Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 The Background of the Research
Junior middle school is a critical period when students develop their thinkingability and cultivate good character. It is also an important stage for students todevelop their English ability.Since the English Curriculum Standards is published，great changes have takenplace in junior middle schools. Most teachers have changed their teaching philosophy,starting to use various methods in teaching English，and becoming more and moreconcerned about students' learning procedures. However, some problems cannot beignored on the road to achieve the goals of the English Curriculum Standards.In the 1960s，英语论文范文，with the development of cognitive psychology and humanisticpsychology, language teaching in western countries began to change fromteacher-centered to student-centered, which paid more attention to students' personaldifferences like needs, motivation, interests, confidence, anxiety, teaching strategiesand learning styles. In 1983, Howard Gardner, a psychologist at Harvard University,put forward MI (Multiple Intelligences) theory in his book called Frames of mind.This theory places more importance on learners' differences and influences manycountries' education deeply. It claims that each person has eight intelligences(linguistic intelligence, logical-mathematical intelligence, visual-spatial intelligence,bodily-kinesthetic intelligence, musical-rhythmic intelligence, interpersonalintelligence, intrapersonal intelligence and naturalist intelligence) and the differencebetween people lies in the different combination of these eight intelligences. Itfocuses on students' all-round development rather than only on students' linguisticand logical-mathematical intelligences. More important, according to MI theory，students, intelligences can be developed through learning, which is in accord with therequirements of English Curriculum Standards. Now in China, this theory has arousedthe interest of more and more educators and teachers who have started to study how toapply MI theory to their teaching.
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1.2 The Significance of the Research
This research is of great significance both for teachers and students. It is anattempt to combine MI theory with English teaching, which aims at exploring themodels and ways to optimize English teaching and improve its efficiency.This research, first of all, introduces and analyzes the MI theory to helps teachersbetter understand this theory. It is the foundation of applying MI theory to Englishteaching in junior middle schools.Secondly, this research investigates the intelligences of the subjects and thesituation of English teaching through a case study of a junior middle school inShanghai. Next, this research explores how to identify students' intelligences andgroup students according to their intelligences, which is very significant and practicalfor junior middle school English teachers to refer to.Last but not the least, on the basis of the theoretical and empirical research, thisresearch provides teachers with a model of applying MI theoiy to English teaching injunior middle schools and expounds many concrete and practical examples related tothe textbooks. This model includes the principles, strategies, and procedures of theapplication. Thus junior middle school English teachers can benefit a lot from thismodel for they can develop st，英语毕业论文
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