Research On English Teaching Strategies For High-level Athletes Of Wuhan Institute Of Physical Education

As a special group of college students, high-level athletes of Wuhan Institute of Physical Education have to both finish college courses and train hard to participate in the sports competitions at different levels and to perform well. It is significant for the English teachers to analyze the current situations of these students' English learning and apply effective teaching strategies to meet their needs in English learning. Meanwhile, with the approach of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, it is important to cultivate high-quality college athletes with a good command of English, who cannot only accord with the requirements of the times but make contributions to the Chinese sports.Based on the methods of literature study, questionnaires, interviews and mathematical statistics, this dissertation analyzed the current situation of the high-level athletes'English learning. Analyses show that there are many problems facing the high-level athletes in their English learning. Most of the high-level athletes of Wuhan Institute of Physical Education are weak in English. They rely much on the teacher's explanations in class and are not interested in English. Their purpose of English learning is to pass the examinations, and their attitudes are not correct, which influence their enthusiasm and initiative in their English learning. At present, the English teaching environments of Wuhan Institute of Physical Education are not satisfactory; the learning equipments with modern technology are not sufficient and the academic atmosphere is not poor. The students do not spend much time learning English and there are not many ex-curricular English related activities. The teaching method is simplified, mainly cramming method of teaching. Therefore, the teaching results are not obvious.According to the above-mentioned problems, the dissertation has proposed some solutions based on the emotional factors of the learners. The high-level athletes need to be helped to establish their goals for the English learning, to be more interested and motivated, and to have correct attitudes towards English learning, so that their intelligent potential can be developed, and their cognitive style of learning can be changed. Moreover, the academic atmosphere can be improved and the effective teaching strategies from the respects of the English speaking, listening, reading and writing can be applied. And the teachers should be more aware of English related to sports and combine it with their teaching so that the demands of the high-level athletes in learning English can be met. This purpose can be met by the relative training of the teachers.