Abstract

Nowadays, the core of the current educational reform is to change the traditional teacher-centered teaching model into student-centered learning in classroom. Therefore, the author suggests to apply Silent Way to vocabulary teaching in the middle school to emphasize the role of students in classroom. With Silent Way a teacher can not only make students have a positive attitude towards English vocabulary learning, but also enrich the forms of activities in classroom, and the efficiency of vocabulary teaching can be greatly increased. A thirty-day experiment conducted in two classes of Grade two in a middle school shows the positive effects of vocabulary teaching with the application of Silent Way after the results of the experiment are carefully analyzed.

Key words: Silent Way；vocabulary teaching；student-centered

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1 Introduction.1

2 Literature review.2

 2.1 Vocabulary teaching.2

 2.2 Silent Way3

 2.2.1 Definition3

 2.2.2 Common stages of Silent Way class 3

 2.2.3 Previous studies on Silent Way.4

3 Methodology.5

 3.1 Subjects....5

 3.2 Instruments.5

 3.3 Procedure...6

 3.4 Data collection and analysis.7

4 Findings and Discussion.10

 4.1 Preparing lessons..10

 4.2 Managing class10

 4.3 Motivating students..11

 4.4 Switching among roles.11

5 Conclusion.12

References....13

Appendix 1..14

Appendix 216