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英语论文3

ProjectTitle:

NewWordsWorkDesignAndTrainingofStudents'Memory

Investigator

WangYanping

GansuTVUniversity

WuweiBranch

SumittedonlstMay2007

Infulfillmentofthecourse

PracticalprojectDesign

Ackknowledgment

IammostlygratefultomysupervisorsMissWangDuoxia,withoutwhosesupportandpatiencethisprojectwouldnotevenhavegotofftheground.

IamalsogratefultomycolleaguesWangRuichong,ShiYuyingandNieJingmeifortheirtimespentonbrainstormingandpaneldiscussionswithme.

Noamountofthankswillbeadequateformystudentswithoutwhosewillingparticipationintheprojectimplementationitwouldhaveremainedonpaper.

Lastbutnottheleast,bigthanksgotomyhusbandandmydaughterwhohavesharedwithmemyworries,frustrations,andhopefullymyultimatehappinessineventuallyfinishingthisproject.

Abstract

Thepresentstudypresentsadetailedreportofaprojectimplementedtosolvetheproblemthatmostofmystudentscan'trememberthenewwords.Itishypothesizedthatlearners'memorywillbegreatlyincreasedbyabetterorganizationinthisrespect.Thishypothesisisverifiedbyafour-weekpractiseofwell-organizedactivities.

Amongthemethodsofscientificinvestigationusedareanalyticmethod,causeanalysis,interviewandbrainstorming.

Keywords:

teachinghowtoremembernewwordstraininghypothesiedpracticemethodsinterview

MainheadingsoftheprojectReport

1.Projectobjective

2.Projecthypothesis

3.Projectrationale

4.CorrectionWorkdesign

5.Projectimplementation

6.Projectevaluation

7.Projectfindingsanddiscussion

References:

Appendix:

A.Thetimetableoftheproject

B.Themethodsofproblemanalysis

C.Teachingnotes

D.Diaries

E.Students'handouts

Problemidentification:

First,Iidentifyaproblembasedonmyteachingexperience.Thatis:

AlthoughIspendmuchtimeteachingthestudentstolearnEnglish,andalthoughIusemanymethodstomakethemshowinterestinEnglish,someofthemjustshowalittleinterestinit.

Iexaminedmyproblemscientificallytoseewhetheritisresearchable.Idiscussedandagreedontheproblemwiththetuthor.Atthesametime,Iworkedoutthetimetableofmyproject.（toSeeAppendix）.

Second,Iusedseveralmethodsofproblemanalysistoanalyzetheproblem.（toseeAppendix）Theyaretheanalyticmethod,causeanalysis,interviewandbrainstorming.Throughtheproblemanalysis,Ihavemadeupmymindtosolvetheproblem.

1.Projectobjective

Toteachstudentshowtoremembernewwords.

2.Projecthypothesis

ItishypothesizedthatstudentswilllearnnewwordsbyheartifIcanguidetheclasstoremembernewwords.

3.Projectrationale

1）Theroleofspeakinginclassanditspurpose-Iwouldliketogivethepurposeofcommunication,makingitclosetoreal-life.Thismeansthatthestudentsshouldfeelrelaxedandfreeinclass.Theyshouldalsoseethatspeakingtotheirpeershasapurposeanddoesnothavetobeevaluatedbytheteacherallthetime.Theemphasisshouldshiftfromaccuracytofluency.

2）Theroleofthestudents-Iwouldlikethestudentstofeelthatlearningisnotacompetitiveone,butacollaborativeendeavour.Theyshouldcometorealizethattheycanlearnfromeachotherandhelpeachother,especiallyinspeakingasitisnotaskilltheycanpracticeontheirown.

3）Theroleoftheteacher-Studentsshouldrealizethattheteacherhasmanyrolesintheclassroom,notjustthatofevaluator,Iwouldliketodemonstratethesedifferentrolessothatstudentsrealizewhentheteachertasksamajorinstructionalroleinclassandwhenshetakesonlyaminorhelpingrole.Iwouldlikestudentstogetusedtobeingresponsiblefortheirownlearningandnotdependingontheteacherallthetime.

4）Thetypesofclasstasksused-Ithinkalloftheabovecanbedealtwithbydesigningandusingappropriatetasksinthelesson.Ifstudentshavetodoinformation-gaptasks,whichrequirethemtogaininformationfromtheirpartnerbymeansofquestioningandlisteningandtogiveinformationtotheirpartnerbylisteningandrespondingadequatelytoquestions,Ifeeltheycanbeshownthevalueofcommunicatingwiththeirpeers.

4.NewWordsDesign

Idesignedanadequateamountofactivitiestotestthehypothesis.Iftheactivitiesofrememberingnewwordsarebetterdesigned,thestudentswilllearnEnglishhardandwell.

InmyprojectIdecidetoimprovemytechniquesofteachinghowtoremembernewwords.

Ihavedesignedfouractivitiestobetriedoutinfourweeks.Andtheseactivitiesarereportedasfollows.

Week1

ActivityLesson7Unit1Book2learningEnglish.

Purpose:

Guidethestudentstorememberthesewords（runsorryjumpstopstandtimemesitsingdown）accordingtothepronunciation.

Instruction:

“PronunciationRules”method-Toremembernewwordsaccordingtopronunciation.Studentslistentotheteachercarefullyandthenlearnthenewwordsbyheartaccordingtothepronunciation.

