Abstract

In recent years, the flipped classroom has garnered all the attention of the educational circles around the world. This new pedagogical approach reverses or “flips” the traditional teaching model in which students learn initial course concepts and knowledge outside of the classroom, while class time is reserved for more active problem-based learning and practical activities. However, the “teacher-centered” lectures are still the main teaching method in junior high schools, which is not conducive to autonomous learning ability and dampens students’ learning interest. Aiming to arouse students’ learning passion for English, the author adopts the flipped classroom teaching method in the course of her internship in Beijing Road Middle School. The author uses the first monthly test scores as the reference to compare the result of the experiment. After two months of practice, the author gives a test and a questionnaire to the students. Statistics shows that most of the students are fond of this new teaching mode and get higher score in the test. And at the end of the article, the author points out some limitations of the research and puts forward some suggestions of the flip teaching in junior high school English teaching.

Key words: flipped classroom; English teaching; test; research

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1. Introduction-1

2. Literature Review-2

3. The Flip Teaching and Its Theoretical Basis-4

3.1 The definition of flipped classroom-4

3.2. The cooperative learning theory-4

3.3The comparison between the traditional teaching and the flip teaching-5

4. The Experiment of Flipped Classroom English Teaching in Junior High Schools-6

4.1 The purpose of the experiment-7

4.2 Research subjects-7

4.3 Research instruments-8

4.4 Teaching procedures of the flipped classroom-8

5. Major Findings of the Experiment-9

5.1 Scores and analysis of the test-9

5.2. Scores and analysis of the questionnaire-10

6. Conclusion-11

6.1 Major research findings-11

6.2 Limitations of the research-11

6.3 Suggestions for further research-12

Works Cited-13

Appendix -15