A Study On The Application Of Discussion Teaching Method In English Teaching In Senior High Schools

The New Curriculum Reform requests education workers to update the concept ofteaching and learning and change the traditional way of teaching. It requests that educationshould respect the subjectivity of students and cultivate students’ comprehensive learningability at the same time. Classroom teaching is the main way of learning, so it is important toimprove the efficiency of teaching in class; but traditional teaching method is in the lead inpresent high school English class. Teachers impart knowledge to students by instructing, theyalways play a lonely role in teaching, students have a few opportunities to participate in theteaching activity, students’positivist and the efficiency of English education can’t beimproved, students always in a passive position, so they can’t be developed completely andfreely. Discussion Teaching Method is paid attention as a teaching method by more and morepeople, by using this teaching method; not only teachers’leading role is developed but alsoreflects students’ dominant position. The author finds some issues by analyzing the Englishteaching environment of high school, then the Discussion Teaching Method can be putforward. This research will solve the following questions:1）The present status of Discussion Teaching Method in high school English teaching.2）How is the Discussion Teaching Method applied to high school English teaching?3）How to improve efficiency of the classroom and English grades by using DiscussionTeaching Method ?The New English Curriculum Criterion requires that teachers should not only payattention to foster students’knowledge and skills but pay attention to teach students to use thelanguage and learn how to learn. High school is the important stage to learn all kinds of skills,the students’self-awareness is constantly awakening, self-evaluation ability is improvedcontinuously, Student’s hands-on ability is strong and think quickly, so these characteristicshould be developed and make the English learning become more colorful, students should beinvolved in the teaching process to fell the value of themselves. The students not only knowhow to use the language correctly, but learn how to analyze and solve problems by themselves,make English become a living language. From psychology, pedagogy and instructional theoryangle to analyze the Discussion Teaching Method and its apply value in senior high schoolEnglish teaching.As a language, English has large vocabulary and complicated grammar rules. So it isimportant for teachers to use more different kinds of teaching methods to stimulate students’ interests and to improve the efficiency of learning. The thesis discussed some information andresearch about Discussion Teaching Method firstly, then author used questionnaire survey, theobject of study is one hundred and fifty students from Jinan Shanghe First Senior High School.The research analyzed the high school English learning environment and learned that howmuch the students know about Discussion Teaching Method by analyzing questionnairessurvey results. In the last, the author used Discussion Teaching Method in high Englishteaching process, then compared experiment class’s pretest grades and post-tests with controlclass’s pretest grades and post-test grades. By using these two ways to prove the applied valueof Discussion Teaching MethodThe research results have shown that Discussion Teaching Method obtained very bigeffect in senior high school English teaching; this teaching method can not only change thedepressing teaching atmosphere but also spark their enthusiasm for English learning. Duringthe discussion process, students begin to open their mouth to speaking English and they alsolearned how to respect others, listening, express their opinions and cooperate. The Englishclassroom teaching quality and students’English grades were truly improved, Studentsobtained fully development.