| English instructional design is the foundation of an English class and the process of overall planning of teaching.The Professional Standards for Middle School Teachers issued by the Ministry of Education in 2012 put forward requirements on teachers’ instructional design competence.As we can see,instructional design competencies is an indispensable professional competencies for teachers.Reading teaching is very important in English teaching because English reading teaching is related to the development of students’ thinking quality.Pre-service senior English teachers are the reserve army of future English teachers,so the development of their competence of reading instructional design is related to the quality of their teaching.Therefore,this study focuses on the current situation of pre-service senior English teachers’ competence of reading instructional design.The research questions of this study are as follows:(1)What are the general characteristics of pre-service senior English teachers’ competence of reading instructional design?(2)What are the differential characteristics of pre-service senior English teachers’ competence of reading instructional design?(3)What are the factors influencing the development of pre-service senior English teachers’ competence of reading instructional design?This study selected 80 pre-service senior English teachers majoring in Subject Teaching(English)from three universities in Shandong as samples.Through questionnaire survey,interview and case study,it is concluded that pre-service senior English teachers’ competence of reading instructional design is above average.This study finds that the factors affecting the development of pre-service senior English teachers’ reading instructional design competencies include teachers’ own learning motivation,teaching experience,reading and related curriculum learning.In addition,this study puts forward targeted strategies for improvement: pre-service senior English teachers should pay attention to the organic integration of knowledge theory and practice;treat every link of instructional design seriously,especially learner analysis and teaching reflection;develop a positive learning attitude and establish lifelong learning consciousness;do more teaching practice to improve their professional skills;read widely and broaden horizons and so on.In training pre-service senior English teachers,colleges should pay attention to setting more courses related to the future teaching profession,and give pre-service senior English teachers more opportunities to teach students. |
