Abstract:As one of the most important stages for young people’s growth, senior high study plays a decisive role in cultivating students’ learning habits, characters and interests. Thus, it should be put on the agenda that we should pay more attention to the English teaching in senior high. Besides, as the New Curriculum Reform has been increasingly deepened, a large number of scholars has put many theories, methods and models into use to promote the efficiency of English teaching. Scaffolding teaching has been availed in many fields, such as math teaching, information technology, etc. But there is large insufficiency of research of scaffolding teaching in English class in senior high. Therefore, in the paper the author explores the measures of scaffolding teaching in senior high English teaching. And it also discusses the advantages and disadvantages of scaffolding teaching, namely its benefits in improving students’ interest, metacognitive skills and abilities to solve problems and its harm in the students’ tendency to make mistakes in English expression.

Key Words: Scaffolding Teaching  Senior High  English Teaching

Contents

Abstract

摘要

Introduction-6

Chapter 1 Literature Review-6

1.1   Definition of Scaffolding Teaching-6

    1.2   Theoretical Foundation of Scaffolding Teaching

1.2.1   Zone of Proximal Development-7

1.2.2   Constructivism-7

1.3   Previous Researches Abroad and at Home-8

1.3.1   Foreign Researches on Scaffolding Teaching-8

1.3.2   Domestic Researches on Scaffolding Teaching-9

Chapter 2 Principles and Strategies of Scaffolding English Teaching-11

2.1   Principles of Scaffolding Teaching-11

2.1.1   The Teachers Transforming Their Role Spontaneously.-12

2.1.2   The Teachers Determining the Zone of Proximal Development by Analyzing the Students’ Actual Learning Situation-12

2.1.3   Teaching Based on the Actual Ability of Students-13

2.1.4   The Interaction between Teachers and Students-13

2.2   Strategies of Scaffolding Teaching-14

2.2.1   Determining the Zone of Proximal Development-14

2.2.2   Building the Scaffoldings-14

2.2.3   Leading the Students to Enter the Atmosphere Set Before-16

2.2.4   Cooperation Work-16

2.2.5   Independent Work-16

2.2.6   Evaluation-17

2.3 Teaching Plan Based on Scaffolding Teaching-17

Chapter 3 Advantages and Disadvantages of Scaffolding Teaching-21

3.1 Advantages of Scaffolding Teaching-21

3.1.1 To Improve Students’ Interest in English.-21

3.1.2 To Promote Students’ Metacognitive Abilities.-22

3.1.3 To Improve Students’ Abilities to Solve Practical Problems.-22

3.2 Disadvantages of Scaffolding Teaching-23

3.2.1 The Students’ Inclination to Make Mistakes in English Expression-23

3.2.2 Difficulty in Controlling Class-23

Conclusion-23

References-25

Acknowledgements.26