英语小学生英语学习兴趣的培养与研究本科论文.docx

1、英语小学生英语学习兴趣的培养与研究本科论文The Improvement of English Learning Interes for Primary StudentsAbstract: The English teaching in elementary school aims at stimulating students interest in English learning, developing their positive attitude towards learning for the purpose of guiding them to initially build u

2、p the confidence of learning English, and helping them to develop their sense of English pronunciation intonation. Such well-designed curriculum will lay the solid foundation for the pupils continuation of learning English in their upcoming middle school. It is an important topic to research how to

3、cultivate the primary students interest in English learning. At present, the situation where students follow the teacher and teacher focuses on the book must be changed in the English teaching, however, we must fully stimulate and cultivate students interest in learning so as to make the students le

4、arn actively. This study aims to discuss how to improve interest of primary school students according to relevant studies. Meanwhile, to create a strong English culture and to stimulate students interest in English learning. Key words: primary students; English learning; interest 小学生英语学习兴趣的培养与研究 摘要：

5、众所周知，兴趣是最好的老师。小学英语课程教学的目地就是激发学生英语学习兴趣，培养他们英语学习的积极态度，使他们建立初步学习英语的自信心，培养一定的语感和良好的语音、语调基础，为他们升入中学继续学习英语奠定初步的基础。如何激发小学生的学习兴趣，使他们积极地、主动地学习是本论文研究的重点。在现代的英语教学中，必须改变学生围着教师转，教师围着教材转的旧格局，要充分激发学生的学习兴趣，使他们积极主动的学习。通过研究调查，本研究建议教师要为英语学习者创造良好的学习环境，营造浓厚的英语文化氛围并开展形式多样的课外活动。关键字：小学生；英语学习；兴趣ContentsAbstract in English I

6、Abstract in Chinese II1. Introduction 12.The Background information of English Learning Interest 32.1 The Definition of Interest 32.2 The Classification of Interest 32.3 Theoretical Basis for the Present Research 43. Methodology 63.1 Research Questions 63.2 Research Subjects 63.3 Questionnaires 63.4

7、 Procedures 63.5 Result Collection and Analysis 73.6 Major Finding 104.The Methods of improving the interest 124.1 To Create Joyful and Supportive English-learning Atmosphere 124.2 To Apply Various Methods to Attract Students Learning Interest 124.3 To Set up students confidence 134.4 To Establish a

8、 Good Relationship between Teacher and Student 144.5 To Design Wonderful Lessons 154.6 To Design a Diverse of Homework 155.Conclusion 17Bibliography 19Appendix 20Acknowledgements 221. IntroductionEnglish is becoming the most widely used language all over the world. With the improving of society, we

9、have many chances to communicate with all kinds of countries in the world. Meanwhile, English is an international language, but its teaching is not a piece of easy work. Nowadays, many students are loosing their learning interest and showing disgusted attitude. It seems that students are not relucta

10、nt to learn new words, recite dialogues and do some exercises. Einstein once said that”Interest is the best teacher.” Interest is a kind of direct motivation to push student to learn. That means interest plays a crucial part in English learning. The English teaching in primary school aims at stimula

11、ting students learning English interest, and developing their positive attitude towards learning English. As the saying goes” attitude is everything” .A good attitude is the key to the success in every way. We all know that the way of arousing interest is a vital thing. But, how do teachers arouse a

12、nd keep students interest in learning English? The real process of teaching is the important step. As to conduct research for this problem, we need to investigate and to research the present situation of primary school students interest in learning English first. Only in this way, we can suggest the

13、 suitable strategies and provide guidance for the future. In this paper, the author used a research method to seek effect factors of English learning interest in primary school. The investigation of the primary school students English learning interest is a project which can influence the relevant s

14、tudy at middle school or even at university. Its significance can be high lightly in two aspects as follows:Theoretical significance: at present, many domestic studies of interest in learning focus on those subject, such as math, physics, while only a few research on English. Besides, most subjects

15、for domestic research of interest in English learning are middle school or college school. While the domestic English learning mainly happens in class, and students communicate with Chinese after classes so that they have a few opportunities to practice, because they lack environment or atmosphere t

