A Study on Competitive Activities in Junior English Teaching Abstract Competitive activities are widely used in junior English teaching in China. The application of competitive activities efficiently improves students’ learning motivation and catches their attention. However, the form of competition is controversial. Many educators and scholars are disapproval of competitive activities. On the basis of the existing studies on linguistics, psycholinguistics and English teaching pedagogy, the thesis attempts to apply competitive activities with cooperation work to explore the effects of competitive activities in junior English teaching and how to efficiently make use of the competitive activities for cooperative learning. By analyzing the data about competitive activities from a local junior school, the study finds that the appropriate use of competitive activities can efficiently enhance students’ learning process, lubricate the English teaching, make full use of the teacher’s role as a facilitator, arouse the initiative of students, cultivate the teamwork spirit and promote students’ overall ability of language.58246

Keywords: competitive activities; cooperation; junior English teaching 

 课堂竞赛制在初中英语教学应用中的研究

摘  要近年来，课堂竞赛制在英语初中英语课堂上的应用很普遍。通过竞赛的形式连接小组学习，能够高效激发学生的学习动机，集中注意力，使其认真听讲。然而，竞赛本身就是一个颇受争议的教学形式。很多从事理论研究的学者和教育家并不支持课堂竞赛制的运用。本文就初中英语课堂教学采用竞赛制展开研究，在现有语言学、心理语言学以及教育学的基础上，在初中英语课堂实施合作学习模式基础上，尝试使用课堂竞赛制，并对其产生的影响展开调查研究。根据调查结果，合理地使用课堂竞赛制能够有效提高课堂学习效率，增加课堂艺术，更好地发挥教师的主导作用与学生的主体作用，进一步培养个体的合作精神、提升个人综合语言运用能力。

毕业论文关键词：竞赛制活动；合作；初中英语教学

 Contents

I Introduction 1

1.1 The Background of the Study 1

1.2 The Significance of the Study 2

1.3 The Organization of the Thesis 2

II Literature Review 4

2.1 Competitive Activities 4

2.2 Competitive Activities in English Learning 5

2.3 Studies on Competitive Activities in English learning 5

2.4 Organization of Competitive Activities 6

III Research Methodology 8

3.1 Research Questions and Procedures 8

3.2 Participants 8

3.3 Data Collection 9

3.4 Classroom Observation 9

3.5 Questionnaire 9

3.6 Interview 10

IV Result and Analysis 11

4.1 Results and Analysis on the Questionnaire 11

4.1.1 Students’ Attitude towards Competitive Activities 11

4.1.2 Effects of Competitive Activities 12

4.2 Results and Analysis on Classroom Observation 12

4.3 Results and Analysis on Interviews