Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Educational Research 2327-6150 1 1 2013 08 16 An Analysis of English Learning Barriers of Minority Preparatory Students and its Strategies 267 271 EN Fuxia Li Huifang Ma Lidong Wang School of Science, Dalian Nationalities University, Liaoning province, China EDUCATION2013179 10.12691/education-1-7-9 2013 08 03 2013 08 15 2013 08 16 Our nation is a multi-ethnic nation with 55 minorities, and 53 of them use their native language. Most preparatory students will inevitably be influenced or interfered, more or less, by their native languages, cultures, customs, cognitive and non-cognitive factors. In this essay, we are going to carry out an investigation of English learning barriers of minority preparatory students and a brief discussion of its strategies, aiming to educate them to meet their own needs in preparatory teaching and provide some effective learning approaches for preparatory students.