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题 目：对情境教学法在英语课堂教学中应用的研究 学 院： 外语学院 专 业： 英语语言文学 姓 名： 指导教师：

20xx年 5 月 1 日

青岛大学本科生毕业论文（设计）开题报告

Title

Study on the Situational Teaching Method in English Classroom Teaching

Introduction

My topic is about the situational teaching method in English classroom teaching. The situational teaching method was developed by British applied linguists in the mid-nineteenth century. It is a teaching method that teachers create vivid

circumstances which are closely related to the book knowledge to help students improve their interest and learn on their own initiative. This is a bold reform in English teaching method. The traditional teaching method is that students accept information passively from teachers. Now they can regain the initiative under the situational teaching method. This method plays a more and more important role in English classroom teaching.

As English major, I was attracted by the situational teaching method when I first got in touch with this topic. I know that this teaching method was developed from the 1930s to the 1960s. In today's classroom teaching, especially the English classroom teaching, it's getting more attention and application. It's an important and useful way to learn English for pupils, middle school students, even college students. The situational teaching method is not only important to students, but also important to the development of our English teaching system. It's worth studying and discussing.

Before I decided to do this study, I had read some researches and theses about the situational teaching method in English classroom teaching. The views and studies on this topic are wonderful. They describe this teaching method entirely and

deeply. Through studying the situational teaching method, we know that we should take advantage of its merits and avoid its demerits in English classroom teaching.

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Literature review

From the 19th century till now, many people have studied the situational teaching method in English classroom teaching. They all agree that this teaching method is wonderful and useful in bringing students' enthusiasm into English study. And they don't deny that it has some problems.

Zhang Guanghua ia a lecturer of Xi'an Railway Vocational and Technical Institute. In his essay Situation Teaching Method and Higher Vocational English Teaching (2011), he expresses his view point about how should teachers use the situational teaching method in English classroom teaching. He thinks that teachers must speak English in classes. Using the internet and varied training aids is necessary. Some English presentations or songs will also improve students' learning interest. I think he is right. Students like active and vivid circumstances rather than rigid ones. If teachers could use situational teaching method, students will become the main characters in English learning.

Sun Lianying is a teacher in Daqing Construction Secondary Technical School. In his work Analysis on Situational Teaching Practice in Senior High Schools English Teaching (2010), he raises some issues which should be paid more attention to in the situational English teaching. When setting the "situations",

teachers should think about the students' practical knowledge level and the specific language environment. He also thinks the situations should fit in with the textbook. In my opinion, it's not necessary to make the situations the same as the textbook. Without the limitation of textbook, students can learn more information freely.

Xia Wang is a student in Hunan Normal University. In his thesis The Research of the Situational Approach in Primary English Teaching (2010), he summarizes some problems of the situational teaching method in English classroom teaching. One is that teachers always think this method expends too much time and they

青岛大学本科生毕业论文（设计）开题报告

won't use it for long time. The other is that the forms which teachers favor are not the same as the students'. I think teachers should cater to the needs of students as far as possible. Then, students will be interested in learning English.

Research questions

This paper tries to answer the following questions:

Q1: What's the situational teaching method?

Q2: What should teachers do in English classroom teaching?

Q3: What are the differences between the situational teaching method and the

traditional one?

Q4: Why can't the situational teaching method be the only method in English

teaching?

Expected results

The situational teaching method has caused attention from the late 19th century. Now, in classroom teaching, especially in English classroom teaching, it is used more than before. People have realized that only by this way can our students learn on their own initiative. In fact, the situational teaching method is an advanced teaching method with some limitations. My work aims to study it objectively. Though more and more teachers realize the importance of this teaching method, it's still difficult to carry out in every English class. If we can solve the problem and make it fit in with our English teaching, students will surely love learning English and the study efficiency will surely be promoted.

Every new teaching method should be practiced in real classes. The situational teaching method in English classroom teaching is the same. Students are the main characters in classroom and teachers are just the leading factors. Through studying on the situational teaching method, we can know that what should teachers do and what should the students do in English teaching and learning.

青岛大学本科生毕业论文（设计）开题报告

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