On characteristic eco—teaching of English in primary school

劉菲

With the arrival of the mobile internet era， the interaction among people all over the world becomes more and more closely. Therefore， it is the trend that for all walks of life to develop an "ecosystem" or "sharing economy" in their industries. In order to catch up with this trend， a lot of researchers have paid great attentions to the field of primary school teaching. Today， characteristic teaching of English in primary school has received extensive attention and in-depth study so that the traditional teaching method in elementary education known as “rigid” and “teach-centred” and “knowledge-feeding” will be gradually changed， and the English foundation of the students will be obviously improved with the new “student-centred” teaching method.

It is very important to create a special class and a special classroom teaching method in order to stimulate the vitality of all participants， both the students and the teachers.

The significant of developing characteristic eco-teaching of English in primary school

Primary school students are in the period that their brains have the strongest ability of plasticity. Also， since their tongues are very flexible， their memory capacities are very large， and their mother languages have shown relatively little influence on their language learning and pronouncing process， primary school students can learn other natural languages much more easily. In the meantime， primary school students tend to have strong interests and desires in learning knowledge， while their psychological baggage are small and they are dare to and willing to express themselves in this age period.Therefore， it is important to create a good English learning environment or even a good English culture environment for the students in primary school for English teaching.

This teaching ecosystem， or the so called “eco-teaching” method， will properly stimulate the great interests and the strong motivations in English learning， while creating an effective and interesting learning atmosphere in classroom.

2.The principle of developing characteristic eco-teaching of English in primary school

Firstly， create the Omni-directional English teaching environment.

Secondly， build harmonious and equal relationship between teachers and students.

Thirdly， use plentiful and flexible teaching methods.

The approaches of developing characteristics eco-teaching of English in primary school

First of all， actively develop a serious of appropriate special courses in English teaching. Due to the daily practice with guidance， characteristic eco-teaching will eventually change the thoughts， the habits and even the spirits of every teachers and students. In the meantime， given full consideration to the different development of different grades of students， these special English courses and materials should be appropriate to each of them， respectively.

Secondly， fully inspire the enthusiasm of every student. Carry out group activities during English teaching shows great help to stimulate the interest and enthusiasm of students in primary school. Set up teams in class and let every team members take turns as team leader will effectively alter the situation that the teachers are the only organizers of class activities.

Thirdly， properly explore and make use of the high quality internet teaching resources. It has been a common knowledge that properly use of the network teaching resources and distance education platforms both domestic and abroad can definitely let the students be in touch with a lot more high quality study methods and courses. These platforms will play a very important role in continuously expanding the horizons and inspiring the interest of learning of the students in primary school， and also in achieving the goal of developing characteristic eco-teaching of English in primary school.

Last but not least， gradually build the unique atmosphere of English culture on campus. While creating the English learning atmosphere on the base of using English signs and holding English corners， it is also important to consistently set up campus activities such as English broadcast， oral English exhibition， English reading competition， reporting English learning results to parents and so on.

In conclusion， the development of characteristic eco-teaching of English in primary school is to continuously inspire the students' learning enthusiasm. By the joint efforts of teachers， students and the school， students' English level and their innovation ability will be gradually improved， teachers theoretical level and teaching experience will be continually strengthened， and campusEnglish culture and its characteristic brand will be broadly promoted.