Reasons for inefficient English teaching in Yanjin County and possible solutions獲獎科研報告

ReasonsforinefficientEnglishteachinginYanjinCountyandpossiblesolutions獲獎科研報告Introduction：YanjinCountyisoneoftheleastdevelopedareasinYunnanprovince.AlargenumberofthefarmersleavetheirchildrentoearnmoneyworkingineastChina.Thereforetherearemanyleft-behindchildreninthisplace.Accordingtomyfifteen-yearteachingexperiencesandtheinformationIcollectconcerningEnglishteachinghere，IfindstudentsherehavemuchtroubleinlearningEnglishandtheEnglishteachinghereisveryinefficient.SoitsreallyurgentforustodosomelessonandfindthehidingreasonsandthushelpimproveEnglishteachinglevelinthisarea.Tobeginwith，letusdigoutthehidingreasonsleadingtothissituation.

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Reasonsleadingtothissituation.Firstofall，alargenumberofstudentsdidnotlearnEnglishinprimacyschoolsbecausemanyremoteprimacyschoolscantprovideEnglishteachingforstudents.Iwasverysurprisedtofindthatevenwhenstudentscanstudythissubjectinsomeprimacyschools，theteachersthinktheothersubjects，Chineseandmath，aremoreimportantthanEnglish.Secondly，manystudentsdidntreceivegoodenlighteneducationfromtheirfamilieswhentheywerechildren.ManystudentsworkhardtostudyEnglishinmiddleschools，buttheycantlearnefficiently.Thirdly，thererenotenoughprofessionalEnglishteachershere.Additionally，Englishasaforeignlanguageisnoteasytolearn.AnotherimportantreasonisthatmanychildreninYanjinareleft-behindchildren.TheirparentsleavethemathomelivingwiththeirgrandparentsandgoouttoworkineastChinatoearnmoneyfortheirfamiliesbecauseitisveryhardforthemtoearnenoughmoneyintheirhometown.Left-behindchildrencantgetenoughlovefromtheirfamilyandtheycanttakegoodcareofthemselves.Finally，wemusttakeitintoaccountthatinthisverypoorarea，forsomereasonsitsverycommonforparentstogetadivorce.Thisisreallypainfulforthechildren.Childrenfromdivorcedfamiliesarenotsoconfidentandtheyalsohaveothermentalproblems.Asaresult，itsveryhardforteacherstodisciplinetheminschools.Theydontfocusontheirstudyandtheydontwanttofollowtheinstructionsfromtheirteachers.Soasyoucansee，therearesomanyreasons，historically，economicallyandsocially.Nowitstimeforustothinkofefficientwaysforagoodchange.

