大学英语课堂沉默的原因及解决对策

百度文库 I Title: Causes and Countermeasures of College English Classroom Silence Phenomenon

Four years’ school life is coming to an end. Recalling the four years’ life, I feel that I got many things. In the thesis writing process, there are many difficulties. I got the guidance, support, and encouragement from quite a list of people, especially from my tutor. I take this opportunity to express my heartfelt thanks to my tutor! Meanwhile, I want to thank the teachers in Oujiang College. Because of their preaching, Tuition, FAQ, I learned professional knowledge and learned many things. I would also like to thank my classmates to give me help. I would like to thank gratefully to my mentor teacher Wang Yan. She was easygoing, passionate and careful. It is teacher Wang’s selfless help and enthusiastic encouragement that enabled my thesis to be smoothly completed. What’s more, I would also like to express my gratitude to my four years’ college life, my family, and those friends that I’ll never forget. Their support and encouragement is my wealth. 百度文库

II Abstract: College English classroom silence has become a common phenomenon. This not only affects the progress of their teachers, but also hinders students’ access to knowledge. Classroom as the place of teaching is to improve the quality of college English teaching. And the teacher as dominate of imparting knowledge is to regulate the behavior of students and enrich students' knowledge. The classroom silence is bound to affect a variety of teaching activities. This article which employs questionnaires and references to a variety of books and other forms is to analyze the cause of College English classroom silence. And according to the various reasons, the author puts forward corresponding countermeasures. The author organizes the paper as follows: first, this paper according to previous classroom research sum up the domestic English class present situation; secondly, through questionnaires research and previous research summary, from the students, teachers, and social factors, the paper analyze the reasons of college English classroom silence; finally, from students and teachers, the author put forward corresponding countermeasures. Key words: classroom silence; College English classroom; solving strategies

摘要：大学英语课堂沉默已经成为一种普遍的现象。这不仅影响老师教学进度，也阻碍学生获取知识。课堂作为教学活动的地点，是提高大学英语教学质量关键地方，老师作为传授知识的主宰，规正学生的行为和丰富学生的知识。本文通过调查问卷、参考各类书籍等形式，解析大学英语课堂沉默的原因，并且根据各类原因的产生提出了相应的解决对策。作者将本文分成以下几个部分：首先，本文结合前人课堂调查研究总结出国内大学英语课堂的现状；其次，通过问卷调查研究和前人的调查研究总结，从学生，老师和社会三方面因素分析大学英语课堂沉默的原因；最后，本文从学生、老师两方面提出相应的解决对策。 关键词：课堂沉默；大学英语课堂；解决策略 百度文库

III CONTENTS 1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………..1 2. The Analysis of College English Classroom Silence………………………..2 2.1. The Definition of Silence…………………………………………………3 2.2. The Classification of Silence……………………………………………..3 3. The Main Causes of Silence………………………………………………….4 3.3.1. For student…………………………………………………............5 3.3.2. For teachers………………………………………………………..7 3.3.3. Social aspects………………………………………………………8 4. Countermeasures of College English Classroom Phenomenon……………9 4.1. Student Factors…………………………………………………………..10 4.2. Teacher Factors………………………………………………….............10 5. Conclusion……………………………………………………………………12 Bibliography ……………………………………………………………………15 1

1. Introduction In the 21st century, the close ties between China and other country are increasingly deepening in politics, economy, military, and cultural exchange. Therefore, our country calls for more and more people who have a good command of English. English is a tool of the modern international exchanges, which is bound to be a necessary skill for each of the college students. But the current situation of college English teaching is now far behind the needs of the development of the world. So the implementation of quality education to raise the overall competence of English has become everyone's voices. According to a survey, now the people are worried about the state of college English classroom. As we all know, students in the junior and senior high schools need teachers’ inculcation. However, college students rely on their consciousness, so in the college class they are also more relaxed. It leads a lot of college students to think that their own English ability seems to be no better than that in high school. In China, teacher is the dominant position while students are following to learn. In college English class, teachers are talking about different cases, writing on the blackboard or PPT show, and students are taking notes. It has become a same mode from primary school to university learning to some extent. This is a kind of passive learning. This learning environment is not as good as foreign learning environment, which only makes students develop the habit of listening. And then students have no big improvement on the English learning ability. Therefore, it is understandable about Chinese college English classroom silence. University means to grow up, freedom and chat with others, sleep, play phones when we have classes. And when the teachers ask questions, few students would answer them. Teaching methods abroad is different from teaching in China: foreign teachers focus on the interaction between students and teachers; they pay more attention to the students' self-learning ability; they will give students some prep time to read books; they spend more time deepening knowledge, solving and discussing all of the students’ self-doubts in the classroom. In the U.S., the interaction is the soul of the entire teaching classroom. Students in the United States are the dominance of the classroom, so education in the United States can be called "Liberal Education". When a teacher is giving a lecture, students can put forward their own doubts or