A Brief Analysis on the English Teaching in Senior High School under the New Situation

徐雯

In today's world there is more and higher demand to people's English ability， and people are paying more and more attention to English teaching.

1. Literature Review

After entering in twenty-first Century， our country's English teaching of senior high school has carried on a series of reforms： the quality education， the use of the new teaching material， the issue of “new curriculum standard”.

2. The problems in English Teaching in Senior High School under the new situation

2.1 The grammar translation method

Grammar translation method attaches great importance to the cultivation of the ability of reading and translation， the teaching of grammar knowledge， but ignores the cultivation of language skills， the teaching of pronunciation and vocabulary is out of line with the text reading teaching .

2.2 The direct method

Comparing to classical grammar translation method， direct method is a great progress in the history of teaching， but it is proposed completely in view of the drawbacks of the grammar translation method， itself have inevitably its limitations and one sidedness， in teaching it emphasize on experience， perceptual knowledge， and lacks of awareness of people consciousness， do not pay enough attention on literary accomplishment. For many language phenomenon， students only know how but do not know why.

2.3 The audiolingual method

The audiolingual method was produced in the United States of America after the outbreak of the Second World War. The audiolingual method apply the research results of the language structure analysis into the foreign language teaching， the preparation of materials and arrangement of teaching process has a scientific basis. It is undoubtedly very important contribution and progress for enhancing effect of foreign language teaching and accelerating the process of foreign language teaching， but the audiolingual method emphasizes too much on mechanical training， ignores the guiding role of the language rules， emphasizes too much the formation of language structure， ignores the content and meaning of the language， which is in mere “artificial”language preference.

2.4 The audio-visual method

The audio-visual method originated in France in the 1950s， which is a kind of method of France at that time for foreign adults in short term intensive teaching. The audio-visual method carries forward the strengths of the direct method and the audiolingual method， which used widely the structure of sound， light， electricity in teaching. The auditory image helps to develop the correct ability and habit of pronunciation， intonation， rhythm and diction， sentence making. The shortcoming of the audio-visual method is that it attaches great importance to the language form， neglects the cultivation of communicative competence， emphasizes too much on the whole structure， ignores the analysis， explanation and training of language.

2.5 The cognitive method

The cognitive method was firstly proposed by famous American psychologist Carrol in 1960s， which is produced as the opposite side of the audiolingual method. It emphasizes the importance of understanding in foreign language teaching， students should have creative communication based on the understanding of the new language materials， creates situation and communication in foreign language teaching by the wide use of audio-visual aids. The cognitive method regards cognitive psychology as the theoretical basis， so that foreign language teaching method will be established on the more scientific basis， but as a new independent foreign language teaching method system， the cognitive method is still not perfect， must be enriched from the theory and practice.

Of course， there are other problems.

3. The requirements of English teaching in senior high school under the new situation

3.1 Establishing the main body position of students

In teaching activities， students are the main body， the role of teachers shall be responsible for the organization， guidance， help and monitoring， and guides the students learn to know， learn to do， lets students experience the process of knowledge acquisition， pays attention to the development of students' ability， promotes all-round development of their knowledge and skills， process and methods， attitudes and sense of worth， establishes the class model of independent exploration and cooperative learning， and creates a harmonious， loose， democratic class environment. The establishment of students' subject status reflects the rise of people's awareness， that is， the problems of “teaching whom” is the first place in teaching.

3.2 The reasonable arrangement of design process

In the process of English Teaching in senior high school， teaching design is a very important process. In the process of teaching， reasonable design can make the students pay attention to content of teaching， and the English class teaching in senior high school achieve its effectiveness.

3.3 Selecting diversity teaching methods

Because of its own characteristics of English subjects， the methods in the traditional English teaching process are mainly practice method and teaching method. In the process of English teaching in senior high school， we should innovate the teaching process， and choose various teaching methods in the course of teaching.

3.4 Creating classroom atmosphere

Creating a pleasant and harmonious classroom atmosphere is very important for the protection of students' learning motivation. While learning a new language， students should pay attention to pronunciation， intonation， grammar and language meaning at the same time， which is very difficult to learn .

3.5 Focusing on Cultural Education

At present， culture has become a focus of language teaching， and it is an important embodiment of the test of teaching results. As we all know， vocabulary is the smallest unit of language expression. There are not sentences without words， there are not articles without sentences. To read a sentence， you must firstly understand the meaning of the words； to read the article， you must understand the meaning of the sentences. The research results show that when the new words in an article is more than 5%， it will have an effect on reading. Therefore， it is necessary to do a good job of vocabulary teaching， expand constantly the vocabulary of students， and eliminate the obstacles to the students' reading. On the one hand， we must guide students to remember the words according to the rules of pronunciation， strengthening the memory of sense， and reducing the mechanical memory. On the other hand， we must grasp the dictation， reading， reciting， competition， games and other activities to strengthen memory； through the continuous circulation to strengthen regularly and deepen the impression and guide them to memorize new words combining to the use of daily communication and avoid rote. Focusing on vocabulary teaching， we must know that culture and language are an inseparable whole， culture teaching is a very important part of English teaching. Teachers should consider fully cultural factors， in the process of most important lexical teaching of the language teaching， they should pay especially positive attention to the cultural import， enhance the cultural connotation of the students， cultivate students' sentiment， guide the students to establish a correct outlook on life， values， and improve the students' comprehensive quality.

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