On The Development Of English Learning Strategies Of Art School Students

As China's education takes the turn from exam-oriented education to quality-oriented education, it is of urgent need to reform educational thoughts, educational contents and educational approaches so as to lighten the students' learning load and improve their overall quality, and, accordingly, improve educational quality. Classroom teaching and learning plays an important role for us to carry out quality-oriented education to help the students develop morally, intellectally and physically. Only when students actively participate in the learning activities and make full use of effective learning strategies willingly and independently can they become masters of learning.Studying and using English learning strategies has long been neglected in English teaching in senior middle schools, which accounts for unsatisfactory effects resulted from monotonous methods and dull processes. Teachers should not only introduce the knowledge but also guide the students to develop the efficient learning strategies and the ability to learn by themselves. The main purpose of this study is to explore the learning strategies employed by current senior high students and to examine the effect of the strategy training on English study.The thesis consists of five parts.Chapter One is the introduction of Wuhan Art School where the author works as an English teacher and the situation that the students in this school study English. Then the thesis discusses the reason to choose this subject, the purpose of the study and the structure of the thesis.Chapter Two is the theoretical framework of the study and the general review of the relevant studies, defining and classifying the learning strategies, discussing the factors which would affect the using of learning strategies. The classification method adopted in this present thesis is made clear.Chapter Three is the questionnaire about the using of learning strategies in English study among a group of Senior II students in Wuhan Art School. After analyzing the results, data about the using of learning strategies in English study in senior high school is collected, the relationship between the frequency of using the learning strategies and the English study achievement discussed, the differences of using learning strategies between the good English learners and poor English learners listed, and the needs for the strategy training from the students collected.Chapter Four introduces the process of the strategy training and reports the results of the training.Chapter Five summarized the main findings of this study. According to the findings, some suggestions for teaching and learning are proposed. At the end, some limitations of this study are mentioned.