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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
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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
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