摘　要

随着世界人口的增长，人们开始关注教育的质量，在中国越来越多的人开始注意到学生人数对教育质量的影响。他们开始思考班级学生人数对老师的教育以及学生的学习是否有影响这一问题。论文根据小班化教育的背景和特点，通过学生主体学习、心理学和新课程改革三方面，归纳小班化教育对小学生英语学习的益处。以上海小班化教育发展为例子分析小班化教育所遇到的困境以及需要改进的方面，让小班化教育更能促进小学生主体学习的发展。

关键词：小班化教育；小学生主体学习；促进；改进

Abstract

With the increasing number of world’s population, people begin to pay attention to the quality of education. In China, more and more people start to realize that the number of students affect the quality of education. They start to consider the question that whether the number of students in one class can influence the teaching of teachers and the learning of students. On the basis of backgrounds and characteristics of small class teaching, by means of students’ subjective initiative, psychology and new curriculum reform these three aspects, this paper concludes the advantages of small class teaching on pupils’ English learning. As an example of the development of small class teaching in Shanghai, this paper also analyses the dilemma that the small class teaching is facing and the improvements it needs to do in order to arouse the small class teaching to promote the development of pupils’ subjective initiative.

Key words: small class teaching; pupils’ subjective initiative; promotion; improvement

1 Introduction 
1.1 A brief review of small class
The small class teaching is an educational and organizational form which is useful for students’ comprehensive and individual development, because the number of students in small classes is less than common ones. The small class teaching is not just the reduction of number; it is also an educational reform in infrastructure construction, class teaching processes and classes’ establishment. Small class teaching is a modern education process, which needs the support of economy and the development education. It is a reference of substance that can measure the levels of economy and education of a country in a region.
The small class is a form of space in educational organization. The basic connotation of small class is that the number of students in these classes is less than common ones. The number of students is a dynamic variable, and it is often defined by schools as 25 to 30 students in one class in general. With the reducing of the number of pupils, small class teaching has become a trend of teaching development.Small class teaching also seems to be a tendency of education reforms in the world as professional associations and school boards try their best to provide quality education. Teaching in small classes also can be a rewarding experience.