互动式教学法在小学英语教学中的运用.doc

Introduction Nowadays, EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learning is pervading in China, but the mastery of English is not an easy job. Teachers are accustomed to a quiet class atmosphere. They do most of the talks, but seldom interact with students and much overlook students’ reactions and responses. Students have got few opportunities to take part in interactive activities, so they have to keep silent. They are in a passive role, and they are completely dominated by the teacher, which leads to the lack of interaction. This outdated method no longer meets the needs of English teaching. Therefore, it is urgent and necessary for teachers to find out an effective way to transfer the traditional teaching method into an updated teaching style which reckons students as the main body of learning and emphasizes interactive activities. Interactive teaching is not something new or mysterious and it has developed in recent decades. It indicates that teachers go beyond language structures and develop students’ communicative competence through interaction. It needs the interaction of sensitive teachers to interact and challenge students. According to Wilga M. Rivers, (Brown, 2001, p. 225) interaction refers to “students achieve facility in using a language when their attention is focused on conveying and receiving authentic message.” It is the collaborative exchange of thoughts, feelings, or ideas between two or more people resulting in a reciprocal effort on each other. Students can benefit from interactive teaching in many ways. Through interaction, students can increase their language store as they listen to or read authentic linguistic material, or even the output of their fellow students in discussions, problem-solving tasks, or dialogues. Interaction increases the comprehensible linguistic input and output. As a result, it improves the opportunity for acquisition. Interactive teaching helps to remind students of caring about the language’s social dimension. Interactive