本科生毕业设计（论文）（2013届）设计（论文）题目 Studies on Teaching Methods of ABC of English Beginners-Based on TPR Approach作 者 分 院 外国语言文化分院 专 业 班 级 英语094班 指导教师（职称） 论 文 字 数 4177 论文完成时间 （2013年 04月 14日） 杭州师范大学钱江学院教学部制Studies on Teaching Methods of ABC of English Beginners-Based on TPR Approachby A thesis submitted toSchool of Foreign Languages and CulturesQianjiang CollegeHangzhou Normal Universityin partial fulfillment of the requirementfor the degree of Bachelor of ArtsUnder the Supervision ofAn ChengSchool of Foreign Languages and CulturesQianjiang CollegeHangzhou Normal UniversityApril 14, 2013AbstractThe paper mainly focuses on how to use Total Physical Response Approach to teach kindergarten beginners of English letters ABC. It aims to solve the current problems in teaching ABC of English beginners, subsequently puts forward some corresponding suggestions for kindergarten teachers. In order to promote TPR approach in appropriate way, teachers should apply with various methods in teaching ABC, such as performance, drawing, gaming, singing, and competition. Besides, the paper is built up with a case study for children and English teachers. From the above methods mentioned, children will have strong interests to learn ABC letters well, which will also increase teachers creation and imagination. Key words: teaching ABC; TPR approach; English beginners摘要本文着重研究了如何使用全身反应法来教幼儿园里的英语初学者英语字母ABC。为了解决英语字母教学中的现状及问题，本文将为儿童英语教师提出一系列的建议。同时，为了把全身反应法使用得当，教师应使用不同的方式教学，例如表演，画画，游戏，唱歌和竞争。另外，论文基于对幼儿英语字母教学的实验，来证明使用全身反应法能够使孩子对英语产生兴趣并乐意学，以及促使儿童英语教师更富有创造力和想象力。关键词：英语字母教学；全身反应法；英语初学者Contents1. Introduction12. Literature Review12.1 TPR approach22.1.1 The definition of TPR approach22.1.2 Teaching principals of TPR approach22.1.3 Features of TPR approach32.2 Researches on teaching ABC with TPR approach at aboard and home42.3 Problems of the implementation of TPR approach for teaching ABC in China42.3.1 The Inadequacy of professional Pre-school English teachers42.3.2 Lack of materials for Pre-school English teachers in teaching ABC53. Practice of TPR Approach in ABC Teaching53.1 The method of performance53.2 The method of drawing63.3 The method of competition63.4 The method of singing63.5 The method of game74. A Case Study74.1 Objectives74.2 Subjects84.3 Procedures84.4 Result94.5 Data analysis105. Conclusion115.1 The advantages and disadvantages of teaching ABC with TPR methods115.2 Suggestion for further research in teaching ABC12References12Acknowledgments131. IntroductionWith the dramatically rapid development of economy and science, the wind of learning English has swept the whole kindergartens in China. And recent years have witnessed plenty of English classes opened, some becoming successful, while most of English classes ending in failure. And as the first step of learning English for kindergarten children, ABC plays a significant role in making children adapt to their second language. “ABC letters have irreplaceable value in daily life” (Zheng, 1979), while it is difficult to find the most suitable method for teachers and English beginners. And it arouses public concern which people need to pay more attention to Chinas bilingual education.In the past decades, continuous methods and approaches have been carried out by experts, which have great influence on teaching children ABC, for instance, traditional methods of repeating ABC, and Audio-visual methods, while most of them fail to hold water. Taking the method of repeating as an illustration, most of teachers tend to use this method in teaching ABC. From their perspective, ABC is quiet simple to remember by repeating in a correct way. Otherwise, childrens thinking is always directed when remembering some familiar letters, so the most effective way is to repeat it and practice it more. And, as feedback of this method, a growing number of citizens pay no heed and even reject it. Referring to the audio-visual method, there is no denying fact that this method priors to many approaches which have few advantages in teaching ABC. And it shows colorful picture attached to video, which can attract childrens attention. However, audio-visual method makes too much emphasis on showing colorful picture to children and lacks of gaming time, which does not take childrens feeling into consideration. These two methods may be the tip of iceberg among all unsuitable methods; thus, putting forward an effective approach can satisfy childrens needs, which becomes a hot issue in teaching ABC. The best method that the author prefers to is TPR approach, and it will be carried out in the following chapter.