The influence of voice in primary English teaching

ABSTRACT

The key point of phonics method is to build the corresponding relationship between English letters, letter patterns and sound. Phonics is an English teaching method which has the functions of teaching pronunciation, spelling and reading. There are more and more scholars and teachers who pay more attention to this method. Primary school students have poor ability of abstract thinking. They memorize words mainly by rote. If the content of teaching is dull, students can easily become bored and can not concentrate. The above situation seriously affected the effectiveness of teaching. In view of this, the author used phonics method to teach primary school students of the fifth-grade English to enable them to recognize the correspondence relationship between letters or letter combinations and phonemes, and then raise their interest in learning English.

Key words：phonics method; vocabulary teaching; primary English

摘要

自然拼读法的核心是建立英语字母或字母组合与语音之间的对应关系，它是一种兼具教发音、拼写及阅读的英语教学法。现在正被越来越多的学者和一线教师所关注。小学生抽象思维能力较差，主要以机械记忆为主。他们对枯燥乏味的教学内容，难于集中注意力，容易产生厌倦感，以致影响教学效果。鉴于此，本研究运用自然拼读法对小学五年级的学生进行英语拼读法教学，使学生认识到英语字母及字母组合与其音素之间的对应关系，并运用其规律进行英语单词的学习,进而提高学生学习英语的兴趣。

关键词：自然拼读法；词汇教学；小学英语

CONTENT

ABSTRACT I

摘要 II

Chapter I  Introduction 1

1.1 The Reasons for Choosing the Topic 1

1.2 The Significance of the Study 3

1.3 The Purpose of the Research 4

Chapter II  Literature Review 5

2.1 Dominant Methods of Teaching Primary English Vocabulary 5

2.2 The Phonics Teaching Method 6

2.3 The Studies of Phonics Method Home and Abroad 6

Chapter III Research Method and Design 7

3.1 There are two research questions in this study 7

3.2 Subjects 7

3.3 Instruments 8

3.4 Research Procedure 8

Chapter IV  Results and Analysis 9

4.1 Analysis of the Interview 9

4.2 Discussion 10

Chapter V  Conclusion 12

References 13