The Stimulus to Students’ Interest in English Learning.doc

The Stimulus to Students Interest in English LearningAbstractWith the development of society and the educational reform, peoples consciousness and concept have had great changes. As everyone knows, English is a language which is different from our native tongue. Language is usually used as a tool for people to communicate with each other and exchange ideas and information in their work and daily life, so people are eager to use a lot of methods to learn it well. English is widely used in the world, and people are aware of the importance and necessity in English learning. It is true that interest is a positive factor in English learning. All teachers should attach the great importance to the students' interest in the whole process of English learning and teaching.As the old saying goes that interest is the best teacher. It is quite certain that the students' initiative is difficult to spur without interest. So in the article，the paper starts with the discussion of students' interest, then makes a deep analysis, and also puts forward a series of helpful measures to promote the students' initiative, and further cultivate and stimulate the students' interest in English learning. Key WordsEnglish learning; students; interest; stimulation 摘要随着社会的发展与教育的不断改革,人们的思想观念发生了巨大变化。 众所周知,英语是一门有别于我们所讲母语的语言。语言作为人们在日常生活和工作中进行信息交流与传递的重要工具,人们采取各种不同的方式来学习和掌握它。英语是一门在世界上广泛使用的语言, 人们越来越意识到学习英语的重要性以及学习它的必要性。大家都知道兴趣在英语学习中起着一种主动积极的作用,它在整个英语学习过程中发挥的作用绝不能低估。俗话说,兴趣是最好的老师。在英语学习过程中如果缺乏学习兴趣,学生学习的主动性就很难发挥出来。因此,本文就学生在英语学习中,应从抓好学生学习英语的兴趣入手,通过深入分析，层层递进,提出了一些有用的措施来激发学生学习英语的积极性,更进一步提高学生学习英语的兴趣。关键词学习英语；学生；兴趣；激发  IntroductionOur countrys reform and the opening up to the outside world make the education in our country develop continuously. Education is a matter of fundamental importance that is concerned with the country's development and the progress of human beings. As everyone knows, English is a language which is different from our native tongue. English is widely used in the world, and people are aware of the importance and necessity in English learning. With the rapid development and reform of the education in our country, people begin to know that the educational quality of schools depends on the quality of teachers. Harmer (2005) defines "the teachers role as a controller, assessor, organizer, prompter, participant and resource-provider". Besides, according to FuDaochuns opinion (2005), the teachers role is not static. The teachers thinking should change with the development of society. "Teachers are considered as facilitators, guides, and researchers and so on". Interest is the internal power to spur students learning. Teachers should according to the different time, different places and different persons find out more useful teaching methods that can spur students interest, enhance the teaching effect in English classroom and increase the students motivation in English learning.It is natural that interest is the positive factor of learning English. Teachers should pay more attention to the whole English teaching and learning. Interest is also the active power of English learning, and runs through the whole learning process. So in the school education, teachers should also pay more attention to the English practice and maintaining the students interest in English learning. It is clear that interest can decide the success of the whole English teaching and learning. In the teaching and learning process, teachers should renew the teaching concept and change their teaching methods, and use the scientific, creative and constructive teaching methods to build and maintain the students interest. Teachers should make students gain lots of knowledge and happiness from their studies. Its necessary that teachers should keep their students active and creative in English learning.As the saying goes that interest is the best teacher and it is quite true that the students initiative in learning is difficult to spur without interest. All the teachers should try their best to arouse their students' interest in English learning in order to help students learn English well in the shortest possible time.  I. The Importance of English LearningAs we know, English is a language different from our native tongue.  However, people learn languages in different ways for different reasons, and have different understandings about the language learning .For Chinese students, they have not enough exposure to good circumstances of English learning and will face various problems in learning English. English is a very useful foreign language and is a widely-spoken language in the world. Now people are aware of its importance and the necessity of learning it. However, for students, there is still a long way to go to keep them interested in English learning. Language is a tool for people to communicate with each other or change their ideas and information. In the whole process, students are the main body in the course of English teaching and learning. So the teacher should guide his students to appreciate and discover the beauty of English language, practice the language skills, express their ideas freely, and exchange information. The most important point is to communicate with others and understand cultures and customs of foreign countries. On the other hand, as students, they should pay more attention to cultivating their interest in English learning, have correct attitudes, set clear goals and have right ways of learning English. English has its own features, and the teacher should make full use of the features to attract the students' attention and interest. Students should try their best to have themselves built their interest. Teachers and students should raise their consciousness of English learning. In many foreign countries, English is used as a basic and important language to learn, and people in many parts of the world learn it very hard, and use the language for communication with other persons for different purposes. Students should realize that English learning can improve their abilities to express themselves, and expand their knowledge greatly. Using English as a useful tool, they can enter into the wide society and communicate with other people in the word. After they know the importance of English learning, they certainly learn it hard and their interest can be aroused greatly in English learning. . Interest in English LearningInterest is a kind of positive factor in English learning, and has the function that teachers and students cannot underestimate in the English teaching and learning. It is important for the teacher to give great attention to the development of the students' interest, and of course, this is the key to success of English learning. As everyone knows, interest is the best teacher in English learning. From the psychological point of view, interest is an active factor for mankind to explore things and perform certain activities, and has a tendency to concentrate one's efforts on learning.  