A Study Of The Effects Of English Teachers' Homework Feedback On Students' Motivation

Along with the enhancement of the trend of globalization, as the language for international communication, English has played an unassailable role. Numerous scholars and educators are increasingly concerned about the teaching concepts and teaching methods for English language. One educator once said that:"The teacher is not to teach, but to inspire, awaken and encourage". The modern teaching theory also believes that the teaching process is not only to teach the students to learn the scientific and cultural knowledge, skills and methods, but also to integrate the sense, motivation, interest, emotion and will organically.Thus it can be seen that the teaching staff now concentrate on the study motivation and emotional factors of learners and find out that the teachers play a significant role in the students'motivation. Feedback is important in teaching; therefore, the great role of teachers'feedback in the language study must not be overlooked.Based on the theories of feedback, motivation and emotional education and the design principles for questionnaire, through the investigation of questioning and interviewing and combined with the teaching practice, this thesis aims to find out the effects of English teachers'homework feedback on students'motivation, think of the existing problems, put forward certain suggestions and help the teachers find more efficient way so as to improve the students'mental mood, motivate their study motivation and enhance their English.With the help of 10 English teachers and 100 students at one key senior high school in Songyuan city, the study on"the Effects of English Teachers'Homework Feedback on Students'Motivation"has been completed. According to the investigation result and teaching practice, this thesis puts forward that: 1) the homework designing should be optimized; 2) teachers'feedback should be timely, objective, fair and complete; 3) the mode of teachers'feedback should be diversified; 4) the individual difference among students should be considered; 5) the positive feedbacks should be applied reasonably and properly.