A Study On The Application Of Flipped Classroom Teaching Mode To Senior English Reading

Reading is an important way for people to obtain information and to communicate, and in time of global information of today, the ability to read in English is especially important. Reading is one of the most important parts in English teaching, however, our English reading situation is far from being satisfactory:students accept knowledge passively, and they have no interest in English reading, in addition, there are few chances for them to interact with each other. In order to explore a more effective way of teaching and learning, and change the traditional teaching method, which teachers mainly impart knowledge to students, the author aims to apply the flipped classroom teaching model to English reading teaching in senior high school in order to give full play to the main body role of students in the process of learning and to let students gain the initiative in learning, besides it can cultivate students’ autonomous learning ability and cooperation ability and achieve the improvement of students’ knowledge, abilities and their individual development.The new teaching mode is based on the theory of autonomic learning, constructivism and cooperative learning. In this research, the author applies the new teaching mode to English reading teaching in a senior high school, by means of experiment, questionnaires and interviews. Through a whole-term research, the author finds that this new teaching mode can improve students’ learning interest, develop their language ability, truly achieve students’ personalized learning and cultivate their comprehensive practical ability. The study shows that the flipped classroom teaching mode of English reading is feasible and has practical significance.