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指导教师
何超兰
二0一二年七月三日
TheApplicationofEnglishProverbsinEnglishClassinSeniorMiddleSchool
AThesis
Submittedto
SchoolofForeignStudies
HunanUniversityofScienceandTechnology
InPartialFulfillmentof
TheRequirementsfor
TheDegreeofBachelorofArts
By
LongShui-ping
UndertheSupervisionof
AssociateProfHeChao-lan
July,2012
湖南科技大学
毕业设计(论文)任务书
外国语学院院英语一系(教研室)
系(教研室)主任:
(签名)年月日
学生姓名:
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1设计(论文)题目及专题:
英语谚语在高中英语课堂教学中的应用
2学生设计(论文)时间:
自2011年12月15日开始至2012年7月3日止
3设计(论文)所用资源和参考资料:
1)Sunjingli.2007.TheFunctionsofEnglishProverbsinEnglishLanguageTeaching[D].AnhuiVocationalCollegeofElectronics&
InformationTechnology.
2)IntrinsicallyMotivatedReinforcementLearningOnline.<
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3)蒋明敏,2011,课堂趣味教学在中学英语教学中的运用初探[J].文学教育(08):
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4)马丽侠,2006,在英语课堂中应用谚语来激活教学[R].陕西省扶风高中
5)杨利,2008,在英语教学中如何运用布鲁纳“认知-发现”学习理论[J].当代教育论坛(09):
2-3,7-8.
4设计(论文)应完成的主要内容:
中学英语教学中存在许多障碍与困难,导致学生们学习英语非常吃力,甚至失去对英语学习的兴趣与动力。
本论文将主要探讨英语谚语在高中英语教学中的应用。
5提交设计(论文)形式(设计说明与图纸或论文等)及要求:
1)要求学生认真、独立完成毕业论文的写作。
2)要求按照学校规定的论文格式撰写论文。
3)要求及时同指导老师进行沟通,按步骤完成论文的写作和答辩工作。
6发题时间:
2011年12月27日
指导教师:
(签名)
学生:
Acknowledgments
Iwouldliketoextendmysinceregratitudetoallthosewhohelpedmealotduringmycompositionofthethesisandthepastfouryearsofstudyintheuniversity.
AspecialappreciationshouldbeshowntoassociateProf.HeChao-lan,mysupervisor,whoseguidance,patienceandencouragementhavebeengreatlyhelpfulinthewritingofthethesis.
MythanksalsogototheSchoolofForeignStudies,HunanUniversityofScienceandTechnology,whereIhadgreatopportunitiestoattendclassesandimprovemyselfinknowledgeaswellasmycharacterformation.
Mygratitudewillalsoextendtomyclassmatesandfriendswhohavehelpedmeallalongthepastfouryearsandwhohavegivenmegoodadviceinmystudy.
Lastbutnottheleast,I’dliketoexpressmythankstomyparents.Theirloveandconcernformegivesmeendlessstrengthandcourageonthewaytograduation.
Abstract
TherearemanybarriersanddifficultiesinEnglishteachinginmiddleschool,whichresultstostudents’inefficientlearningofEnglish,eventheyloseinterestandmotivationinEnglishlearning.InEnglishclass,teachersteachEnglishproverbscaneffectivelystimulatestudents’interestandmotivationtoEnglish.
ThisthesisfirstintroducesthedefinitionandthefeaturesofEnglishproverbsandgivesabriefanalysisofIntrinsicLearningMotivation.TheeffectsofEnglishproverbsonEnglishlearningwillbediscussednext.Finally,thisthesiswillmakeaverydetailedanalysisoftheapplicationofEnglishproverbsinEnglishteachinginseniormiddleschool.Englishproverbsaremainlyusedinvocabularyteaching,sentencepatternteaching,grammarteachingandwritingteaching.
KeyWords:
Englishproverbs;
Englishlearning;
interest;
motivation
中文摘要
中学英语教学中存在许多障碍与困难,导致学生们学习英语非常吃力,甚至失去对英语学习的兴趣与动力。
在英语课堂上,老师教授英语谚语能激发学生学习英语的兴趣和学习动力。
本论文首先介绍了英语谚语的定义和特性,简要分析了内部学习动机,讨论了谚语对英语学习的效果,最后,文章详细探讨了英语谚语在高中英语教学中的应用,主要是在英语词汇,句子,语法和写作中的应用。
关键词:
英语谚语;
英语学习;
兴趣;
动机
Contents
Acknowledgments…………………………………………………………………i
Abstract……………………….……..………………………………………….…ii
中文摘要………...…………………………………….……………………..…….iii
Introduction…………………………………………………………………………1
I.ABriefIntroductionofEnglishProverbs………………………………………...2
1.1TheDefinitionofEnglishProverbs……………………………………...………2
1.2TheFeaturesofEnglishProverbs………………………………………………..3
1.2.1SimpleinFormbutProfoundinMeaning…...............…….………….…...3
1.2.2SymmetricalSentencePattern……………………………………..……....3
1.2.3RichandVariedRhetoric……………………………………..……….......4
II.RelevantTheory:
IntrinsicLearningMotivationTheory...……................……5
III.TheEffectsofUsingEnglishProverbsonEnglishTeaching………..……….7
3.1ActivatingtheEnglishClass……………………………………………..........7
3.1.1CreatingaRelaxingEnvironmentofLearning……………………….....8
3.1.2ArousingStudents’InterestandDesireforLearning…………………....8
3.2SpreadingIdeologicalEducationtoStudents……………………………........9
3.3HelpingStudentsMastertheKnowledgeofEnglishEffectively……………..9
3.4ImprovingStudents’ConsciousnessofEnglishCulture…………………......10
IV.TheApplicationofEnglishProverbsinEnglishClass………………………11
4.1UsingEnglishProverbstoTeachVocabulary………………………………..11
4.2UsingEnglishProverbstoTeachSentencePattern………………………….11
4.3UsingEnglishProverbstoTeachGrammar……………………………….....12
4.4UsingEnglishProverbstoTeachWriting……………………………………13
Conclusion………………………………………………………………………….14
