A Case Study Of Classroom Activities In English Reading Classes In Junior High School

Reading, as one of the four basic aspects in English learning, is always a hot topic; and developing students reading ability is one of the main objectives in Junior High School. Therefore, the study of reading has always been very popular among scholars and researchers. In 2011, New Curriculum Standards for Junior High School English was published, because of which, classroom activities began to be noticed by many Chinese scholars and researchers. Classroom activities, as an important part in English teaching, do have a very positive impact on students’comprehensive language competence. In addition, it is also an effective way in teaching. Combining these two popular topics of English teaching, many scholars begin to have a study on classroom activities in English reading classes.This thesis is a case study on Tianjin No.45 Middle School, through which the author tries to find out the real situation in this school. The Schema Theory, the Output Hypothesis and the Communicative Theory are the three theoretical basis. The author uses questionnaires, interview and classroom observation to answer these three questions:(1) What are the students and teachers favorite classroom activities in the pre-reading, while-reading and post-reading phases? (2) What are the problems in the design, implementation and evaluation of classroom activities? (3) What are the suggestions, based on the three theoretical basis? In data analysis, the author uses Excel and SPSS software to analyze the data and combine these analysis with the interview and classroom observation to find the problems, such as the unawareness of students’ using English to communicate; the lack of evaluation after classroom activities, etc. Then the author will put forwards some solutions. Through this study, the author hopes that it can improve the efficiency of classroom activities and develop students’ comprehensive language ability.