Operation of Student-Centered Teaching Approach in EFL Classroom --A Case Study in A Primary School Abstract

This paper explains the necessity of the operation of student-centered teaching in EFL classroom on the basis of the existing theories as well as the status quo of China's English education. In order to find out how to practice student-centered teaching in EFL classroom, the author designs a case study through conducting surveys and experiments on 82 students(Experimental Group :Class 1 Grade 4 ; Control Group : Class 2 Grade 4). On the analysis of the research result, the significance and improvement of student-centered teaching are elaborated in this paper.46830

Keywords: student-centered; EFL classroom; practice; case study

以学生为中心的教学方法在英语课堂中的运用——以小学英语课堂作为个案分析

摘  要本文阐述了在现有理论及中国英语教育现状的双重影响下，以学生为中心的教学方法在英语课堂上进行运用的必要性。对于怎样在实践中正确灵活地运用以学生为中心的教学方法，作者设计了一个案例，通过对82名学生进行调查和实验（其中四年级一班是实验组和四年级二班是实验对照组）,并对调查和实验的结果进行分析后，阐述了以学生为中心的教学方法的重要性以及需要有所改进的地方。

毕业论文关键词：学生中心；英语课堂；实践；个案分析

 Contents

1. Introduction 1

1.1 The Request of The Full-time Compulsory Education English Curriculum Standards(2011) 1

1.2 The Influence of the Constructivist Learning Theory 1

1.3 The Importance of Student-Centered Teaching 1

1.4 The Existing Problems in Operating Student-Centered Teaching 1

2. The purpose of the research 3

3. Literature Review 4

3.1 The Definition of Students-Centered Teaching Approach 4

3.2 The Theory on Teachers’ Roles and Students’ Motivation 4

3.3 The Development of Constructivism 5

4. Experimental Design 6

4.1 Subjects 6

4.2 Materials 6

4.3 Procedure 6

4.4 Methodology 6

4.5 Classroom Experiment 7

5. Results and Analysis 8

5.1 Results 8

5.1.1 Results of Questionnaire 8

5.1.2 Results of Pre-test, Mid-test, Post-test 8

5.2 Analysis 9

5.2.1 Analysis of Questionnaire 9

5.2.2 Analysis of Three Tests 9

6. Main Findings 11

7. Conclusions 12

7.1 The Awareness of Student-Centered 12

7.2 The Change of Roles 12

7.3 Motivation and Interest 13

Appendix Ⅰ 14

Appendix Ⅱ 15

Appendix Ⅲ 16

Appendix Ⅳ