...How to stimulate Middle School Students’ oral English Interest Abstract With the opening-up of China, English teaching has been getting more and more attention, especially since Beijing won the bid to hold the 2008 Olympic Games，the economy and society developed quickly in China and different cultures have come into contact more and more, there is no denying that English will play an important role in communication. As a result, English teaching and reform are coming to a turning point, how to improve students' spoken English is the core issue of students and teachers. Students are more and more eager to learn English well especially the oral English, but a lot of difficulties and barriers in the way. Therefore, how to stimulate middle school students' oral English interest becomes more and more important. In this paper, the author pays attention to studying the present situation of Middle school students Oral English study, and propose some personnel but effective strategies to stimulate students’ oral English skills. Key words：Oral English, interests, communication. Table of Contents Abstract…………………………..........................….............................................……….ii Table of Contents…………………………………………………………........…………iii Outline…………………………………………………………………………………… v 1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………… 1 2. The Significant Value of Oral English………………………………………………… 2 2.1 English is the most widely used languages…………………………………………. 2 2.2...
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...PT:1 My first day at middle school was good and bad. I remember in the morning before going to school, I was trying to get ready and when I was trying to go to the bathroom I stepped on a pack of earring with the back facing upwards. I was very mad but I tried to put a smile on my face because I didn’t want the rest of my day to be bad. Later on, in school my feet was hurting badly and I wanted to go home put I knew I wanted to stick it out. I was immature in 6th grade but I grew up in 7th and 8th because I knew middle school was not fun and games anymore. I became more quieter and I was just observing people around me. The work was hard for me to keep up because I had seven different classes and it was different from having three. I hated...
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...Middle School Teachers Fatina Bunch EDU 623 Introduction to Teaching And Learning Instructor: Julie-Ann Adkins September 3, 2012 Middle School Teachers As a teacher, I feel that the middle school is my place. I must say that middle school is a different atmosphere for learning. The teachers who are fortunate enough to enter a student’s life during these critical years will do a lot more than provide an academic education they will also provide lifelong lessons to produce productive citizens. It takes a special talent and personality to connect with students in the middle school. The middle school concept has many different grade combinations ranging from grade five to grade nine, but to be classified as a middle school the combination must contain grade seven. Middle schools deal with students while they are living through their developmental years of their lives. During these years they do not really belong to a designated group, they are in the middle. They are not babies, toddlers, or adolescents they are sometimes referred to as “tweeners”. “Tweeners” is a term to identify the middle school student.(Manning 2000) Yes the title is unique just like the middle school student. During middle school the students are trying to understand who they are and where they should fit into their environment. So as a middle school teacher one would have to be patient, caring, and loving. The teacher has to be able to communicate with their students effectively...
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...Making the transition from elementary school to middle school was very difficult for me. I struggled to find my identity in a sea of older kids and felt anxious from the time I got into the car until I was in class. It became so difficult that I couldn't walk into the school without getting emotional. I didn't know why and I couldn't explain to my parents what was going on with me. They thought I was being bullied or mistreated but I wasn't. It was traumatic for me - to the point that I missed 34 days of 6th grade. My parents took me to a psychologist and he helped me realize that it didn't matter what was triggering the anxiety, I just needed to have coping skills to get me through the anxious times each and every morning. I learned...
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...The transition from middle school to high school was a very important experience, that I feel helped to develop me into the person that I am today. Even though the change in schedule, lunch, and the classes that you can choose to take, made the change a much more difficult change to process, now that I have adjusted to it, the transition has been a much smoother one. My middle school experience was a very generic and not interesting one, but it was an experience that had helped me to make many friends. It had also helped solidify my love of new experiences, learning, and overall improving myself as a person. Even though this was a pleasant time for me, the move to the high school from middle school was a very big step that had taken much adjusting...
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...Is high school and middle school the same? Well as you might think they may be the same but, they are really different. High school is where is builds to and you start asking yourself of what you want to do for the rest of your life. Middle school builds you to get ready for high school and helps you learn what you need to know so you pass high school. High school makes a big impact on your future and if you don’t take it seriously then you won’t get very far in life after high school. A fun fact most kids tend to fail ninth grade more than any other grade because it’s a different environment. What’s so different about high school and middle school you may be asking. Well I will tell you. In most middle schools you have lunch with people...
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...Middle school, a time of your life where you learn all of your basic needs. You make new friends with new the kid and older friends with the older kids. As soon as we all got into this school, we were probably all scared for our lives. We were the guppies of the school. Everyone else… you ask., big, scary, GREAT WHITE SHARKS… We would enter the wrong classrooms, see eighth graders, (aka great white sharks) and try to be friendly, we would start yelling at our lockers when we’ve put in the combination for the 77th time and hear the bells go off. Who even knew what bell was ringing back then? We just knew the bells in our classrooms. I’ve learned so much from today and back then. We started working together to get to class, make it there on time, and open our lockers correctly the first time....