Bibliography…………….……………………….………………………..….........15
Introduction
Englishteachingisnotapieceofeasywork.Especially,manyseniorhighschoolstudentsarelosingtheirinterestandshowingnegativeattitudetowardsEnglishlearning.Teachersarealwayscomplainingthatitishardtoimprovestudents’scoresandthestudentsaretoolazytolearnthewords,recitethedialoguesandfinishtheexercises.Tosomedegree,theeffectivewaytomaketheEnglishteachingandlearninggosmoothlyistoimprovestudent’sinterestinEnglishlearning.Einsteinoncesaid“Interestisthebestteacher.”Interestisakindofdirectmotivationtopushstudents’studies.ThatmeansinterestplaysanimportantpartinEnglishlearning.ThefamouspsychologistBruneroncesaid“Thebestcatalyzeroflearningistheinterestforthelearningmaterials”.ChenRuialsosaidthatitwillkillstudents’spiritofpursuingthetruthiftheyareforcedtolearnEnglishwithoutmotivation(杨利2008).Soteachers,aswellasstudentsshouldutilizesomegoodmaterialsasteachingmaterialstomotivatestudents’interest.Englishproverbs,thereflectionandessenceofEnglishculture,areperfectmaterialsforstudentstolearnEnglish.Ontheonehand,proverbsspreadEnglishculture,withwhichstudentscanunderstandEnglishbetter;
ontheotherhand,proverbsaretheessenceofwisdom,thusstudents’moralqualitiescanbeshapedbyacquiringthem;
what’smore,proverbsarefullofrichsentencepatternsandvocabularieswhichareworthlearning.
Thethesisconsistsoffourchapters.AftertheIntroduction,chapteronegivesabriefintroductionofEnglishproverbsandchaptertwointroducestherelevanttheory.Chapterthreedescribestheeffectsofusingproverbsinclassandchapterfourputsforwardthewaysofapplyingproverbsinseniormiddleschoolteaching.Thenitcomestothelastpart,conclusion.
I.ABriefIntroductionofEnglishProverbs
Proverbs,acolorfulandvividlanguagereflection,reflectimportanttypicalculturalvaluesofeveryculture.Simpleandpopular,conciseandpithy,theyarepassedonfromgenerationtogenerationinthereadableoralformandhavegraduallybecomeacomponentindispensabletothedominantcultureofthatnation.AstheessenceofEnglishcultureandEnglishpeople’slifeandexperience,proverbsplayanimportantroleinstudents’learningandunderstandingofEnglish.Theycanarousestudents’interestinEnglishstudyandcanstimulatetheirlearning.
1.1TheDefinitionofEnglishProverbs
AccordingtotheModernLongmanDictionary,aproverbisabrieffamiliarmaximoffolkwisdom,usuallycompressedinform,thatisspreadamongpeopleandreflectstheprofoundmeaningsbysimpleandpopularexpressions(林玉蓉2008).Proverbshavealonghistory.Theyarebriefandwell-polishedexpressionsembeddedinphilosophicalideasconcerningdifferentaspectsoflife.Theyarethesummaryofpeople’sexperiencesineverydaylife,sotheyareoriginatedfrompeople’sdailylifeandexperience.Tobespecific,theycomefromfolklife,religion,mythology,literaryworks,otherlanguages,famouswriters’wisdom,anation’shistoryandsoon.
Inotherwords,proverbsareshortsayingsoffolkwisdomofwell-knownfactsortruthscompendiousexpressedandinawaythatmakesthemeasytoremember.Becausetheproverbsaresobrief,theyhaveuniversalappeal.Mostproverbsreflectthepracticalexperienceofworkingpeople’slifeandaregenerallypasseddownorally.(Itismostlyspokeninthecolloquialformofphrasesorrhymeseasytounderstand.Andproverbsaretosomeextentsimilartoidioms,buttherearesomedifferencesbetweenthem.XuGuangliang(2008)saidthedifferencesbetweenproverbsandidiomsasfollows.
(1)Proverbsaremainlyoral,whileidiomsaremainlywritten.
(2)Thestructureofproverbsarehardertobecomesetthanthoseofidioms.
(3)Themajorityofproverbsisindependentsentencesorbecomeindependentofsentences,whileidiomsareusedaswordsinpracticalspeech.
(4)Proverbsmainlygivejudgmentsandinference,whileidiomsusuallyexpressgeneralideas.InDengYancangandLiuRunqing’slanguageandculture,proverbsaresaidtobesortsayingoffolkwisdom,ofwell-knownfactsortruth-expressedsuccinctlyandinawaythatmakesthemeasytoremember.Becausethesayingsaresopithy,theyhaveuniversalappeal.
1.2TheFeaturesofEnglishProverbs
Englishproverbshavemanyfeaturesthatareworthwhiletoanalyzeandlearnsuchastheircolorfulsentencepatternsandcontents,theirprofoundmeaningandtheirrichrhetoricaldevices.Bylearningthesefeatures,studentswillfinditmoreeasiertoresiteandutilizetheproverbstheyhavelearned.What’smore,theywillfallinlovewithlearningandspeakingEnglishaftertheyhavefoundthatitisinterestingandeasytolearnEnglish.OnlywhenstudentshavebeenmotivatedandenlightenedwilltheycometobeactiveinEnglishclass.
1.2.1