The study examined the status of senior secondary schools’students’achievement in Civic Education and English Language in Osun State.It also investigated the Civic Education and English Language teachers’characteri...The study examined the status of senior secondary schools’students’achievement in Civic Education and English Language in Osun State.It also investigated the Civic Education and English Language teachers’characteristics in the state and determined the teaching styles of Civic Education and English Language teachers in the study areas and finally assessed the influence of teachers’characteristics and teaching styles on students’achievement in secondary schools Civic Education and English Language.The study adopted Discriminant Analysis.The study sample consisted of 600 senior secondary school students,30 Civics teachers,and 30 English Language teachers that were selected using multi-stage sampling procedure.Four instruments were constructed and validated before use.Three research questions were asked and answered while one hypothesis was tested and verified.The results among others showed that more than 50%of the students that participated in the study had high status of achievement in Civic Education while more than 40%of English Language students that participated in the study had low status of achievement.The study also showed that teachers’characteristics pertinent to both Civic Education teachers and English Language teachers were,effective discipline skills(Civics,M=1.20,SD=0.407;English,M=1.40,SD=0.498)and good communication with parents(Civics,M=1.43,SD=0.504;English,M=1.40,SD=0.498).In addition,there was significant influence of teachers’characteristics and teaching styles on students’achievement in Civics and English Language in senior secondary schools(X^2(2)=16.37,p<0.05).The study concluded that teachers’characteristics and teaching styles are major determinants of students’achievement in Civic Education and English Language.展开更多
Learning a second language is extremely complicated and does not mean learning new labels for existing cognitive models. English as the foreign language in China is impropriate to be learned and taught in kindergarten...Learning a second language is extremely complicated and does not mean learning new labels for existing cognitive models. English as the foreign language in China is impropriate to be learned and taught in kindergarten and primary school. Learning and teaching English in China's kindergarten and primary school should be seriously taken into consideration and made up a relevant prescription.展开更多
Different teaching philosophies derive from different cultural background.There are many differences between American and Chinese teaching philosophies because of their different cultural background.Under the guidance...Different teaching philosophies derive from different cultural background.There are many differences between American and Chinese teaching philosophies because of their different cultural background.Under the guidance of different philosophies,there are different teaching styles between American and Chinese Classroom teaching.展开更多
English is an important language tool for foreign exchange and has a wider and wider international influence.Especially in the context of reform and opening up,English learning is of great importance.Many parents want...English is an important language tool for foreign exchange and has a wider and wider international influence.Especially in the context of reform and opening up,English learning is of great importance.Many parents want their children to learn English from a young age.Many kindergartens also incorporate their English learning into the teaching system.However,due to the lack of scientific theoretical guidance,there is still a gap between the quality of English teaching and the training target of education.How to reform children's English teaching is a new subject in education.The discovery of the theory of multiple intelligence and offered to children's English teaching reform,provides a new angle of view,applying the theory of multiple intelligence to kindergarten English teaching,to the children's English teaching reform has an important value and significance.展开更多
As interest in learning English is becoming more and more intense,many kindergartens regard children,s English education as a compulsory course.But the traditional teaching method is difficult for children who are jus...As interest in learning English is becoming more and more intense,many kindergartens regard children,s English education as a compulsory course.But the traditional teaching method is difficult for children who are just getting started with English.The traditional teaching method doesn’t work effectively because it can’t stimulate children’interest of English learning.This paper tries to apply TPR approach to English teaching.In this paper,the author takes Dandelion kindergarten in Shaanxi University of science and technology as an example,uses observational method,communicative approach and a variety of English Teaching Methods.It reveals that the T P R approach will be of great value in teaching preschool children English.Hopefully,this study will provide some inspiration for teacher's choice of teaching methods and help use the TPR approach more effectively.展开更多
文摘The study examined the status of senior secondary schools’students’achievement in Civic Education and English Language in Osun State.It also investigated the Civic Education and English Language teachers’characteristics in the state and determined the teaching styles of Civic Education and English Language teachers in the study areas and finally assessed the influence of teachers’characteristics and teaching styles on students’achievement in secondary schools Civic Education and English Language.The study adopted Discriminant Analysis.The study sample consisted of 600 senior secondary school students,30 Civics teachers,and 30 English Language teachers that were selected using multi-stage sampling procedure.Four instruments were constructed and validated before use.Three research questions were asked and answered while one hypothesis was tested and verified.The results among others showed that more than 50%of the students that participated in the study had high status of achievement in Civic Education while more than 40%of English Language students that participated in the study had low status of achievement.The study also showed that teachers’characteristics pertinent to both Civic Education teachers and English Language teachers were,effective discipline skills(Civics,M=1.20,SD=0.407;English,M=1.40,SD=0.498)and good communication with parents(Civics,M=1.43,SD=0.504;English,M=1.40,SD=0.498).In addition,there was significant influence of teachers’characteristics and teaching styles on students’achievement in Civics and English Language in senior secondary schools(X^2(2)=16.37,p<0.05).The study concluded that teachers’characteristics and teaching styles are major determinants of students’achievement in Civic Education and English Language.
文摘Learning a second language is extremely complicated and does not mean learning new labels for existing cognitive models. English as the foreign language in China is impropriate to be learned and taught in kindergarten and primary school. Learning and teaching English in China's kindergarten and primary school should be seriously taken into consideration and made up a relevant prescription.
文摘Different teaching philosophies derive from different cultural background.There are many differences between American and Chinese teaching philosophies because of their different cultural background.Under the guidance of different philosophies,there are different teaching styles between American and Chinese Classroom teaching.
文摘English is an important language tool for foreign exchange and has a wider and wider international influence.Especially in the context of reform and opening up,English learning is of great importance.Many parents want their children to learn English from a young age.Many kindergartens also incorporate their English learning into the teaching system.However,due to the lack of scientific theoretical guidance,there is still a gap between the quality of English teaching and the training target of education.How to reform children's English teaching is a new subject in education.The discovery of the theory of multiple intelligence and offered to children's English teaching reform,provides a new angle of view,applying the theory of multiple intelligence to kindergarten English teaching,to the children's English teaching reform has an important value and significance.
文摘As interest in learning English is becoming more and more intense,many kindergartens regard children,s English education as a compulsory course.But the traditional teaching method is difficult for children who are just getting started with English.The traditional teaching method doesn’t work effectively because it can’t stimulate children’interest of English learning.This paper tries to apply TPR approach to English teaching.In this paper,the author takes Dandelion kindergarten in Shaanxi University of science and technology as an example,uses observational method,communicative approach and a variety of English Teaching Methods.It reveals that the T P R approach will be of great value in teaching preschool children English.Hopefully,this study will provide some inspiration for teacher's choice of teaching methods and help use the TPR approach more effectively.
