Some Implications Of The Theory Of "the Zone Of Proximal Development" For The English Teaching In Senior Middle Schools

This paper takes the basic theory of recent development area as a starting point, deeply understanding its research status,various teaching models associated with the theory and uses.the theory of the zone of proximal development in senior English teaching,trying to help English underachievers learn English well,based on the analysis of the phenomena,characteristics,and the present research situation of at-risk English learners in three key middle schools in Jiangsu Province.Determining the zone of proximal development of the at-risk English learners, English teachers should try their best to cultivate their study interests,stimulate their study motives,educationally interfere with their learning styles and transform their learning attitude through the method of cognitive behavior intervention,whole intervention,ten family education strategies,"small target" training,successful encouragement,guidance of learning-method and the way of self-controlling, eliminating the effect of non-intellectual factors on at-risk English learners.Starting with the problems of at-risk senior one English learners,the problems of English underachievers are successfully studied based on the theory of recent development area.The main achievemeuts are as follows:(1) Analyzing the psychological characteristics and forming reasons of English underachievers,the zone of proximal development of the at-risk English learners are found through the investigation and the empirical analysis of at-risks.(2) By cultivating the English at-risks' study interests,stimulating their study motives,educationally interfering with their learning styles,transforming their learning attitude and eliminating the effect of non-intellectual factors on at-risk English learners through the method of cognitive behavior intervention,whole intervention,the learning enthusiasm and interests of the at-risks are improved and their learning initiatives are raised.(3) Based on the theory of recent developmont area,using ten family education strategies,"small target" training,successful encouragement,guidance of learning-method and the way of self-controlling,eliminating the effect of non-intellectual factors on at-risk English learners to transform them,the learning effect of the English underachievers are largely improved.