Abstract

 Since the information is changing rapidly nowadays in the information era, although the teaching materials, especially the textbooks have been revised frequently, it is not enough to meet the spiritual demands of students.So teachers should revise and enrich the contents of English teaching with proper development and utilization of teaching materials, while centering on the Curriculum standards, to make what students shall learn come from but transcend the textbooks. As for the oral English ability, it is increasingly value in contemporary society. Because English is a common language used all over the world for communication and negotiation. However, in some rural places, schools emphasize on reading and writing, while ignoring the oral English teaching. The traditional teaching method is no longer applicable. When it comes to the designation of the oral activities, it is hard to initiate students’ active roles in learning with insufficient contents, monotonous form. So, it is important to utilize the resources out of the classes to be a new method in teaching and learning.

 Scholars at home and aboard have already make some researches of English film dubbing and this application. Modern Network Multimedia Technology can enable the teachers to make the materials more interesting, profound and correct. In this thesis, the author recommends English Fun-dubbing as an oral English teaching. It is conformed to the theory of  second-language acquisition and constructivism. The paper tries to discuss about the feasibility, procedures and strategies of using English Fun dubbing as a oral teaching tool. To prove that this app can be helpful in oral English teaching, the author made experiments, questionnaire and test. In addition, students who use the English Fun dubbing have more opportunities to appreciate the original English works with different cultures. According to the findings and conclusion, the app is proved to be functional in oral English teaching. Some suggestions and reflections will also be mentioned at the final chapter. 

Key words: oral English teaching; interaction; English Fun-dubbing; constructivism

Contents

Abstract

摘  要

Chapter 1. Introduction-1

1.1 Research Background-1

1.2 Research Significance-1

1.2.1 Two main problems of English oral teaching in rural primary school.-1

1.2.2 To create an active and supporting learning environment in oral teaching-2

1.2.3 How English Fun-dubbing works in English oral teaching.-3

1.2.4 The feasibility of using English dubbing App to practice spoken English-3

1.3 Research questions-3

1.4 Structure of thesis-4

Chapter 2. Literature review-5

2.1 Theory of efl speaking instruction-5

2.1.1 The theory of Second-language acquisition-5

2.2 Constructivism-7

2.2.1 The definition of constructivism-7

2.2.2 Learning through dialogues-8

2.3 Researches of using apps as a teaching tool-8

2.4 English language film dubbing-9

2.4.1 The Advantages of English-Language Film Dubbing-9

2.4.2 How to select the suitable clips-10

Chapter 3. Methodology-11

3.1 Research methods used in this thesis include：-11

3.2 Research design-11

3.3 Research procedure:-11

3.4 Integrated test-16

3.5 questionnaire-17

Chapter 4. Data analysis-18

4.1 Data analysis of preparing test and oral test-18

4.2 Data analysis-19

4.3 Data analysis of the questionnaire-20

Chapter 5. Findings and Discussions-22

5.1 Interest and Confidence-22

5.2 Pronunciation and Intonation-22

5.3 Fluency of Oral English-22

5.4 Suggestions-22

5.5 The arrangement of the time of dubbing-23

Chapter 6. Conclusion-24

6.1 conclusion-24

6.2 Limitation of the research.-24

References-25