Procedure:

Theteacherexplainshowtorememberthenewwordsaccordingtothepronunciation,andthenstudentsreadaftertheteacher.Studentsrememberthenewwordsinpairs.Thenasksomestudentstowritethemontheblackboard.

Week2

Activity2.Lesson11Unit2Book2LearningEnglish.Purpose:

Teachthenewwordsbysentencestomakethestudentsrememberthemeasily.

Instruction:

“Makingsentences”method-Toremembernewwordsbymakingsentences.Theteacherteachesthenewwordsbysentencesandthenstudentsreadthenewwordsaftertheteacher,thenstudentsmakesentenceswiththesenewwordsandrememberthem.Finallycheckthenewwardsinpairs.

Week3

Activity3Lesson17Unit3Book2LearningEnglish.

Purpose:

Guidestudentstorememberthewordsaccordingtowordstructures.

Instruction:

“WordForming”method-Toremembernewwordsaccordingtowordstructures,includingaddprefix,addsuffixorcompound.Theteachergivestheexamples（eg:

quick+ly→quickly/Care+ful→careful/un+happy→unhappy）andthenexplainit（adj+ly→adv./n+ful→adj）.Studentsreadaftertheteacher.Studentsrememberthenewwordsandthencheckthewordsinpairs.

Week4

Activity4

ThisactivityisbasedasLesson28Unit4

Book2LearningEnglish

Purpose:

Playgamesandhelpstudentstorememberwords.

Instructions:

“PlayingGames”method–Toremembernewwordsbyplayinggames.Inclasstheteacherteachesthenewwords.Thenshowsthestudentshowtoplaygameswiththewords.Theteachergivesthewordcardstothestudents,thenSayaword（e.g:

last）,thestudentswhohavetheword“last”cardstandinfrontofblackboardinorder.Thestudentloseswhoisthelast.Theteachertellsthestudentshe/shewillletthemplaygameslikethisinfrontoftheclassnextday.Theywilllearnthenewwordsbyheartaloneoringroupsafterclass.

5.Projectimplementation

Mystudentsareone-yearstudents.

Ittookmefourweekstoimplementmyproject.

Infourweeks,Iwanttoknowwhichclasswillwinintheexamination.Finally,thestudentsfromclass1whichhavebeentaughthowtorememberthenewwordsshowmoreinterestinEnglishthanthestudentsinClass3whohaven’tbeentaughthowtorememberthewords.ThescoreofClass1isalsohigherthanthatofClass3.Inclass1,thereare46studentssayingthatEnglishisveryeasyandinteresting,theyareinterestedinit,butinClass3,thereare24studentssayingthattheyareinterestedinEnglish.Afteranexamination,thescoreofClass1is89.5,whilethescoreofClass3is80.3.

ComparisonTable:

InterestinEnglish

Ofstudentspercentage

Theexamingresult

Scorepercentage

Class3

2446%

81.380.3%

Class1

4489.3%

89.589.3%

7.Projectevaluation

①Theproblem

Istheproblemaresearchableone?

Yes.Ifgivemetheresources,thetimeandtheexpertiseIhave,ICanlauchaprojecttosolvetheproblem.（Icandosomethingtochangethepresentsituation.）

②Themethodsusedinproblemanalysis.

Arethemethodsusedtoanalyzetheproblemacceptable,suitabletoitandproperlyapplied?

Yes.Iusedtheanalyticmethod,causeanalysis,interviewandbrainstorming.Theseareallacceptablemethodssuitabletomyproblem.Ialsousedthemproperly.

③TheProjectObjective

Myprojectobjectiveistoteachthestudentshowtorememberthewords.Itisresearchable.Itisrealistic.

④TheProjectHypothesis.

MyprojecthypothesisisthatstudentswillshowgreatinterestinEnglish.IhavefoundthatifIcanguidetheclassinlearningthenewwordsbyheart,thestudentswillbeinterestedinEnglishandtheresultwillbegood.

⑤TheProjectRationale.

Myprojectwasbasedonthetheoreticalassumptions.

⑥TheProjectDesign

Ihavedefinedmyprojectobjectiveandhypothesis.

Ihavestatedmyprojectrationale.

Ihaveworkedoutthedetailsforprojectimplementing.

Ihavealsoplannedthestagesandtimetablefortheprojectimplementation.

⑦TheStagesandDetailsofProjectImplementation.Thestagesarenecessaryandcomplete.Theimplementationdetailsareproperlymaintained.Inmycase,Iamassessedonthefollowingitems.

Week1

Teachingnotes

Students’handout

Diary-keeping

Week2

Teaching,notes

Students’handout

Diary-keeping

Week3

Teaching,notes

Students’handout

Diary-keeping

⑧Themethodsusedinprojectimplementation.Ishowatabletostatetheimplementation.

⑨Themethodsusedtoobtaintheresults.

Inwhatwayhastheinvestigatorobtainedtheprojectresults?

Isitacceptable,suitableandproperlyused?

Iusedobservations,diary-keeping,andinterviewstoobtaintheprojectresults.Theyareallacceptable,suitabletothetaskandproperlyused.

Table2SummarizesthemethodsIhaveusedinmyproject

Stageofth