A Research On The Application Of Retelling To English Reading Teaching In Senior High School

English reading is the key and difficult point of students’ English learning of all time.The teaching of intensive reading and traditional text recitation in the past can no longer meet the requirements of English reading learning in the senior high school.The National English Curriculum Standards for General Senior High School(2017)clearly stated that,“the education of senior high school English curriculum should be based on the compulsory English curriculum,and more focused on the development of students’ English language using abilities,namely,the ability to communicate properly in English,the ability to obtain and deal with information in English and the ability to think and express in English.However,at present,according to related data,it can be shown that English reading teaching in senior high school still faces many problems.For example,teachers only stay in the explanation of words,sentences and grammar structures and the analysis of long and difficult sentences.They ignore the overall interpretation of text,the selection of material and don’t mobilize the exist knowledge in the students’ brain and the output of students’ own language.There is no doubt that this mechanical teaching method is not conducive to the cultivation of students’ learning interests and motivation to some extent,so students’ reading ability and score can’t be improved gradually.In view of the current situation of English reading teaching in senior high school,the author proposes to apply retelling to English reading teaching in senior high school.The aim is to explore the effect of retelling in making up for the shortcomings of traditional English teaching methods,improving students’ English reading scores and cultivating their learning interests and motivation and so on.This study will be based on Input theory,Output theory and Constructivism learning theory and use the research methods of tests,questionnaires and interviews.In this study,the two parallel classes with 50 students in each class in the Grade Two of senior high school in Affiliated Middle School of Qinghai Normal University will be selected for the research subjects,50 students(class 5)will be the EC and the other 50 students(class 3)will be the CC.In CC,teacher will use traditional Grammar Translation Method.While in the EC,the author will implement retelling training.This study will track and observe the two classes for about 4 months and try to answer the following three questions:(1)What are the problems and shortcomings of Grammar Translation Method of English reading teaching in senior high school?(2)How can teacher help students choose the suitable retelling forms and methods according to students’ learning styles?(3)What are the effects of retelling on students’ scores,interests and motivation?After the experiment,the author will use SPSS.26.0 software to compare and analyze the collected data.Finally,the experiment demonstrates:(1)There are actually some problems and shortcomings in Grammar Translation Method commonly used in English reading teaching in senior high school.Retelling can try to make up for these shortcomings to some extent.(2)Students have some distinct differences towards the choices of retelling forms and methods.Students with different learning styles have different choices.Teachers should take the differences of students’ learning styles into account and help them choose suitable retelling forms and methods,so as to improve their learning better later.(3)Retelling has improved students’ English reading scores and cultivated their interests and motivation to some extent.The above experimental results show that retelling is beneficial to improve senior high school students’ English reading scores,cultivate their interests and motivation and has a positive effect on the English reading teaching in senior high school.Although there are some limitations in this research,the findings of this thesis still provide some pedagogical implications and reference for the English reading teaching in senior high school and also provide some suggestions and help for further study.