积极心理学在小学英语教学中的应用_英语论文

The Application of Positive Psychology in Primary English Teaching

摘要

积极心理学是20世纪末兴起于美国的一个新的领域，主张把心理学研究重点从“心理问题”转向“人的积极力量”，用科学的方法调动人类的积极力量，品质，智慧和创造力，促进社会的日益和谐。以此角度出发，小学英语教学是一个不断发生心理调适的过程，给英语学科教学灌以最前沿的积极心理学理论，尝试着将此理论很好地运用于实践，培养学生良好的学习心态，激发学生学习英语的潜力和兴趣。本文通过问卷调查法、访谈法及课堂观察法，对当前小学英语课堂教学中学生英语学习的积极性进行调查，并将调查结果从“学生”“教师”‘师生关系”及“英语学习环境”四个方面进行分析,希望能够探索出更加有效的小学英语教学。在上述基础上，本文结合积极心理学的相关理论，初步构建了一个积极的小学英语教学理论系统，一是在英语教学中培养学生积极情感，创设问题情境，避免消极情感的产生；二是增强教师教学热情，课堂上用行体语言传递积极的信号，生活中树立积极的工作态度；三是构建和谐师生关系，正确的评价学生及接受学生的个性差异；四是营造积极教学环境，构建有益的课内外环境。

关键词:积极心理学；小学；英语教学

Abstract

Positive Psychology is a new area risen in the late 20th century in the United States which suggests to transfer people’s focus from "psychological problems" to "people’s positive energy", using scientific methods to mobilize people’s positive force, quality, intelligence and creativity and increasingly promoting social harmony. In this perspective, primary English teaching is an ongoing process of psychological adjustment.It fills the forefront of positive psychology theory to teaching English,trying to apply this theory to practice and stimulating students' interest and potential in learning English.This paper investigates students’ positivity of learning English in current primary English teaching through the way of questionnaires, interviews and classroom observation and analyzes the results from four aspects, "students", "teachers","teacher-student relationship" and "environment of learning English".We try our effort to infuse positive psychology into primary English teaching, hoping to explore more effective methods of primary English teaching.Based on the above, this paper associating with the theory of positive psychology, initially builds up a positive system of primary English teaching.Firstly, raising students' positive affection in English teaching to create problem situations,which can avoid the generation of negative emotions. The second is to enhance teachers' teaching enthusiasm, passing the class with the body language to express positive signal,which can establish a positive attitude toward life and work . The third one is to build a harmonious relationship between teachers and students.Teacher sshould give proper evaluation to each student and accept individual differences of students . The last is to create a positive learning environment, building relaxing environment of in-out class.

Keywords: Positive psychology; primary school; English teaching

Contents

1.Introduction 1

2.Literature review 2

2.1 Origin of positive psychology 2

2.2 Development of positive psychology 2

2.3 Limitation of positive psychology 3

3.Current situation analysis 4

3.1Primary English teaching situation 4

3.2 The implementation of positive psychology 6

4.Research design 7

4.1 Research objectives 7

4.2 Research subjects 8

4.3 Research methods 8

4.4 Research results 9

5.Data analysis and findings 9

5.1 Data analysis 10

5.2 Summary 14

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