Investigation On English Teaching In Township Junior Middle Schools In Anlong County

The quality of English education is a significant indicator to measure the level of basic education.How to learn English well and how to improve the quality of English teaching in township junior middle schools have become a widespread topic.English teaching in township junior middle schools is an important foundation for English talents training.English teaching in township junior middle schools faced a lot of difficulties for the various constraints comparing with urban schools in the past.Nowadays,the investments and policies in rural education have been increasing year by year;some advanced teaching equipment has been put into rural schools,such as network and Class Access to ICTs.Now every rural school has installed Class Access to ICTs multimedia teaching equipment in Anlong County under the help of government since 2016,which is a great change for rural teaching.However,the investment of advanced teaching equipment has not promoted the improving of rural English teaching obviously comparing with the past.Therefore,under the new background,how to improve the quality of rural English teaching and promote the balanced development of compulsory education is worth of thinking.The problems in rural English teaching need to be studied in order to put forward effective solutions to promote the developing of rural English teaching.Therefore,based on the previous studies of foreign language teaching and the English teaching practice in township junior middle schools,combine the analysis of English Achievement in Senior High School Entrance Examination from 2014 to 2018,the present situation of English teaching in township junior middle schools is still at a lower level which is far behind that in cities.In this study,the author raised the following research questions:(1)What are the main problems existed in English teaching in township junior middle schools?(2)What are the main factors that influence English teaching development in township junior middle schools?In the process of studying the above problems,this thesis analyzes the present situation of English teaching in nine township middle schools in Anlong County through the analysis on questionnaire and interviews.Firstly,through the analysis on questionnaire and interviews with 68 English teachers and 2700 students in nine township middle schools,it is found that teaching problems,such as the shortage of professional English teachers,teaching counts without considering the rural situation and unscientific teaching evaluation exist in English teaching in township junior middle schools.Secondly,the factors that affect the development of English teaching in township junior middle schools are analyzed from the aspects of English teaching concept,English education investment and students' English learning motivation in township junior middle schools.Finally,some suggestions are put forward for English teaching,such as emphasizing on English education in townships,increasing English education investment and strengthening the construction of English teachers in township junior middle schools.This study aims to provide practical strategies for the development of English teaching in township middle schools and provides reference basis for future English curriculum reform.