An Experimental Study On Leveled Teaching In Secondary Vocational School English Class

The students in secondary vocational schools are generally poor in English. Theirscores are often low. In a big class containing50students, the students’ English levels aredifferent, some may get high marks of90-100, others may get60and still others just20. Inthis case, classroom teaching by using the traditional teaching methods may result in thefact that good students can not learn more in class and waste a lot of time and energy; thestudents who are poor in English may not be able to follow their teachers in class but fall inmental weariness and fears. Hence, a reasonable approach is to carry out teaching atdifferent levels，based on the students’ individual differences.The research aims to find out if leveled teaching in secondary vocational schoolEnglish class can build students’ learning interests and whether leveled teaching insecondary vocational school English class helps to improve students’English learningeffectiveness.The study presents the research background―the necessity and significance ofapplying leveled teaching in secondary vocational school English class. Meanwhile, itsummarizes leveled teaching in English class and its usage and reviews the literature onleveled teaching in English class. It adopts relevant theories, such as Teaching students inaccordance with their aptitude, Learning Motivation Theory and Constructivist Theory. Thesubjects are from two classes (Class1211and Class1212) in Shijiazhuang RailwayTransportation School. All the students are new-comers who major in transportationmanagement. The total number is49boys in Class1211and51boys in Class1212. Moststudents graduated from senior high schools and are at the age of18to21. From the resultsof English Entrance Test, the scores of the two classes are almost the same. Furthermore,the students in both classes have the same teachers, textbooks and workbooks. So Class1211and Class1212can be regarded as equivalent groups. Class1211is considered as thecontrol class while Class1212is viewed as the experimental class. The study will be donewith the research instruments including questionnaires, interviews and tests. The study lasts for13weeks. The collected data show that the students’ English levelin the experimental class has been improved greatly. It also proves that leveled teaching insecondary vocational school English class can build students’ English-learning interests andleveled teaching in secondary vocational school English class helps to improve students’English learning effectiveness.