The Impact Of Classics-reciting On Children English Learning

The teaching of classics-reciting played a significant role in traditional education as an important language teaching approach in ancient China, and now it has been rejuvenated and become an important education concept in the latest Chinese National Curriculum. This significant move could be seen both as a call to reconsider and restore the very core value of the traditional education and teaching, and as a positive recognition to its indispensable functions to today’s social development. This thesis aims to explore the impact of classics-reciting on children’s English learning through an empirical research including comparative study, classroom observation, interview and questionnaire for the purpose of looking for more appropriate ways for children to study English. The results of the study show that classics-reciting teaching approach help significantly in terms of motivating children’ interest in English learning, developing their potentials and competence in attention-focusing, memorizing, understanding, language awareness and learning efficiency.