Language Ego
“Learning a language is earning another soul”. （Zukowski， 1997）. It’s highly universal that anyone who has the experience of learning second language has a feeling that he is a strange person when speaking another language， totally different from speaking native language， that’s the phenomenon second language ego. “As human beings learn to use a second language， they also develop a new mode of thinking， feeling， and acting——a second identity. The new language ego， intertwined with the second language， can easily create within the learner a sense of fragility， a defensiveness， and a raising of inhibitions.” （Brown， 1994）. Hinchey argued that the formation of second language is a long and complicated process， experiencing five stages in total， they are form， feeling， perception， concept and consciousness respectively. Second language ego will influence sense first language ego sense. Learners have to overcome inhibition before the formation of second language ego. Inhibition is a kind of psychological barrier which built up during the process of people’s understanding of themselves so as to protect their vulnerable ego. （Zukowski， 1997）. In my actual teaching experience， I taught an English class in a high school， although most of the students have a good performance in all kinds of examination， they were not willing to communicate with classmates in a practice of dialogue， and they read the passage quickly and had a lot of pause to avoid mistakes in pronunciation. As Brown （1994） said that highly intelligent adults can be reduce to babbling infants in second language， students do not know what difficulties in the process of learning English. Thus， they show fear， resistance， and avoidance to second language.
2. Ways to overcome language ego
Therefore， it’s urgent for teachers to get over negative influence of language ego， and foster
【Key words】Language ego; Inhibition
【作者简介】朱金裕（1995-），女，汉族，江西萍乡人，江西师范大学，学生，研究方向：二语习得。
Language Ego
1.The Definition of Language Ego
“Learning a language is earning another soul”. （Zukowski， 1997）. It’s highly universal that anyone who has the experience of learning second language has a feeling that he is a strange person when speaking another language， totally different from speaking native language， that’s the phenomenon second language ego. “As human beings learn to use a second language， they also develop a new mode of thinking， feeling， and acting——a second identity. The new language ego， intertwined with the second language， can easily create within the learner a sense of fragility， a defensiveness， and a raising of inhibitions.” （Brown， 1994）. Hinchey argued that the formation of second language is a long and complicated process， experiencing five stages in total， they are form， feeling， perception， concept and consciousness respectively. Second language ego will influence sense first language ego sense. Learners have to overcome inhibition before the formation of second language ego. Inhibition is a kind of psychological barrier which built up during the process of people’s understanding of themselves so as to protect their vulnerable ego. （Zukowski， 1997）. In my actual teaching experience， I taught an English class in a high school， although most of the students have a good performance in all kinds of examination， they were not willing to communicate with classmates in a practice of dialogue， and they read the passage quickly and had a lot of pause to avoid mistakes in pronunciation. As Brown （1994） said that highly intelligent adults can be reduce to babbling infants in second language， students do not know what difficulties in the process of learning English. Thus， they show fear， resistance， and avoidance to second language.
2. Ways to overcome language ego
Therefore， it’s urgent for teachers to get over negative influence of language ego， and foster