Abstract

In order to achieve the goal of cultivating the middle school students’ comprehensive language competence which is stipulated in the English Curriculum Standard, and inspire them to learn actively and improve themselves, the research subject on cultivating middle school students’ interest in English class is an essential issue that teachers should pay attention to. Learning English is not only for passing exams but also for communicating in routine. In fact, our educational system still has few gaps which overly focus on theory but ignoring practice and students would lose their interest in English. It is a hot topic that we should learn how to inspire and cultivate students’ interest and improve the traditional education system in English learning. The article will begin with some traits of students' study habits and learning problems. And the article further puts forward autonomic learning and some other proper methods to direct students correctly and help students learn happily and make process in sustainable learning activities.

Key words: The learning interest   The middle school students   English learning

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1. Introduction1

2.The Significance of Interest Study in English Learning and Teaching．1

2.1 Definition of Interest．1

2.2 The Significance of Interest in Learning2

2.3.The Significance of Interest in Teaching ．3

3.Problems Exsiting in Learning English Among Middle School Students．4

3.1 The Tendency of Unbalanced Learning．4

3.2 Lack of Enthusiasm in Learning5

3.3 Lack of Confidence in Learning6

4. Methods of Motivating Students’ Interest on English Learning6

4.1 Cultivating the Ablility of Autonomic Learning 6

4.1.1 The Benefit of Autonomic Learning7

4.1.2 Setting Goals and Inspecting Their Works for Autonomic Learning．8

4.2 In-class Instruction to Encourage the Interest of  Students．8

4.2.1 Combing Individual Activities and Group Work9

4.2.2 Comparing Chinese with English9

4.3 Organizing English Extracurricular Activities1 0

4.4 Guiding Students by Proper and Various Methods．1 1

5 Conclusion．1 2

References1 4