Interest also plays a leading role in English learning. The interest of learning is an important integrant in the course of teaching and learning, and it is the most active and realistic factor of initiative and enthusiasm. Only those who have strong interest in English learning can do well and get the best results, and they can bring all their faculties into full play in learning. As every road leads to Roman, interest can lead one to any place where he wants to go as farther as he can. At last he will be able to make much progress and win great success in English learning.With the reform of education, people begin to know that the quality of schools depends on the quality of teachers. It is clear that the students interest of learning directly affects the learning quality. A lot of practice shows that the more interest students have, thmore actively they will participate in the course of English learning. The interest of learning, in turn, will promote learning results. Only under the guidance of great efforts together with the strong interest can teachers help students learn English well and enjoy the happiness of English learning.Besides, interest is the active power of English learning, and runs through the whole learning process. So in the school education, teachers should pay more attention to train and maintain the students' interest of English learning.  Interest is also the internal power for spurring students' enthusiasm; therefore, teachers should use various methods according to the different time, different places and different persons to stimulate students interest, enhance the teaching effect in English classroom and improve the students ability to learn English. Students and Teachers Roles in English Learning and TeachingA. Students' Main RoleIn the past school education, students were passive in the process of English teaching and learning. But now, the student is the subject in the course of teaching and learning, and the student is the most active component of the school instruction. However, there are many problems .Because of some reasons, at the beginning maybe students seem uninterested in English learning, but for some time they are even tired of learning.In English learning and teaching, why are quite a few of students uninterested in English learning? And all the reasons lie in the passive mentality. Students usually don't enjoy obtaining knowledge of their own accord. Students have their own physical and psychological features. They have a strong sense of curiosity and interest of learning; but their high enthusiasm cannot stand long. They are active and lively, but they are weak in control. They are good at imitation and have good memory, but their attention is likely to be attracted by other things and cannot keep long. They want to show themselves and have strong self-esteem, and of course, they hope to be praised by teachers and be appreciated by their classmates. On the contrary, if students lose their interest, they are forced to do all these things they don't want to. They think that everything they do is done just for others, such as for their parents and teachers. In this way, they gradually form a kind of passive mentality that they themselves are not aware of. Then naturally a lot of complaint will come and they are dissatisfied with anything. Once the resentment gives rise to their minds, they can hardly get anything from learning. They refuse to study and are not willing to do anything that the teacher asks them. For another reason, they do not have chances to show themselves. Teachers should love them, and respect their rights. Because they do not experience the happiness of success, they lack the positive mentality in study. A famous psychologist once said: small success can give one a sense of success, which will help him a lot.After a period of time in English learning, some students are not interested enough in English gradually, and at last they have not any interest at all. Why? They have a strong sense of curiosity and interest in English at the initial stage of learning. As the contents of English learning are getting more and more difficult, they gradually feel that it is impossible to catch up with the progress they are expected to. There are some reasons for both teachers and students. For students, the following should be paid more attention to: first, realizing the importance of English learning; second, knowing the goal of learning this subject; third, having the correct attitude and a better understanding of English; fourth, cultivating  good habits of English learning; and finally, having more appropriate methods for learning.The most important thing is that teachers should help students maintain and build interest before starting to learn English. It is necessary let all the students be aware of the importance and necessity of learning English. This is an important step in English learning. Here the object of learning must be mentioned. Because some students are not clear of the goal of learning English, they learn just for the sake of learning. Some students think they learn it just for their parents and teachers. They even think that they study and do exercises just because their parents and teachers want them to do so. And they should get high scores in order that their teachers and parents could consider them to be top students. The above-mentioned situation is the passive mentality in English learning. Of course, they do not share the happiness in learning English indeed.As everybody knows, habits are also very important. The proverb says the habit is the second nature. A good habit is hard to obtain and easy to lose, but a bad habit is easy to get and it is hard to get rid of. In English learning, students should have good habits. They do not put off what can be done today till tomorrow. They should be careful to do their homework and listen attentively and be active in class. However, some students do not have good habits. They dont want to take time to preview their lessons before class and review them after class. They dont listen to the teacher's lessons carefully in class, and they do not have good habits of taking notes in class. Teachers should let students know that once the habit is formed, and soon it will be very helpful and useful to students.  Besides, as the saying goes, without a correct and proper method, even a scholar with bright thoughts may explore blindly. In fact in learning, some students are really very diligent, but the result of learning is so depressing and frustrating. What is the problem? Perhaps they should focus more attention on their right ways of learning. Some students simply do not understand the importance of good and proper methods, and they should do their best to find more useful methods in English learning.The attitude in English learning is very important, and everything successful depends on the correct attitude. First of all, students should take their right attitude in English learning, and then try their best to study well. For students, it is important for them to experience the sense of success, have good moods, and confidence in learning is also of great importance. It is necessary for students to have confidence and cultivate good habits in English learning.B. Teacher's Guiding RoleNowadays, the roles between teachers and students have changed greatly. The teacher plays a very important role in the course of teaching and learning.  Teachers roles are not static, and their roles change with the development of society. Teachers have many things to do for their students. To be a good teacher, one should pay attention to protecting students interest in learning English. Not only should teachers arouse students interest, but also they must make every effort to stimulate students interest in learning. However, teachers have some problems in this aspect, and they are i