The Construction of Primary School English Interactive Teaching Model小学英语课堂互动教学模式构建毕业论文.doc

小学英语课堂互动教学模式构建 The Construction of Primary School English Interactive Teaching ModelContentsAbstract:(1)1. Introduction(3)2. Definition of Interactive Teaching Model(4)3. The Necessity and Importance of English Interactive Teaching(6)3.1 The necessity of English interactive teaching(6)3.2 The importance of good interactive teaching(7)4. Problems in Primary School English Interactive Teaching(7)4.1 Avoidant interaction in class(8)4.2 Passive interaction in class(8)5. Strategies Used to Promote Interaction in Primary School English Class(9)5.1 The strategy of using body language(9)5.2 The strategy of using pictures(10)5.3 The strategy of using competition(10)5.4. The strategy of using role-play(11)5.5 The strategy of using multimedia(11)6. Conclusion(12)References(13) The Construction of Primary School English Interactive Teaching ModelAbstract: As China has been increasingly entangled in the global village, English is becoming more and more important nowadays. English teaching is becoming obviously necessary and fundamental in primary schools. There are some unique characteristics of primary school students learning English. They are very curious about everything and active in learning, but they are prone to be affected by adults，and their conscious attention is in shorter time compared with teenagers or adults and it has poor persistence. Finding proper ways to stimulate primary school students interest in learning is very essential. Researches have proved that interactive teaching model is beneficial to the learning of the language. In this paper, the author will make an exploration on the concerned questions of interactive teaching model in primary schools, and will illustrate some problems that exist in primary school English interactive teaching and also come up with some unique ways of interactions that can be used in class according to the characteristics of pupils, such as competitions, multimedia, body language, role-play and so on.Key words: English teaching; two-way interactive teaching; primary school; model construction小学英语课堂互动教学模式构建摘要：随着全球化进程的加剧，英语学习的重要性越来越突出，在小学教育和课堂教学中的基础性和必要性日益明显。小学生学习英语有很多特点，他们学习主动性强，对新鲜事物很好奇，但是他们容易受到成人的影响，相对于青少年或者成人来说，他们的有意注意时间更短，持久性弱。因此，探寻合适的方法来激发小学生学习英语的积极性至关重要。研究表明课堂互动教学对小学生学习英语是非常有利的教学措施，本文作者将对小学英语教育中的互动教学模式进行深入分析，阐述目前小学英语课堂互动教学中存在的一些现实问题，从而提出能够适应能根据小学生英语学习特点的互动教学思路，通过运用竞争、多媒体、肢体语言、角色扮演等手段激发小学生的英语学习兴趣。关键词：英语教学；双向互动；小学；模式构建The Construction of Primary School English Interactive Teaching Model1. IntroductionAs China has been increasingly entangled in the global village, English plays an important part in the international communications in recent years, and it is obviously a necessary and fundamental course in primary school English education. But the pupils are still very young, there are some unique characteristics of primary school students learning English. They are very curious about everything, but they are prone to be affected by adults，and their conscious attention is shorter compared with teenagers or adults and it has poor persistence. Finding proper ways to stimulate primary school students interest in learning is very essential. Researches have proved that interactive teaching model is beneficial to the learning of the language. Interactive teaching focuses on cooperation between teachers and students. It is not teacher-centered. According to William and Burden (1977: 111), children are born to a social world, and learning occurs through interaction with other people. We learn a language through using the language to interact meaningfully with other people. Interaction is also of significance in English teaching in primary schools.Teachers more or less use some kinds of interactions in class, however, it seems that these interaction do not work so well as they are expected. Since the teachers may not take the pupils characteristics of learning into consideration, pupils interact passively or unwillingly, and in return, the teachers might be affected by their negative emotions, which lead to a malignant circle in English education.There are some strategies that can be used in primary school English teaching according to the characteristics of pupils. There is a saying that “Interest is the best teacher.”. If the pupils are interested in learning English, they will be willing to learn English by their own will. Using body language and pictures are efficient ways to arouse their interest. The friendly appearance of teachers can greatly encourage students enthusiasm in learning. Primary school students are often more interested in pictures than words, so, when they are asked to draw pictures, they can be fully absorbed in studying very soon. Role playing is also a good way contributing to good interaction characterized by team work and cooperative learning. Through cooperation, students can come over fears about having English class, and can interact well with each other. With an important part through the growth of human beings, competition can also be applied in English teaching in class. It arouses pupils interest in learning and enables them to learn English actively and easily. With the development of economy, computers are becoming widely-used nowadays. By using multimedia in teaching and learning, the students can not only enjoy playing, but also learn English as well. The strategies mentioned above are all efficient in English teaching based on the characteristics of pupils. It is obvious that there are some other workable strategies. If they can make for good interactions between teachers and students, and can develop students ability in English learning, they are also advisable.2. Definition of Interactive Teaching Model Interactive teaching is a new teaching model that distinguishes from the traditional one, which emphasizes the importance of teachers and students participation. This teaching model requires that both teachers and students take part in the class, through interactive teaching, students and teachers exchange information, experience, ideas, attitudes or feelings and so on. For example, a teacher asking a student a question and the student answering it is an interaction between the teacher and the student. Besides verbal communication, nonverbal communication, such as body language used in class, is also a part of interactive teaching. Interactive teaching needs the teachers to interact and challenge students, leading them to come up with new ideas. Interactive teaching values students own ideas and aims at empowering students to be independent learners and willing to learn English well.Interactive teaching model is first put forward by Palincsar (1982: 133). He firstly notes that it is a model to train students reading strategy based on a scaffolding idea. Interactive teaching refers to an instructional activity that takes place in the form of a dialogue between teachers and students regarding segments of text. The dialogue is structured by the use of four strategies: summarizing, question generating, clarifying, and predicting. The teacher and students take turns assuming the role of teacher in leading this dialogue. Constructivists believe that interactive teaching is designed by the interactive activities of dialogues between teachers and students. Interactions between teachers and students refer to the mutual effect and