Abstract So far, many researches have established that immersion English teaching is an effective way in improving students' second language level. Based on the theories related to immersion teaching, Critical Period Hypothesis, Motivation Mode, Cognitive Theory, and the findings made by many scholars, home and abroad, this thesis tries to explore a comprehensive immersion teaching mode and improve English teaching quality in the primary schools in China.
This paper is pided into five parts. The first part gives a brief introduction of immersion teaching and the significance of the whole paper; the second part is literature review, including the definition of immersion teaching and previous researches on immersion teaching; the third part is some related theories about immersion teaching; the fourth part discusses the specific methods in the aspects of creating English environment, establishing friendly relationship between teachers and students, employing strategies for language input and output and cooperating with parents and creating family immersion environment; the last part a conclusion of the whole thesis.53098
Keywords: English immersion teaching; primary school; teaching methods
摘要到目前为止,许多研究表明沉浸式英语教学是提高学生第二外语水平的有效的教学方法。本论文基于沉浸式教学的相关理论,其中包括关键期假说理论、激励模式以及认知理论,并结合国内外学者所做的相关研究,力求一种综合的沉浸英语教学模式,并提高小学英语的教学质量。
该论文共分为五个部分。第一部分是简要地介绍沉浸教学法以及这篇文章的意义;第二部分是文献综述,其中包括沉浸教学法的定义以及前人在此方面所做的研究;第三部分是沉浸教学法所涉及的相关理论;第四部分从创造英语环境、师生友好关系、语言输入输出策略以及家长学校合作等方面讨论的实施沉浸教学法的具体方法;最后一部分是对整篇文章的总结归纳。
毕业论文关键词:浸入式英语教学;小学;教学方法
Contents
1. Introduction 1
2. Literature Review 1
2.1The Definition of Immersion Teaching 1
2.2 Related Studies 2
3. Relevance Theories 3
3.1 Critical Period Hypothesis 4
3.2 Motivation Mode 4
3.3 Cognitive Theory 5
4. The English Immersion Teaching Methods 6
4.1Creating English Environment in classroom and on campus 6
4.2Establishing Friendly Relationship between Teachers and Students 7
4.3 Employing Strategies for Language Input and Output 7
4.4Cooperating with Parents and Creating Family Immersion Environment 9
5. Conclusion 11
Works Cited 12
1. Introduction
With the development of economic globalization, English has become more and more important in the 21st century. And the immersion method has become one of the popular English teaching methods. This method has been experimented in many primary schools and has greatly improved English teaching quality in China. The findings of many experiments have confirmed that this method can improve the students’ comprehensive abilities in listening, speaking, reading and writing far more efficiently than the traditional teaching method. And it is also reported that the students in the experiment school become more agile and creative at the same time (Chi Yanping & Zhao Wei, 2004:13). So far many scholars have further, home and abroad, explored more effective ways of immersion English teaching from different perspectives. And this thesis, based on their studies, try to search out the principles guiding the English immersion teaching in primary school.