A Study on the Correlation between English Reading Flow Experience and Anxiety among Non-English Major College Students 
Zeng Yumeng

School of English Studies, Xi'an International Studies University，Xi'an Shaanxi, 710000；

Abstract：In the context of globalization, English reading is of vital importance to the comprehensive quality improvement of non-English college students, and emotional factors profoundly influence reading outcomes. Currently, research on positive emotions is also deepening. This study adopts a quantitative research method, taking 30 non-English college students as the research subjects, and collects data through the English Reading Flow State Scale (ERFSS) and the Foreign Language Reading Anxiety Scale (FLRAS) to explore their English reading flow experience, reading anxiety levels, and the correlation between the two. The results show that only 20% of the students have a high level of reading flow experience, and 86% of the students have medium to high levels of reading anxiety. Reading flow experience is significantly negatively correlated with the emotional factors in reading anxiety, but has no significant correlation with text comprehension, cultural background, and learning habits. Based on the research results, it is suggested that teachers optimize teaching methods, teach reading strategies, and select reading materials of appropriate difficulty to enhance students' reading fluency experience and reduce their reading anxiety.

Keywords: flow experience; reading anxiety; non-English majors

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