How-to-arouse-the-Students’-interest-in-English-class.docx

Summaryofthethesis:Sincethe21stcentury,theimportanceoforaIEnglishhasbeenrealizedalongwiththeextensionofthecommunicationwithothercountries.SpokenEnglishhasbecomeanabsolutelynecessarycommunicationtooI,speciaIIywhenBeijingwillholdthe01ympicGamesthisyear.MoreandmorepeopIelearnEnglish.ButmanystudentshavestudiedEngIishforafewyears,theycan,tuseitfluently.SotheEnglishteachingefficiencyinChinaneedstobeimproved.Nothingcanbeformedinshorttime.Thefirstthingthatwemustdoistoarousethestudents,interestinEnglishclass.Thesearesomewaysaboutit.Keywords：stimuIate,interest,curiosity,environment,praise,classclimate,charm,audio-visualaidsHowtoArousetheStudents'InterestinEnglishCIass1. IntroductionAsweal1know,EnglishisbecomingmoreandmorepopularinChina.ThereformandopeningpolicyrequiresUStomasterEnglishsinceitistheworldwidelyusedIunguuge.Especially,ElijingwillholdtheOlympicGameSthisyear.MoreandmorepeoplelearnEnglish.AlthoughmanystudentsIiavelearnedEnglishforafewyears,theycan,tuseitfluently.SotheEnglishteachingefficiencyinChinaneedstobeimproved.Insomeschls,especialIyvi1Iageschools,teachershavebeenusingthegrammar-translationmethod,goingoverthetextsentencebysentence,explainingtextbyword-fo-word,spendingmoretimeandenergyillustratingthegrammaticalrules.Inthisway,thestudentsarePiISSiVeandseldomhaveUchancetopractiseortalkexceptlisleni11totheteacher.Teachingisdoneinsuchaboringway,ittendstobesoboringandtediousinlearningtheusagesoflanguagethatthestudentsdonotwanttoIcarnit,orevendislikelearningit.Asateacherof1.uchengMiddleSchoolmajoringinEnglish,Iamveryworriedaboutthesituationofteachingatschool.Inmythesis,IwillwritesomethingabouthowtoexperienceEnglishteachingmethodologiesinmyIeHChingpractice.2. DoingasurveyabouttheinterestinEnglishlearning.Inordertosurveyandstudytheinterestofmiddle-schoolstudents,intheMid-ninetiethinthelastcentury,XiaoJiongfangandhercolleagues,whowereinauniversityofGuangdong,invesligaledthestudentsintwelvemiddleschoolsthatweredistributedoverHunan,GuangdongandShanghai.Theresultofitisthatonly53.2%ofstudentswereinterestedinEnglish,whichmakesitclearthatthelevelofthemiddleschoolstudents*interestinlearningEnglishisnothigh.3. TheimportanceofinterestinEnglishlearning.Englishteachingisacourseful1OfpracticeandCoiiununication.Theteachermustattachgreatimportancetodevelopstudents*interestinlearningEnglishinordertosucceedinEnglishteaching.Theteachers'mainworkistodevelopthelanguageabilitiesofthestudents,changetheapproachesinteachingtomeettheSludentsrdemandsandinterest,andgivefullplaytothestudents'initiativeandcreativeness.Einsteinsaidthatinterestwasthebestteacher.Fromancienttimestothepresentage,theweIlknownfiguresallhaveonethingincommon-astronginterestintheirownundertakings.Andwcallknow,onceastudentisinterestedinsomething,hewillbecompletelyabsorbedinit.Thatistosay,interestisthedrivingforceofseekingknowledge,isanimportantfactorinleadingtosuccess.Ilhasagreatimpactonstudents'learning.Psychologistssaid,stimulatingone'sinterestcoul<lconcentratehiseffortandattention,couldmakeonewhoisinamerrymoo<lwithbettermemoriestobemoreactive,sensitive,imaginativewhichisgoodfordevelopingstudents'Englishlearningability.Interestconsistsdirectinterestandindirectone.Directinterestreferstotheoneinactionitself.Indirectinterestmeanssomeone<loesn,tthinkSOmelhinginteresting,butbytheinfluenceofoutersurroundingsorsomeotherelementsrelatedtoit,hebecomestolikesomething.OnceastudentbecomesinterestedinlearningEnglish,hecanreachthegoalwithlesstimeandenergy.Inaccordancewiththecharacteristicofyouth,toarousetheirdirectinterestinEnglishisthemainworkinEnglishteaching.MiddIe-SChOOlstudentsareiinp1.uouswithoutstableIeUrningmotivesorastrongwi11.Sointerest,likeacatalyst,playsagreatroleinstudents,learning.Ifstudentsareinterestedinlearning,theytakeanactivepartinitandbemoreattentivetostudy.Iftheyfeelthattheyhavelearnedsomethingandseentheprogresstheyhavemade,theywi11bemoreinterestedinlearning,morewi1lingtomakeconsciouseffortstodobetter.Thus,interestbecomesamotivatingforce.ThekeytoraiseIeaChingefficiencyistodevelopstudents,interest.Therefore,howtosimulatestudents'interestinlearningEnglishisamajorproblemthatdemandspromptsolutions.sateacher,howtoleadthestudentstorealizeit?Herearesomesuggestions.4. Givingsomesuggestionsthatimprovestudents,interestinEnglishlearning.4.1 GuidingstudentstofeelinterestedinEnglishlearning,lettingstudentsknowthepurposeoflearningEnglish.Teachershouldgivefullplayontheirpositiveinfluenceuponthestudents,lettingthemknowthepurposeoflearningEnglishtodeveloptheirindirectinterestinEnglish.However,asthereisalwayssomethingIhUlistedious,monotonous,itisimpossibletoaskstudentstobeinterestedinallIhethingstheyshouldlearn.Therefore,therearetwokindsofstudentswhosodifferentneedswemustseeto.ThemajoritylearnEnglishforautilitarianpurpose,asanauxi1iarytoacademicorprofessionalskills”Mackey&Mountford1978,p211whatevertheirspecificareasofinterest.Theseinourte11nsareufutureusersofthetargetlanguage“Ontheotherhand,therearealsosmallnumberostudentstowhomtheEngl