An Empirical Study of the Effect of Inquiry Teaching on the Development of High School Students'Critical Thinking Under the New Curriculum Standards

The Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China has issued three guideline documents to encourage inquiry teaching to help students develop their ability to question,which is a defining feature of critical thinking.Two of the documents have clearly stated that English subject teaching should focus on building students’thinking capacity.Critical thinking is an essential feature of building thinking capacity and a key element of the core competencies the English subject seeks to cultivate.This research measures the performance of students of two high school classes in the exams conducted at the beginning,in the middle,and at the end of the experiment period during which inquiry teaching was applied to enhance students’critical thinking ability.The experiment results show that inquiry teaching can improve students’academic performance in English study and help them better develop their language skills.The implementation of the inquiry design in teaching listening,reading,and writing conforms to the law that governs the development of critical thinking,and the adoption of inquiry teaching can promote the development of critical thinking.

New Curriculum-Based English Vocabulary Teaching Approaches For Senior High School

There have been some problems in both vocabulary teaching for teachers and vocabulary learning for students.In light of the new curriculum,this paper summarizes specific presenting methods,memory strategies and ways to revise and consolidate in vocabulary teaching,which may help senior high school teachers in vocabulary teaching.

The Construction of English Teaching Mode in Senior High School Based on OBE Theory

OBE theory focuses on students’learning outcomes and application ability,which is consistent with the requirements of the new curriculum standard.The paper attempts to apply OBE theory to innovate the construction of English classroom teaching mode in senior high schools from aspects of teaching aims,teaching activities,teaching assessments and application activities.Results show that the application of OBE in high schools is beneficial to the development of English teaching and students'learning.

A Survey of the Correlation between Language Anxiety and Senior High School Student's Oral English Performance

Language anxiety is a kind of apprehension occurs when student need to perform oral English.Many researchers agree that language anxiety is an important factor in English learning.This thesis is going to test 80 students from Bordertown high school,Hunan Province,to uncover the English learning situation of senior high school students,to survey the correlation between language anxiety and oral English performance,and to give inspiration for senior middle school English teaching.

A Study on the Application of the Pictographic Memorizing Method in Senior High School English Vocabulary Teaching

In this paper, upon the pictographic theory and the behaviorist theory, based on Xiang's(2007) pictographic memorizing method, the author designs the corresponding procedure of the senior high school English vocabulary teaching. This research results show that, the application of the pictographic memorizing method in senior high school English vocabulary teaching is feasible and the teaching effect is relatively good.

Research on the English Curriculum at Senior Secondary Schools in China

This essay examined the four details of the English curriculum; they are the content, delivery, teaching methods and resources. Under the new reform of the English curriculum, both teachers and learners will have a more deep understand about the course.

An Evaluation of the English curriculum at Senior Secondary Schools in China

The assessment of the English curriculum at senior secondary schools in China has made some changes in recent years.It will become better and better in the nearly future of English teaching.It is a sign of success of English education reform and also it can meet the needs of our society.

Application of Mind Map in Senior High School English Teaching

Mind map is a simple and effective graphical thinking tool for expressing divergent thinking initiated by Tony Buzan in the 1970s. The author thinks that applying the mind map to the actual teaching of English in senior high school can not only help students to establish contacts, and promote English learning, but also develops students' divergent and creative thinking.

An Analysis on English Listening and Speaking Difficulties and Influential Factors for Senior High School Students

Nowadays English is more regarded as a"practical tool of communication"than the"knowledge to be tested".In this way,the ability of English listening and speaking will be more and more valued.But many people claim that Chinese students are learning"mute's English",which means that the average level of English listening and speaking abilities of Chinese students is still a bit low.So it is necessary to study the difficulties of high school students'listening and speaking in English and the influen-tial factors of it.This study is on the base of a research about the difficulties in English listening and speaking in a class of a key se-nior high school in Beijing.And there is a further study about the factors about the difficulties and the influential factors.This study aims to make students'needs for English in new situation be seen and to give a direction to English education.Through the study,findings can be drawn.For the difficulties for senior high school students in improving their abilities of English listening and speaking,the main difficulties are vocabulary,grammar,pronunciation,fears and culture.For the factors influencing their ability of English listening and speaking,the main factors are individual interest and effort and language environment.

How to Improve English Teaching Efficiency to Xinjiang Ethnic High School Students according to the Basic Idea of the New English Curriculum in High School

Here are some good suggestions on how to improve English teaching efficiency to Xinjiang ethnic high school students according to the basic ideas of the new English Curriculum in high school, eg: setting down reasonable teaching projects according to the status of Xinjiang ethnic groups; training the students' strong desire to study English; improving teachers' special quality; Make full use of modern teaching methods and so on.