16、o use English.Practical significance: As the original stage of English teaching, primary English may possess the main purpose of stimulating and maintaining students interest. In the basic education stage, one of the tasks of English courses is to stimulate and develop students interest English lear

17、ning. A successful primary school English teacher should consciously cultivate the students interest in English learning, and at last help them form lasting learning interest, thus they may enjoy learning English, be good at learning and learn it well. This research aims to discuss and find out the

18、helpful method to improve the students learning interest.2. The Background information of English Learning Interest 2.1 The Definition of Interest What is interest? Interest is defined as “the feeling that you have when you want to know or learn more about something” in Oxford Advanced Learners Engl

19、ish-Chinese Dictionary (2008). The study of interest is a cross-disciplinary issue that involves linguistics, pedagogy and psychology. According to Renniger, Hidi and Krapp, “interest is a phenimenon that emerges from an individuals interaction with his or her environment, it refers to a feeling of

20、wanting to know, learn, see or take part in something.”(Renniger, Hidi and Krapp,1992:5) Chen Xueliang(1987), after studying, said that interest is the warm-hearted guide of life, the enlightenments of career and the lifelong company. From everyone view, interest is a feeling that accompanies or cau

21、ses special attention to something, and a kind of inner motivation to do something. Interest plays a very important role in English learning.2.2 The Classification of Interest According to Jean Piaget(Wadsorth,1989:30), “interest is the most common and powerful example of affect at works influencing

22、 our selection of intellectual activities.” In educational field, interest has been divided into two categories: individual interest and situational interest. Interest is a kind of psychological condition in the psychological field. “Individual interest is always specific to individuals.”(Renniger,

23、Hidi and Krapp, 1992:6) In Rennigers view, individual interest consists of more than ones knowledge, and attitude, positive emotions and increased reference value connected with a topic or an object are part of individual interest. In recent years, lots of investigations show that primary school stu

24、dents can own strong and well-centered individual interest which have great influence on their study. To sum up in conclusion, it can be seen that individual interest is an important determinant in English learning. In school learning, the related studies show interest can affect students learning a

25、ttitude,that is, high individual interest in a particular subject links with high academic achievement and high-level pleasure. Many researchers have demonstrated that individual interest can lead to a high learner-task engagement which is require for a high level of achievement (Benton, Corkill, Sh

26、arp, Downey, &Kharamstsova, 1995; Renniger, 1992; Schiefele, Krapp, &Winteler, 1992)There are many definitions for the term of situation interest according to the scholars, as follows:Renniger, Hidi and Krapp(1992) stated that situation interest is defined as an emotional state aroused by situationa

27、l stimuli. It is often generated by certain conditions and concert objects in the environment.Hidi(1990) and her fellows insisted that situation interest plays an vital role in English learning.Since individual interest has been shown a strong impact on learning which is an emotional state induced b

28、y certain situational stimuli according to the previous researches, it can be taken as an useful idea for the teacher to optimize interest influence for the purpose of promoting students learning in classroom.2.3Theoretical Basis for the Present ResearchTheory is always the guidance for a study, wit

29、hout it, it is impossible to deal with the analysis and demonstration objectively. According to this paper, there are two bases theoretical for this research.According to Dulay, Burt and Krashen, “ones affect towards a particular thing or action or situation or experience is how that thing or that a

30、ction or that situation or that experience fits in with ones needs or purposes, and its resulting effects on ones emotion.”(quoted in Arnold, 2000:44) Krashen(1982:56) once arhued that the importance of ones interest is concerned in the Affective Filter Hypothesis. Krashen(1982) also argues that aff

31、ective fators are seen to play an important role in acquiring a second language. He concludes that there are two conditions about how to acquire a second language. One is comprehensible input containing structures a bit beyond the acquires current level. Another is a lower or weak affective filter t

32、o allow the input “in”. Krashens propose is a crucial advise for a second language teacher to provide students with understandable input, so that it helps to make it understand in a low anxiety situation of learning.Abraham Maslow (Maslow,A. 1954) pointed a hierarchy of human needs based on two groupings: deficiency needs and growths needs. According to Maslow, within the deficiency needs, each lowers need must be met before moving to the next higher level. Based on Maslow theory,the desire for acheievement and communication is the best to stim