Applying Theme-Based Approach to Implement Junior High School Students' Character Education in Taiwan's EFL Classroom: The Case with Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
| Autor: | Yu-ming Yang, 楊右銘 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 100 The present thesis emphasizes how to apply Theme-Based Approach to implement junior high school students’ character education in Taiwan’s EFL classroom through the case with Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Based on teaching English as Foreign Language (EFL) itself, English teachers have to understand the importance of helping students integrate and master the four skills of English – reading, writing, listening and speaking. However, it argues that the four competencies should not be merely a key to getting good grades in all kinds of exams, nor should the four competencies be the final goal of learning English. Instead, English can be regarded as an efficient communicative tool for language learners to be exposed to knowledge, information and a variety of messages. It should also be a powerful means for communication and problem-solving. Therefore, the present study establishes the theoretical background and pedagogical applications related to the concept that the four skills should be integrated into a well-designed curriculum through a specific theme in order to make communication effective. Furthermore, this thesis will discuss how to inspire students to have effective communication by providing them with a useful series of integrated activities. In addition, the importance of character education has become one of the heated issues that has been emphasized and discussed during recent decades. Parents are expectantly hoping that teachers, school and the authorities might create an effective atmosphere in building children’s character. Under the similar circumstances, teachers are eagerly searching for efficient ways to stress the importance of character education. Hence, the present study introduces the theoretical background and pedagogical applications of Theme-Based Approach (TBA) and Communicative Language Teaching (CLT). Moreover, the purpose of this thesis is to combine a communicative Theme-Based Approach with the theme of character education through Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to broaden students’ background regarding character education, and furthermore, develop their communicative skills such as self-expression, organization, logical thinking and cooperation. This research provides a series of teaching plans and worksheets based on communicative Theme-Based Approach in a class of 24 gifted 8th graders in Ming Dao High School, a reputable private high school located in Taichung, Taiwan. To carry out my teaching belief in communicative approach, the tasks are provided with a series of worksheets after teaching lessons in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. During the practice of different tasks, students not only get enhanced in writing, reading, listening and speaking competences, but also realize the importance of character education. Most importantly, students can put the concept of practicing character education into practice in their daily life. In the end, as for the issue on designing a teaching plan, this thesis especially emphasizes the importance of motivation in order to build up a student-centered learning environment and arouse students’ learning motivation. The factors of motivation are added into the worksheets and activities in order to expect them to learn effectively and learning for fun with the ten effective methods provided in Chapter Five. |
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