Abstract

This thesis mainly studies on the problems and strategies of English teaching in large rural classes. With the rapid development of modern society, many classes of developed cities have reached the government standard that 20-30 students in the classroom. However, some big-size classes in the rural districts are still hold 70-100 students, the number of students even more than one hundred. The teaching quality of these rural regions hasn’t got distinct improvement throughout, especially for the English teaching. So it is necessary to study the English Teaching in large rural classes. This thesis applies to the methods of interview, questionnaire and classroom observation etc. On the one hand, it finds and analyzes the causes of poor education of large rural classes, such as: it is difficult to organize large rural classes for teachers, there are less interaction between students and teachers, the classroom discipline of big-size classes is very poor, there are so many “marginal men” in the classroom and so on. On the other hand, this thesis tries to explore some useful strategies in terms of class management and teaching strategies.

Key words: large rural classes; English teaching; problem; strategy

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1. Introduction-1

2. Literature Review-1

2.1 The definition of large class-1

2.2 The achievements of foreign and Chinese researchers-2

3. The Problems of English Teaching in Large Class-3

3.1 The problem of organization-4

3.2 The problem of interaction between teachers and students-6

3.3 The problem of discipline-8

3.4 The problem of marginal students-10

4. Strategies of English Teaching in Large Class-11

4.1 Grouping management-11

4.2 Enhancing teacher’s subjective initiative-12

4.3 Manangement of small classes-13

4.4 Taking care of marginal students-14

5. Conclusion-14

Works Cited-16

Appendix I-18

Appendix II-19

Appendix III-20