The Application Of Guided Learning Plan In English Reading Teaching In Senior High School

Reading is a very effective access to information and learning foreign languages. According to the New English Curriculum Standard, the center of EFL teaching should be students rather than teachers. However in the actual EFL reading teaching, the central position of students has not been effectively highlighted.Therefore, in recent twenty years, some experts and advanced teachers put forward a new teaching model—guided learning plan. It takes guidance as a main way,self-learning as the core, and aims at inspiring students to discover and solve problems independently. Based on the theory of reading teaching and guided learning plan, the research goes deep into exploring the issue on the application of guided learning plan in EFL reading teaching.The present study takes 98 sophomore and 10 English teachers from Zhenyuan Kaibian Middle School as the subjects and adopts questionnaire, test and interview as its instruments, aims to answer the following three questions:(1) Can guided learning plan applied in EFL reading teaching improve students’ intrinsic motivation?(2) Can guided learning plan applied in EFL reading teaching improve students’ reading achievement?(3) What’s the students’ and teachers’ evaluation of guided learning plan?This paper consists of six chapters. The first chapter introduces the research background, and puts forward the significance and purpose of this study. The second chapter presents a review of the related studies on the application of guided learning plan and EFL reading teaching models. The third chapter introduces the theoretical framework, including constructivism theory, humanistic theory as well as zone of proximal development. Chapter four presents the methodology, including introduction to research questions, subjects, instruments, and procedure as well as data collection.Chapter five is results and analyses. This paper adopts SPSS17.0 to analyze data. The last chapter gives an overview of major findings, pedagogical implications as well as limitations of the study.The results show that:(1) The application of guided learning plan is useful for improving students’ reading intrinsic motivation.(2) The application of guided learning plan can improve students’ reading achievement.(3) Although some problems exist in the practical application process of guided learning plan, 59% students and 60% teachers hold the positive attitude toward it.They think this teaching model can increase classroom participation, activate classroom atmosphere, improve the relationship between teachers and students as well as make students have a better understanding of their actual learning situation.Based on the above findings, this study puts forward the following pedagogical suggestions for teachers. Firstly, keep on the principle that takes student as center,teacher as the guider. Secondly, condense learning content and optimize teaching activity designing. Finally, strengthen classroom reflection. In addition, the research proposes some teaching implications, and also points out the limitations as well as suggestions to provide convenience for the further study.