Abstract

In order to raise teaching efficiency and improve teaching quality, it is important for foreign language teachers to put the students in the right place in the L2 classroom. That is student-centered learning. By analyzing the current situation in Chinese L2 classroom and the disadvantages of teacher-centeredness, this thesis introduces student-centeredness in the L2 classroom, the importance and some characteristics of student-centeredness and illustrates a sample lesson plan to show student-centeredness in the L2 classroom.

Key words: student-centered, teacher-centered, L2 classroom

摘 要

在第二语言课堂上，为提高学习效率和改善教学质量，将学生放在正确的位置，即以学生为中心，这对于外语教师来说是十分重要的。本文通过分析中国第二语言学习课堂的现状和对“教师中心”理论弊端的探讨，介绍了在第二语言课堂中的“学生中心”理论及其特点以及在第二语言教学过程中以学生为中心的重要性。并通过呈现具体教案作为范例，在具体教案设计过程中贯穿“学生中心”这一理念。

关键词：学生中心；教师中心；第二语言习得

1. Introduction
1.1 Current situation in Chinese L2 classroom
In recent years, with the development of society, people have found it more and more clearly that the traditional foreign language teaching mode (teacher-centeredness) cannot be qualified for the modern L2 teaching. The phenomenon that what the teacher says goes is criticized by many experts in the field of education. At the end of 1970s, people like O’neil and Numan pointed out the “student-centered” theory. That is, the students are the core of teaching process. Once the point of view was brought up, it was accepted by many people. After then, the teaching focus obviously turns from the teacher to the students. In China, the advanced teaching method has been adopted as the theoretical basis, and the teaching materials have been renewed under the student-centered theory. Even so, some problems still exist in the real teaching practice.
Nowadays, considering the teaching method of second language (L2), some problems still exist in language learning class in some areas of China. Influenced by the traditional pattern of education, which is called indoctrinating education，the host of class is the teacher, while not the students who are learning knowledge. What the students can do is just accepting passively whatever the teacher gives.