Cultivating Supportive English―Learning Environment

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1、CultivatingSupportiveEnglish―LearningEnvironment　　摘要：Foreignlanguageteachers，asthemotivatorintheclassroom，notonlyinstructlearnersbutinitiatetheirmotivation.TeachingenvironmentmaymotivateorhinderlearnerstolearnEnglish.　　关键词：motivationlearningenvironmentmu

2、ltimedia　　Brophy（1998：25）said“Theimportanceofteacherimmediacy，atermforactionsthatenhancephysicalandpsychologicalclosenesswithstudents”.Bothteachers’verbalandnon-verbalbehaviorsmayexpresstheimmediacy.Teachersshouldspeakfriendlytonotorderlearnerswhenasking

3、themtocompletethetasks.Somelearnersfeelveryanxiousstandinguptoanswerteachers’questionswhileotherssittingandwatchingthem.Teachersmayletthembeseatedandrelievetheiranxiety.Platformisnottheonlystageonwhichteachersactlikeperformerwhilelearnersaresittingliketh

4、eaudience.Teachersmaychangetheirpositions，suchasstandinginthemiddleoflearnersorsittingamongtheminoralclass，whichmakeslearnersrealizeteachersarealsoinvolvedintheirlanguagelearningnotjust“giving”5knowledgetothem.Onanotheroccasionsomelearnerswereaskedtoacta

5、steachersinaclass.Theypreparedpositivelyandperformedwell.Thisgavethemtheopportunitytoknowteachersandexpresstheirthoughtsinlearningtheteachingmaterialsratherthanlistenedquietly，whichshortenedtheirpsychologicaldistanceandenhancedtheirmotivationtolearnEngli

6、sh.Therelationshipisalsoinfluencedbywhatroleteachersshouldplayintheprocessofteaching.Teachersshouldplayafacilitatorrole.Facilitator，astheidealteacher，hastheawarenessandattentiontotheimportanceofthepsychologicallearningatmosphereandinnerprocessoflearning.

7、　　MultimediaiswidelytakenintopracticeinEnglishteachingnowadays.Colorfulpictures，interestinganimationandclassicalEnglishsongsandmoviesaremoreattractivetolearnersthantraditionalblackboardhandwriting.Intheinterviewwithsomestudents，theyprefertheteachingmater

8、ialswhichareshownbymultimedia.Theirlearningprocessispromotedbysimultaneousoralternateaudibleandvisualstimuli.Aninterestingphenomenonalwayshappensintheclassroom：demotiveorunmotivelearnerspaymoreattentiontothescreenwhenEngli