农村高中—临漳中学的英语泛读实验研究

论文摘要

在经济贸易和信息全球化的当今世界,英语作为国际化的语言,在交流和信息获得方面正在表现出其巨大优势。所以,几乎整个世界都在尽其所能来掌握这一重要工具,尤其对那些想为将来的学习和工作打下坚实基础的中学生来说更显重要。然而,在占相当比例的农村高中,许多学生是在艰苦的条件下学习英语的。在这些学校很多老师学历不达标,甚至有的根本没有经过专业的英语学习;教学设备和教学资源相当匮乏,甚至连最基本的录音机都没有,而这些又对英语的学习非常有益。再者,农村高中的老师和学生都在为高考而奋斗,学生学习英语主要靠死记硬背和无休止的模拟训练。这种早已令人厌烦的学习方式使学生失去了学习兴趣和动机。它不仅有悖于新课标的要求,也难以满足学生将来工作的需要。本文作者试图以克拉申的理论和阅读理论为基础,开展泛读实验来改善和促进学生的英语学习。而且相信它能激发学生学习兴趣和动机,大大促进农村高中学生的英语学习。本论文包括五部分。第一部分调查了一所农村高中—临漳中学的英语教学和学习现状,也阐述了高中英语新课标的总体要求和阅读要求,陈述了进行泛读的必要性。第二部分回顾了二语习得和阅读的理论研究,特别是克拉申的输入假设和情感过滤假设,中国学者的阅读研究和实用阅读策略也列在其中。作者在第三部分设计了泛读的实验,包括阅读材料的选编和实验过程。第四部分对实验的数据和信息进行定量和定性分析,包括对成绩,问卷调查和访谈的分析讨论。在论文的最后一部分,第五部分,作者得出了实验结论并对农村高中英语教学提出了一些建议。

论文目录

• Abstract
• 摘要
• Chapter One Introduction
• 1.1 The purpose of this study
• 1.2 The requirements of English teaching and learning in the New English Curriculum Standard and The Syllabus for Full-time Senior Middle School English
• 1.3 The Present situation of English teaching and learning in a rural high school —Linzhang High School
• 1.3.1 The investigation into English teachers and English teaching facilities
• 1.3.2 The general investigation into students’English learning
• 1.3.3 The investigation into students’ extensive reading
• 1.3.4 The interview of English teachers
• 1.3.5 The analysis of the investigation and interview
• 1.4 Hypothesis
• Chapter Two Literature Review
• 2.1 Research on theories of the second language acquisition and English reading
• 2.1.1 Theories of SLA
• 2.1.1.1 Behaviorism
• 2.1.1.2 Universal grammar
• 2.1.1.3. Krashen’s Input Hypothesis and Affective Filter Hypothesis
• 2.1.2 Factors affecting SLA
• 2.1.3 Reading theories based on cognitive psychology and psycholinguistic
• 2.1.3.1 Defining Reading
• 2.1.3.2 Bottom-up model and Top-down model
• 2.1.3.3 Interactive model and Schema model
• 2.1.4 Interest, motivation and language learning
• 2.1.4.1 Interest and language learning
• 2.1.4.2 Motivation and language learning
• 2.2 Research on English reading and learning in China
• 2.2.1 English reading research by Du Xuezeng and Hu Chundong
• 2.2.2 Reading research by other scholars
• 2.2.3 Practical English reading strategies
• 2.2.3.1 Skimming
• 2.2.3.2 Scanning
• 2.2.3.3 Guessing from the context
• 2.2.3.4 Lowering the learning anxiety
• 2.2.3.5 Overcoming some bad habits of reading
• 2.3 Summary
• Chapter Three The Extensive Reading Experiment
• 3.1 Selecting and compiling reading materials
• 3.1.1 The principles of selecting and compiling reading materials
• 3.1.2 English Classic Reading Series for High School Students
• 3.1.3 The characteristics of the English reading series
• 3.2 Research methods
• 3.2.1 Research subjects
• 3.2.2 The English teacher of Class 25 and Class 26 and the writer of the thesis
• 3.2.3 Characteristics of students in rural high schools
• 3.2.4 Questionnaires
• 3.2.5 Interview
• 3.2.6 Achievement tests
• 3.2.7 Analysis with SPSSv13.0
• 3.3 Procedures of the reading experiment
• 3.3.1 The experiment and requirements
• 3.3.2 The general reading method
• 3.3.3 The procedures of experiment
• 3.3.3.1 The preparations for the experiment
• 3.3.3.2 The first stage of the experiment
• 3.3.3.3 The second stage of the experiment
• 3.3.3.4 The post experiment arrangements
• 3.4 Other teaching activities along with the extensive reading experiment
• Chapter Four Analysis of the Experiment
• 4.1 Statistics of the scores
• 4.1.1 The pre-test scores
• 4.1.2 The comparison between the pre-test and post-test scores
• 4.2 The comparison between the pre-questionnaires and post-questionnaires
• 4.2.1 The new investigation into students’ English learning
• 4.2.2 The new investigation into students’ English extensive reading
• 4.3. The analysis of the interview
• 4.4 The analysis of the experiment
• Chapter Five Conclusion
• 5.1 General findings of the study
• 5.1.1 Findings of English teaching and learning in Linzhang High School
• 5.1.2 Findings on English extensive reading
• 5.2 Suggestions on English extensive reading and English learning for rural high schools
• 5.3 Limitations
• Bibliography
• Appendices
• Appendix 1 农村高中学生英语学习状况调查问卷
• Appendix 2 农村高中学生英语课外阅读状况调查问卷
• Appendix 3 前测 后测成绩表 （Class 25 ）
• Appendix 4 前测 后测成绩表 （Class 26 ）
• Appendix 5 Pre-test paper
• Appendix 7 Psot-test paper
• Acknowledgements