A Study Of English Teaching From The Prospective Of Student-centered Education In Junior Middle School

There is no doubt that the quality-oriented education has gained popular support and the theory has been universally accepted by teachers with the continuous development of the modern society. Yet, a number of English teachers in junior schools still stick to the exam-oriented education form in daily teaching, which does not effectively stimulate students’motivation and initiative in learning and students’ learning enthusiasm is at a low stage and the serious phenomenon of polarization has not been changed. Professor Guo Sile points out that the student is the terminal of the teaching process and the subject of education. Education provides service for students. It is the students’learning that decides the teaching in class. From the perspective of student-centered theory by Professor Guo Sile, this paper mainly makes a detailed discussion about the teaching mode under this concept and the effect of the feedback by analyzing the questionnaires and interviews about junior middle school English teaching. This study has proved that student-centered education provides a fresh form of learning. Students, as the real subject of the class, play the main role in their learning. They are encouraged to make assumptions, raise questions and discuss with each other. In the daily learning, students will get their interest inspired; the relationship between them and their teachers will get closer. In this way, not only can it help to enhance students’interest in study and team spirit, but also it is of great importance for students to improve their confidence and creative thinking in learning English.The thesis consists of the following five parts. The first part is a brief introduction which contains the background of the thesis and it finds out the problems in current middle school English teaching, and states the research significance. The second part contains the deep discussion about the theory of student-centered education, the origins of the theory and the methodologies of the theory. At the same time, it deeply analyzes the research conditions of this issue both at home and abroad. And it also states the necessity to apply the student-centered education in middle school English teaching. The third part is about the process of this research and the research methods. For the teaching conditions of student-centered education, the author randomly chose some students to do the questionnaire and short interview. And the forth part makes a detailed discussion about the result of the questionnaires and interviews. At the same time, it also makes a detailed analysis about student’feedbacks and the necessity of the teaching design. At last, it summarizes some principles and strategies explored according to the research results such as the role shifting of students and teachers, class atmosphere creating and the importance of proper evaluation. The fifth part is a conclusion which contains the findings, limitations and suggestions for this research.