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Study On Non-intelligent Factors Influencing English Learning And Their Corresponding Solutions At Middle School Level

Posted on:2010-07-07Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Z P YangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360272499057Subject:Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
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English learning at middle school level plays an important role in a man's life-long learning. Hence, as a middle school teacher, he not only teaches knowledge to the students, but also takes care of his students by paying attention to developing their both intelligence and non-intelligence. Some related researches and teaching practices witness the great effects of non-intelligent factors on the student's performances. By intriguing their potential motivation for learning, they can change from being passive to active, from negative to positive, from pessimistic to optimistic. So to solve the problems derived from non-intelligent aspects can boost students'learning in a great wayTaken some relevant theories on second language acquisition as basis, this study carried out a questionnaire to analyze the non-intelligent factors influencing English learning and put forward some corresponding solutions at middle school level. This thesis consists of five parts. Chapter One is Introductory section, in which some existing problems are analyzed, the questions to be answered in this papers are presented and the outline of the thesis is put forward. In Chapter Two, some theories connected with second language acquisition are reviewed including Cognitive perspectives, Socio-cultural perspectives, Communicative Language Teaching and Task-Based Language Teaching. Furthermore, Krashen's Theories of Second Language Acquisition are discussed in this part by focusing on the Acquisition-Learning hypothesis and the Affective Filter hypothesis which are closely related to intelligent factors in English learning. Chapter Three explores in detail the non-intelligent factors in order to have a better understanding. These factors contain motivation, psychological factors, classroom dynamics and social factors involving social economic status, parental commitment and teacher's role. Chapter Four is the core of the paper, in which the data from questionnaire is analyzed and some corresponding problems as well as suggesting solutions are produced. Chapter Five gives a conclusion of the study and point out the limitation of the study.
Keywords/Search Tags:Junior English, learning motivation, psychological factors, classroom dynamics, social factors, solutions
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