Whatcanwedotochangethissituation？Itsveryusefulforustofindwaystosolvethisproblem.Englishasaveryimportantsubjectmustbepaidenoughattentionto.Firstofall，thegovernmentmustplayanimportantroleinthisproject.Itscommonlybelievedthatthemostimportantreasonisthatitishardforthemtoearnenoughmoneyintheirhometown.Lifeisreallysohardinthisareathatmanywomenchoosetodivorceandstartnewlivesinotherplaces.Iamreallyhappytoseethatthecentralgovernmenthasrealizedthissocialproblemandhasbeendoingalotofthingstomakeachange.Moreandmoremoneyhasbeenspenttohelpimprovetheeducationinthesepoorareassothisproblemcanbesolvedincomingyears.Goodnewsisthatnowtherearemoreandmoreteacherscomingtoworkinthisareabecausethegovernmenthasraisedthesalaryofthecountrysideteachers.Howtohelptheleft-behindchildrengetenoughlovefromthesocietyandliveahappylifeisaveryimportantissuewemusttakeintoaccount.Theremustbeenoughpsychologicalteachersworkinginschoolsinordertoprovidepsychologicalguidanceforstudents.Additionallyitsverynecessaryforthegovernmenttofindwaystohelpthefarmerstobeabletoearnmoremoneyintheirhometown.Itsalsoveryurgentforthegovernmenttotakethisintoaccount，thatis，howtodevelopthecountrysidequicklyinwestChina.Secondly，asItalktoteachersfromprimacyschools，IfindthatitsbecauseteachersoftheprimacyschoolsaremainlyevaluatedfortheirteachingjobsinChineseandmath.BecausethestudentscantreceivegoodeducationonEnglishinprimacyschools，theyfindithardtocatchupwiththenormallearningprocessinmiddleschools.Asaresult，middleschoolteachershaveextrajobtodo.Itsverycommonmanymiddleschoolstudentsevenfinditveryhardtorememberthepronunciationofthenewwords，saynothingofgettinghighscoresinallkindsofexams.Thirdly，wemusthelptheparentstopayenoughattentiontothefamilyeducation，especiallyinpoorfamilies.IteachEnglishinamiddleschool.Ifindithardtodisciplinethestudents.Theparentsmustworktogetherwiththeteacherstotrytheirbesttoeducatethestudentstobepoliteandthankful.Theparentsmustplayanimportantroletohelptheirchildrentobepolite，tobeabletoappreciatetheirteachersloveforthemandtoberesponsiblefortheirstudy.Forthesestudents，itsverynecessarytoprovidepsychologicaleducationaswell.Asaforeignlanguage，Englishisnoteasytobemastered.Therearealotofwordstoberemembered.ThegrammarrulesarereallydifferentfromthatofChinese.Readingisalwaysadifficultjobandtheyoftenmakelotsofmistakesintheirwriting.AlltheserequireEnglishteacherstochangetheirteachingwaystobeefficient.Herebasedonmypersonalteachingexperience，IhavesomesuggestionsfortheEnglishteachers.Toencourageisalwaysagoodwaytoteachthestudents.Allstudentshaveanextremelydesiretobepraised，themore，thebetter.Dontalwaysteachgrammarrulesatschool.Thereisonethingneedtobeemphasized，themostimportantjobfortheteachersistoteachstudentsbeabletousethelanguageintheirdailylives.Asthesayinggoes，interestisthebestteacher.Inordertomakeourclasstobeinteresting，wecanthinkofchangingourteachingmethods.Wecanusemulti-mediatoassistourteaching，forinstance.Wecanusepicturestohelpthestudentsremembernewwords.WecantrytodosomegamesinourEnglishclasses.EncouragethestudentstofindapenpalinEnglish-speakingcountries.TheywouldfallinlovewiththeirEnglishwriting.TeachersshouldnotforgettotelltheimportanceoflearningEnglish.KnowingtheimportanceoflearningEnglishcanhelpthestudentsstudyhard.Encouragethestudentstoaskquestionswhenevertheyneedhelpfromteachers，there'snoshameinaskingquestions.Songsareareallyeffectivewaytolearnnewwordsandimprovepronunciation，especiallysongswithactions.Inspirethemtowanttolearn，trytomakeittheindividualstudent'sresponsibilitytolearn，notonlyyours.Errorcorrectionisathingwemustpayspecialattentionto，ifteacherscorrecteverymistakewhenstudentspeakEnglish，wewouldprobablyeasilydestroyastudent'sconfidenceinEnglishstudy.Anotherimportantthingisthatnomatterhowangryyouare，youshouldnevertellstudentstheyarestupid.Gettoknowyourstudentsinallaspectscanhelpyouteachefficiently.ItisagoodhabittocreateavarietyoftaskstosuitdifferentstudentsintheEnglishclass.Markthehomeworkasquicklyasyoucan，dontleaveitonyourdeskforweeks.Educationtakesalotoftimeandmoney.Toimprovepooreducationinpoorareastakesevenmoretimeandmoney.Itsaveryhardandbigproject，butwherethereiswill，thereisalwayshope.Chinesepeoplehaveverygoodtraditions.Theyareveryresponsibletotheirchildrenandarewillingtospendmoneyontheirchildrenseducation.Patienceandfaitharealwaysimportant.Moreandmoreteachersgettrainingtoimprovetheirteachingskills.Allkindsoffacilities，forexample，computers，overheadprojectorsarebeingprovidedtohelpimproveEnglishteachinginschools.Educationisveryimportantforthoseleft-behindchildren.Letusworktogethertohelpimprovetheeducationinpoorareas.IhopewhatIshareinthispapercanhelpenhancetheEnglishteachingle