3。 The Problems of English Teaching in Large Class

In order to know about the situation of learning English of rural students, the author went to a rural school (In Hu bei, China): Moudao middle school that is a typical rural school and has a history of 59 years。 the school has three grades and twenty-four classes。 The research objects of the thesis are students and teachers of the Moudao middle school。 The author found some problems of the large rural class by analyzing the data of questionnaires that were distributed to students and interview record that come from students and teachers。 During the process of research, 91% students thought their classes are too large, it has caused a big effect on their study。 There is a diagram about their answers。

Subjects Attitudes Opinions Frequency (person-time) Percentage (%)

200 students who accepted questionnaires said :“ Large rural class has caused a big effect on their study”

Positive impact Can make many friends 10 5

Neutral evaluation No effect 5 2。5

Never consideration 3 1。5

Negative impact The class is too crowded 48 24

Less chance to communicate with teachers 42 21

The discipline of large rural class is too bad 45 22。5

Get less attention from teachers 47 23。5

Chart 1  some opinions of 200 students come from Moudao middle school about large class

From the data of chart1, it shows that large class has an effect on students and includes some aspects: the problems of organization, the problems of interaction between teachers and students, the problems of marginal men。

3。1 The problem of organization论文网

When the author entered Moudao middle school and found that students’ seating arrangement is still traditional seating arrangement--seedling type。 A class holds more than 80 students, these students who sit in the back of the classroom nearly against the wall。 The author interviewed some students, they told the author that they sometimes can’t hear clearly what teachers said, because they sit in the back of the classroom and they feel too crowded。 There is a typical seating arrangement:

Picture 1 seating arrangement--seedling type of Moudao middle school

From the picture 1, on the one hand, it shows that the seedling type seating arrangement is too crowded and inconvenient for students to study。 On the other hand, it is not good for teachers to organize and manage the class。 Then the author interviewed 30 teachers about how the seedling type seating arrangement affects their teaching。 

Subjects Attitudes Opinions Frequency (person-time) Percentage (%)

20teachers’ opinion to seedling type seating arrangement

Positive impact Teachers can teach students knowledge systematacially

systematically 6