The Dynamic Interplay Between Language Motivation and English Speaking Fluency:Implications for Effective Teaching Strategies

In this study,we aim to investigate the reciprocal influence between language motivation and English speaking fluency among language learners,and to draw implications for effective teaching methodologies.By analyzing multiple cases of language learners in conjunction with relevant theories and practical insights,the study uncovers a dynamic correlation between language motivation and speaking fluency.The research findings indicate that heightened language motivation can positively impact learners’speaking fluency,while improved oral skills,in turn,bolster learners’language confidence and motivation.Building on these insights,the study proposes impactful teaching approaches,such as cultivating learners’enthusiasm for language acquisition,providing diverse opportunities for oral practice,and fostering active engagement in language communication.These strategies are designed to enhance language motivation and speaking fluency among learners,offering valuable guidance and reference for educators.

Enlightenments for Young Learners English teaching in the Perspective of Maslow’s Theory

Children are the center of young learner's English teaching. Their motivation and interest are capable of guiding them English learning effectively. Only when the young learners are motivated and stimulated can they learn English well in an active and harmonious atmosphere. This paper first analyses the factors causing the lack of learning motivation of young English learners. Then, based on Maslow's theory, the author puts forward some effective teaching methods and strategies, hoping to be helpful to motivate the young learners to learn English.

Classroom Management in Young Learners English Teaching——Typical Problems and Effective Solutions

Classroom management is the orchestration of classroom life:planning curriculum,organizing procedures and resources,arranging the environment to maximize efficiency,monitoring progress,dealing with existent problems.Successful classroom management looked like magic shows because students in these classrooms seem to glide from one activity to the next.Successful classroom management contributes to students ' good achievement.Effective classroom management is one of the key elements of importance for efficient school education.However,almost all English teachers face a same problem——classroom management.In this paper,some typical problems and effective solutions in classroom management will be described,defined,or characterized.

Language Learner Strategies in Second Language Teaching

Language learner strategies, which are closely associated with second language teaching, have experienced great devel?opment in the fields of theory-building and instructional practices since the 1970s. By reviewing previous research, pedagogical enlightenments can be drawn to the current English language teaching.

What Fails English as the Dream Language of Rural India？

Rural masses in India view English as the language of socio-economic empowerment through education. Education could be either in English or in regional languages, but children should learn English, because it is seen as the key to the world of opportunities in higher education and employment. The governments need to politically respond to the aspirations of the common masses keeping aside both politicised language policies and theoretical linguistic inputs that encourage one＇s mother tongue as the ideal medium of instruction. Onerous responsibility lays on men, methods, and materials over which government have the least say, but the practising teachers of English and academics who help bureaucrats in framing language policies in India are solely responsible for non-realization of dreams of the masses. There is something terribly rotten in the state of English-teaching enterprise in India. This paper proposes to examine the present state of affairs in the teaching of English to rural students and to offer constructive alternatives to the existing package of men, materials, and methods.

Formulaic Sequences in L1 and Advanced L2 Chinese Learners' Writing

This corpus-based study cmploys statistical analysis to compare the use of non-compositional formulaic sequences by high proficiency Chinese learners and native students.The top 5 overused and underused patterns by Chinese users are identified.Features of their usage point to a lack of register awareness as well as linguistic resources,while showing individual differences.

Reading with Strategies： A Study of Young EFL Learners＇ Use of Online Reading Strategies

To assist young learners to cultivate efficient learning strategies in the early ages, students in the current study were guided to read three authentic online storybooks and then write their own digital stories with tablet PCs. The study aims to investigate Taiwan Residents elementary school students＇ use of online reading strategies, and their relationship with students＇ performance on reading proficiency tests. The target population consisted of upper-grade learners （n = 83）. The instruments were a M-SORS （modified survey of reading strategy） questionnaire and a reading proficiency test. Major findings were as follows： （l） Students used online reading strategies at medium level; （2） problem solving strategies were proven to significantly correlate with students＇ performance on reading comprehension test; and （3） there was a significant difference between higher and lower reading proficiency learners＇ use of online reading strategies. Pedagogical implications of the findings and suggestion for future research are discussed.

SEVEN TIPS FOR TEACHING YOUNG LEARNERS ENGLISH

Young Learners English (YLE) teaching program is goingto be very popular in China. Although all the YLE teachers usean English textbook, there are some basic aspects concerningYLE teaching which are worth the attention of YLE teachersbecause teaching children is quite different from teaching middleschool students and adults. This paper discusses these importantaspects, gives some examples and shows seven tips for teachingpractice.

Taking Stock of Grammar-Translation Teaching Method in Developing Intercultural Pragmatic Competence

Grammar-translation teaching method(GTTM as a shorthand below) has long been a buzzword when it is adopted in the class of English as a foreign language.It has been universally acknowledged that such teaching method contradicts the development of communicative language competence advocated in recent decades.However,I positively argue that GTTM in English class,as a comparative and intercultural model,should be given a due reconsideration to improve L2 learners' pragmatic competence.

