| With the development of economic and social internationalization,people pay more and more attention to the cultivation of output skills in English learning.As one of the output skills,English writing is the concentrated embodiment of English comprehensive ability.However,there are still many problems in junior high school English writing teaching.As a key period to lay the foundation,writing teaching is often ignored by teachers and students.Students are not interested in English writing,who even feel it difficult to finish and have a sense of the fear of writing.Scaffolding Instruction is a teaching mode based on Constructivism,zone of proximal development and self-access language learning.Scaffolding instruction attaches importance to the learning process and emphasizes student-centered teaching process,which means that students solve difficulties with the help of teachers and peers and explore independently to reach potential level.The author applies Scaffolding instruction in junior high school in English writing teaching.The specific steps of it are setting up scaffold,creating situation,independent exploration,cooperative learning and effect evaluation.Question 1: Comparing with the traditional teaching mode,is scaffolding instruction more helpful to improve learners’ confidence?Question 2: What are the effects of scaffolding instruction on learners’ attitude to English writing?Question 3: Can scaffolding instruction improve learners’ English writing scores?The experiment lasted four months to study the application of Scaffolding Instruction in junior high school English writing teaching.105 participants from No.11 middle school in Dalian,Liaoning Province participated in the study.In addition,the experimental data were collected by questionnaires,test and interview and analyzed by SPSS software.The results show that students’ English writing scores has been improved significantly and the application of scaffolding instruction improves students’ confidence.It makes them find the fun of English writing which leads to the change of their attitude towards English writing.The conclusion is that scaffolding instruction can improve students’ confidence and change their original attitude towards English writing to improve students’ English writing scores. |
