Action Research On Grammar Teaching In Senior Middle Schools Based On The Flipped Classroom Model

With the rapid development of economic globalization and educational informatization,the traditional teaching model already cannot adapt to the tendency of epoch and development.Therefore,a new kind of teaching model that can promote education and teaching is in urgent need.The flipped classroom teaching mode emerges under the background of educational informatization.The flipped classroom,one of the important practice modes of teaching reform under the environment of educational informatization,breaks the constraint of traditional teaching mode,releases students from the “cramming” classroom,and encourages them to explore,innovate and practice.Currently,although the researches on the flipped classroom teaching mode have been on the increase in China,little has been talked about on any aspect of English teaching,especially on English grammar teaching in senior high schools.Grammar is an important part in English teaching,serving as the foundation in language learning,as well as the key to improving students' language ability.On the basis of the action research in teaching practice,the thesis aims to explore whether flipped classroom pattern helps to improve English grammar teaching in senior high schools,and whether it has a positive influence on students' academic performance and eventually enhances their learning autonomy.The thesis firstly analyzes present researches on flipped classroom at home and abroad and the current situation of English grammar teaching in China and expounds the related concepts of flipped classroom and action research.On this basis,this study tries to answer the following three questions:(1)Does the flipped classroom model improve the learners' grammar acquisition?(2)What effect does the flipped classroom have on the learners' autonomy?(3)What effect does the flipped classroom have on the learning interest of students? The subjects in the research were 107 senior high school students in a school in Anqing.They were divided into experimental class and control class.Questionnaires,grammar tests,interviews and classroom observation were employed to collect related data.The analyses of the experiment were conducted by comparing the results of pre/post-questionnaire,pre/post-test,with the support of data from interview andclassroom observation..The main findings are as follows:(1)Flipped classroom can improve students' grammatical acquisition.(2)Flipped classroom mode can enhance students' learning autonomy.(3)Flipped classroom can enhance students' interest in learning.In addition,the paper reflects on the problems revealed in the research as well as the limitations of the present study.It is expected that this research can provide implications for further studies in the future.