Promoting Intercultural Understanding in China’s High School ELT Class-rooms through Young Adult Literature

Language teaching involves not only developing students’linguistic performance but also promoting their intercultural competence.Within the intercultural competence framework,learners acquire skills that enable them to discover the complexity of various cultures and enhance intercultural understanding(IU).Young adult literature offers opportunities for English learners to en⁃counter cultural differences and creatively engage themselves with the diversity of the world.This paper firstly lists the worldwide calling for IU education.Then,it presents problems with IU education in English language teaching(ELT)classrooms in Chinese context.Finally,it provides a diversity of teaching approaches towards IU by means of young adult literature.

成人英语移动辅助语言学习路径研究——基于山西开放大学学位英语教学实践

作为成人高等教育的重要平台,开放大学积极响应终身教育的号召,探索契合成人学习者特性的学习路径。研究探讨如何运用移动辅助语言学习技术,构建基于成人学习特点的STEP教学模式,以满足学生碎片化、个性化的学习需求。该模式融合了专题网页的系统学习、考试辅导钉钉群的灵活学习等多种形式,结合即时教学评价,旨在提升教与学的效果,有效缓解成人学习者面临的工学矛盾问题,从而真正践行终身教育理念。

外向型汉英学习词典中叙实动词的译义研究

由于其独特的语义和句法特征,叙实动词近年来引起学界关注。研究了汉英两种语言中叙实动词的语义、语法和语用特征,认为叙实动词特殊的语义结构对其句法结构产生影响。但是,通过对六部外向型汉英词典译义的调研发现,现有汉英词典未能根据叙实动词的特点呈现其语义和语法结构。从认知视角提出外向型汉英词典处理叙实动词译义的方式。

全身反应法在幼儿英语教学中的应用

探讨全身反应法教学模式在幼儿英语教学中的作用和可行性,为幼儿英语教师改进教学方法提供借鉴。描述了应用全身反应法的幼儿英语教学实践的内容及教学效果。结果表明,全身反应法教学模式符合儿童的心理发展特征,有助于提高他们学习外语的积极性。

思维导图在《剑桥少儿英语》词汇教学中的有效运用

英语教学中,词汇是语言学习的基础。尤其在当今英语教学对象低龄化的大环境下,如何根据儿童的认知发展水平,使其能在外语学习的早期打好语言基础,牢固掌握词汇,同时不影响儿童对英语学习的兴趣是一个十分值得关注的问题。本文作者根据教学实践中发现的问题以及《剑桥少儿英语》教材中词汇的结构特点,研究通过训练学生绘制"单词导图",达到牢固掌握词汇,培养发散思维能力,同时激发英语学习兴趣的目的。

英语背景CSL学习者特异性词语混淆探因及对策

本文运用封闭语料量化统计的方法,基于多语别CSL学习者词语混淆的比对,分析并探究了英语背景CSL学习者特异性词语混淆的5种原因,即:母语词义位误推、母语词义域误推、母语同义/近义词组配关系误推、母语词词性及其特征的影响以及多重因素的综合影响,并根据这些混淆原因的主次及特点提出了相应的教学对策。

数字故事在少儿英语教学中的应用研究

近年来在教育领域中的一种新型教学方法——数字故事叙述(Digital Storytelling)广泛地应用于各种学科教学当中。数字故事叙述是一种把传统讲故事的形式与多媒体技术恰当结合,并利用网络作为发布平台的新型故事叙述方式。数字故事叙述运用于少儿英语教学能够激发学生英语学习的兴趣和热情、培养学生的创新意识和媒体素养。本文通过问卷调查和访谈等研究手段探讨数字故事叙述在少儿英语教学中的应用问题,研究结果表明数字故事叙述应用于少儿英语教学对于开发学生多元智能、提高语言综合运用能力、促进基础教育教学改革都具有重大意义。

大学英语学习者学习负动机影响因子研究

本文在归纳和梳理国内外相关文献和研究成果的基础上,定性与定量研究相结合,通过课堂跟踪观察、访谈、问卷调查等方式对367名大学非英语专业本科生的学习负动机现象进行调查,借助SPSS17.0统计分析软件,探讨EFL学习者在外语学习过程中的负动机表现及导致学习负动机的影响因子。实验结果表明,主要存在7类负动机影响因子导致学习者学习兴趣和动机减弱。负动机研究成果有利于规避不良因素对学生学习兴趣和效果的影响,有效地指导学生的学习,提高教学水平;有针对性推动高校大学英语教学改革的发展。

外语类高校青年英语教师教学学术能力发展探析——基于扎根理论的分析视角

教师的教学学术能力决定着一所大学的教学质量,是大学核心竞争力的重要体现。青年教师是学校可持续发展的重要力量,建立教学学术能力的创新培育机制是深化青年教师专业发展的必然途径。采用扎根理论的分析视角,以外语类高校青年英语教师的教学学术能力为研究切入点,剖析青年教师的教学学术能力发展状况,深入了解当下青年英语教师在教学学术能力发展过程中存在的具体问题,以期构建具有我国本土化特色的教学学术能力发展策略,推动青年教师的可持续专业发展,促进高等教育教学质量和人才培养质量的全面提升。

PBL在国外ESL\EFL领域的研究综述

从PBL的定义、特征、作用,以其在国外ESL\EFL教学中的实施等方面,对PBL研究现状进行了系统地梳理和分析,旨在为我国英语教师实施PBL提供参考。