ABSTRACT

With the implement of New English Curriculum Standards in China, more and more attention has been paid to students’ motivation in English learning. As an important theory in motivation, attribution theory has brought many implications for English teaching. In learning, students’ attributions are often biased. Teachers should guide students to make positive and right attributions in order to stimulate and improve their learning motivation, avoid the sense of helplessness in learning.

In recent years, more and more people have researched on the application of attribution theory in English teaching. However, the subjects among many researches are mainly undergraduate students. Few are the students in senior high schools. Thus, this research on the application of attribution theory in senior high schools English teaching is practically helpful.

Under the guidance of the theory, the author investigates and analyzes the senior high school students’ attribution of English. The result shows that most of them have correct and positive attribution, but some students regard external factors are more important than internal factors. Based on the results, the author gives some suggestions on teaching: 1.Teachers need to pay more attention on students’ self-attribution. 2. Teachers should learn their students’ tendency on self-attribution and guide them to attribute correctly. 3. Teachers should attribute their teaching correctly. 

Key words：attribution theory ;application; English teaching

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABSTRACT

摘要

Chapter One  INTRODUCTION-1

Chapter Two  LITERATURE REVIEW-3

2.1 An Overview of Attribution Theories-3

2.2Study Status on This Topic-5

Chapter Three  ANALYSIS OF THE STATUS QUO OF THE ATTRIBUTION IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS-8

3.1Performance of Students-8

3.2Performance of Teachers-9

Chapter Four RESEARCH DESIGN-11

4.1Research Objective-11

4.2Research Subject-11

4.3Research Instrument-11

4.4Data Collection-12

Chapter Five RESULTS AND DISCUSSION-13

5.1Results of the Investigation-13

5.2Major Findinds-15

5.3Analysis of the Major Findings-16

Chapter Six CONCLUSION-18

REFERENCES-20

APPENDIXⅠ -21

APPENDIXⅡ-22