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...grader on his first middle school day is perhaps, one of the scariest, yet most memorable feelings ever. I entered middle school not knowing anyone or how the school system worked. The older, men like 8th graders, bigger/longer halls, and multiple classes were all too much to take in, but mainly intimidating. All of these different nerves weren't close to the nerves of having to make new friends. Since 90% of the 6th graders knew each other from elementary, making friends was going to be even harder for me. I didn’t want to appear annoying to anyone, so I simply decided to stay to myself and hope for a friend or friends to come into my life. A week of lonely breaks and lunches felt like eternity. Surprisingly, a few of the 8th grade boys approached me the following week. They asked me if I wanted to hang out with them, which was very strange to me, knowing...
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...Middle school is a crazy time for everyone. Throughout all the changes middle school brings, I was lucky to get through with pretty much only positive memories. I had wonderful friends, who made every day a blast. I loved language arts, because both years I had the absolute best teachers. During middle school, I was involved in cross-country, basketball, and track. These sports brought me such amazing memories, and were probably the highlight of my middle school days. My favorite memory, however, is from a trip to Des-Moines for basketball. During my seventh grade season, one of our basketball games got cancelled, so our coach decided to reschedule us a game. Somehow, he ended up getting in contact with the Johnston coach, and they set up a time to play. This was a big deal for us because we were used to only playing schools around the North Iowa area, so we were pumped to get to play a new school. Coach...
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...So you are finally in 6th grade. That means that you are probably confused and not sure what to do. This is my third year here so I can help you out. I will be telling you all the things you need to know to have a great time in middle school. You better pay attention because this will help you. You will want to learn, stay organized, and socialize. So first we will talk about learning. The main reason you are going to school is to learn. If you don’t pay attention then what is the point of you going to school. So the first step to surviving middle school is paying attention in class. Also, you can not procrastinate. If you do you will get behind then get stuck doing homework at one in the morning. And if you do procrastinate still do your homework. If you don’t do your homework, which you are to not suppose have, you’ll get a detention and that's no fun. If you do get a detention still be respectful to your teachers. That's very important to do in class. You need to respect your teachers in bible class, math, English, all your teachers. Speaking of the bible in that class you need to keep an open mind and keep your mind on God, but overall do your best and stay organized....
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...Should 6th grade in Middle school or Elementary school? A question that has been on many people's mind is, Should sixth grade be in middle school? It has been a debate whether or not to make sixth grade should be in middle school. The question still stands, are sixth graders ready? Sixth graders should not be in middle school. When sixth grade is in middle school students would have to grow up faster, when they are in elementary they get to still enjoy the elements of being a child. Although students might want to grow up faster, they would get lots more responsibility and miss the elements of being a child. As a younger student older students are the role models the people they want to be like. If a sixth...
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...When I was first transferred to the middle school, I had this uneasiness in my stomach. Being a little shy girl wasn’t easy either, and I had a lot of doubts. I didn’t know what to expect. It was a whole separate building too, and I had a feeling I was going to get lost about 5,000 times that day. Even at orientation - I was shaking out of my mind. I wasn’t new, I knew all of my classmates, I still was just scared straight. That first day of school wasn’t what at all I imagined, all I could tell is that all the 7th graders at the time were probably annoyed because I was lost. On the first day of school, I was nervous, shyer than ever, and ignorant. The thing that probably helped me the most for that year was when...
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...Even though, going to middle school means more learning. There are some good things about going to middle school. That’s why when going to middle school there are some highs and some lows. When going to middle school you want to think of the highs. For example when I first got here I made a friend name Fernando. We met each other during reading class, and we sat next to each other then. Then we introduced ourselves. After that we became friends. Another high for me is I got the greatest math teacher ever Mr. Byrd. I think Mr. Byrd is the greatest math teacher because do different activities like Guitar Hero, making ice cream, and a bridge activity. While there are some highs there are some lows. Although most people they could think...
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...Moving to Stafford Middle School was amazing,like moving from the worst school to the best. The physical and human geography of Stafford Middle is most superb. First off one of the major physical features is that it is a substantial school,furthermore the cultural features are very diverse,finally human interaction is unique. To start with one of the major physical features is that it's a pettiet school.One example of this that the small building makes it easier to get to classes, there's nowhere to wonder off to so no one can skip classes, with the beautiful classrooms it's a beautiful and unique school. Secondly the cultural features are very diverse. One example of this is that there are many different religions this is because...
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...Middle school and the first two years of high school was extremely hard for me. Being constantly tired and having headaches every day was the worst. While kids in middle school went out to recess and played around I would just want to take a nap and be alone. I knew something was wrong but doctors thought I was fine and that I was making everything up that I was just being a teenager. Doctors put me on CPAP for my tiredness because they thought I had sleep apnea. But, I knew that wouldn't help I even told my parents that I thought this diagnosis was wrong. While on CPAP I became even more tired when I wore it and I was falling asleep in classes. It wasn't till high school that they found out I had three different. One contributed to my sleepiness....
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