The Correlation between Explicit Grammatical Knowledge,Implicit Grammatical Knowledge and Reading Comprehension Ability of Senior High School Students

The role of grammar in language teaching has always been the question that researchers debate.In recent years,grammar knowledge has been distinguished in the foreign language acquisition research,namely the implicit knowledge and the explicit knowledge(Dai Manchun 2005;Gu Qiyi 2005).As to the reaserch of implicit and explicit grammar knowledge as well as their measurement,it is easy to find that many scholars have studied the role of two different kinds of grammar knowledge in second language development.But the research on the role of implicit and explicit grammar knowledge in second language reading comprehension is too few,not to mention the research on the role of implicit and explicit grammar knowledge in English reading comprehension in the senior high school.The purpose of this study is to find the relationship between implicit and explicit grammatical knowledge and English reading comprehension ability of senior high school students.In addition,since the vocabulary is important to reading comprehension,this factor will also be considered in the study.

Discussions about Students' Writing Ability Development in Senior High School

With the growing communication with western countries,English especially English writing is becoming more and more important while in China,some English teachers still haven’t given enough emphasis on fostering students’writing ability.Here the author will discuss it and give some suggestions.

Study about the Acquisition of the English Relative Clauses for Chinese Middle School Students

In recent four decades, relative clause has interested many scholars due to its unique structural complexity. This articletook Chinese senior high school students as subjects and found their acquisition order of relative clauses fully coincided with Ku-no’s Perceptual Difficulty Hypothesis but partly agreed with Keenan&Comire’s Noun Phrase Accessibility Hypothesis and Hamil-ton’s SO Hierarchal Hypothesis, which can provide implications and references for the English relative clauses’ learning andteaching.

基于学习要求的高中地理课程标准教学落地实施策略

学习要求是《普通高中地理课程标准(2017年版2020年修订)》教学落地的实施方案。通过区域教学调研,厘清现实诉求,研制学习要求,分为“模块概述”“教学解读”“测评说明”三个部分,分别对课程教学、学习与评价进行具体描述。其中,“模块概述”从内容构成、目标定位和教学要求三个方面叙写;“教学解读”逐条阐述各内容条目的目标解构、核心概念和教学提示;“测评说明”则通过命题意图、试卷结构和题型示例勾勒模块考试概貌。教师应用学习要求开展教学与评价时,将其作为基本要求、结果表现和行动引领,因校制宜,注重过程,从而系统推进高中地理新课标的教学落地。

高中英语传记类语篇育人价值实现的优化路径

高中英语教材中传记类语篇具有丰富的育人价值,能够引导学生感受到榜样人物的行为品质及精神价值,进而形成正确的世界观、人生观和价值观。在教学实践中,部分教师缺乏分析传记类语篇独特育人价值的意识和整体维度,也缺乏实现传记类语篇育人价值的主题情境及活动设计策略,导致传记类语篇育人目标定位不准、教学活动模式化等问题。建议:强化教师分析传记类语篇育人价值的意识,并从修身养性、齐家治国、兼济天下三个方面确立解析传记类语篇独特育人价值的整体维度和重点教学内容;围绕传记类语篇主题创设关联性的主题学习链和主题文化交际情境,引导学生提升个人思维品质和精神追求,同时在国际交往中讲好中国故事,坚定文化自信。

新高考背景下高中政治教育与标准化的融合实践

新高考政策的实施,使高中政治教育面临着新的要求和挑战。本文旨在探讨新高考背景下高中政治教育与标准化的融合实践。从标准化课时和内容、实际案例、法律法规、全球化视野、创新与实践这几个方面,聚焦高中政治教学现状,探讨两者融合的目的、意义及途径,并通过实例展示融合实践的具体效果。研究结果表明,融合实践对于提升学生的政治素养、批判性思维能力和综合素质具有重要意义,为高中政治教育的改革和发展提供了新的思路和方向。

高中思政课新课改对高校思政课的影响及其应对

高中思政课新课改和新高考实施以来,课程理念和目标、课程结构和内容、课程实施和考试评价等都发生了重大变化。这些变化必将对高校思政课产生影响,学生学科核心素养的继续培育、学生知识结构和基础的改变、活动型思想政治学科课程的实施以及不分文理科和“走班制”的出现,对高校思政课的课程和教学改革都提出了新要求、新挑战。高校思政课应该遵循大中小学思政课一体化建设的要求,更新课程理念和目标,注重教学内容和方法衔接,变革教学组织形式,加强与高中的交流沟通,以更好地应对高中思政课新课改对高校思政课带来的影响。