influence between them. Whats more, the mutual effect and influence is not only on the aspect of cognitive information, it is also on the emotive information. The construction of students knowledge can be promoted through communicating, discussing, arguing and cooperating between teachers and students, namely, the students are learning during communication. In such circumstance, teachers are the controller, manager and promoter of the classroom teaching. The purpose of interactive teaching is to facilitate a group effort between teacher and students as well as among students in the task of bringing meaning to the text. Teachers are supposed to encourage the students to participate in the language activities.Zhan Sen and Cai Jun (2006: 133) note that interactive teaching model refers to the interactions between principal parts, including interactions between teachers and students, and interactions between students and students. Both the teachers and students take part in teaching activities. They accept and respect each other, promoting the overall development of students. It is an open and constructive new teaching model. Interaction is not the unidirectional and linear impact from teachers. It is the mutual and interactive impact from both teachers and students. And meanwhile, the interaction is not an interrupting one; it is a continuous one. In essence, interaction occurs in various circumstances. It is an interactive system consisting different forms and contents.Definitions of interactive teaching may vary from person to person, but the essence of all definitions are the same, aiming at helping students to learn well through the cooperation of teachers and students.3. The Necessity and Importance of English Interactive TeachingTsui (1995: 156), a famous educational expert in Hong Kong points out that the process and success of the course are largely dependent on the interaction between students and teachers, thus, teachers understanding of classroom interaction is beneficial to the foreign language teaching. In the past twenty years, classroom interaction, as a second language learning course method, has been discussed from different point of views, from the study of foreign language to non-native English teachers roles of classroom instruction. It is concluded that the interactions between teachers and the students, students and materials play an essential role in stimulating students learning.According to William and Burden (1977: 111), children are born to a social world, and learning occurs through interaction with other people. We learn a language through using the language to interact meaningfully with other people. Classroom interaction has become a major part of language instruction, which can never be neglected. Classroom interaction contains interactions among teachers and students, during which both teachers and students are the center of the class. Teachers try their best to stimulate students, and students follow up cooperatively. Through such interactions, students can successfully develop their learning skills.3.1 The necessity of English interactive teachingAs Jia Guanjie (2003: 39) has mentioned that there are four goals of English teaching in primary schools. First, the students should preliminarily master English, having the ability of communication and understanding of this language. Second, students are required to know some culture of English through learning it. They need to learn something about the different thinking styles of English speaking countries. Third, since English is a synthetic course, students in primary schools also need to learn the basic knowledge of living in the social world. Finally, teachers should foster the interest of students learning in English. And interactive teaching can help students learn well in English and is absolutely necessary for achieving the four goals.3.2 The importance of good interactive teachingIn the first place, good interactive teaching can promote emotional communication between teachers and students. If there is good interactive relationship between teachers and students, the students are confident in their teachers and regard teachers as good friends, in return, teachers may be filled of confidence to finish the teaching task, and will work harder to prepare teaching materials and work harder to teach students. This kind of teaching offers a virtuous circle in English learning. In the second place, good interactive teaching is beneficial to enhance teaching efficiency. Through interaction in English learning, students can increase their interest in learning, they will never regard English as boring knowledge or learn it unwillingly or inactively. Interaction also provides students opportunity to practice, thus, their level of mastering English can be improved. Last but not least, good interactive teaching can contribute to class management. As we all know, pupils are usually lively, they are too hard to be managed in class. By using interaction in class, the teachers can draw their attention, which is good to class management.4. Problems in Primary School English Interactive TeachingAffected by educational history or other reasons, traditional English teaching often regards foreign language teaching as pure knowledge teaching, which emphasizes too much the form and grammar and neglects the informative function of language. Under the influence of such foreign language-teaching concept, teachers usually consider English as a “knowledge” system and instill it to students out of their own will, and they dont take the mutual interaction of language into account. Students feel dull and bored in learning English and only for the sake of passing the exams. Because of their lack of communication during learning, students are just “reading in” instead of “writing out”, “lessoning in” instead of “speaking out”. Teachers become the center of the class, they pay little attention to arrange positive teaching, and students who listen or take down notes passively are in the subordinate situation. Thus, it is easy to lead to a negative and inactive teaching model in the teacher-centered classroom. All in all, there are two modes of interactions in classroom teaching: avoidant interaction and passive interaction.4.1 Avoidant interaction in classAvoidant interaction between teachers and students in class refers that the students avoid teachers mandatory constraints intentionally or unintentionally. Students are reluctant to have informative and emotional communication with teachers psychologically and behaviorally. In the interactive relationship, teachers only effect activities of “teaching”, but do not receive students effective response to “learning”. Students are “escapees” instead of active participants. There are mainly three reasons accounting for this. Firstly, in the teacher-centered model, teachers dont give due weight to the fostering of the ability of students language expression. Students are afraid of the information (such as questioning) teachers sending out, thus leading to the avoidant psychology. Secondly, students are lack of subjective consciousness and strong motivations for study. Primary school students often dont understand the meaning of learning English. Thirdly, teachers are accustomed to adopting compulsory commands in class. Students are prone to having fearful psychology, and dissatisfied with the comm