Abstract:The New Standard of English Curriculum requires teachers to make their teaching effective and bear the concept of student-centered. As the old saying goes, “A well begun is half done”. From this perspective, lead-in as the first step should be paid great attention to by teachers, since it can make a great difference when used appropriately.

As a student teacher in a junior middle school, the author perceived the different effects on students brought by different lead-in, but also noticed the phenomenon that some teachers didn’t design lead-in for every class. Besides, according to the literature review, there are not many researches studying the effective lead-in of English listening and speaking class in junior middle school, so the author chooses this topic to conduct a research. In this thesis, the author adopted three research methods: classroom observation, questionnaires and interview, and investigated 168 students and 5 English teachers in this school. The data was collected and analyzed in detail, then suggestions were given towards the problems found by the research. The author hopes that the research findings will be helpful for junior middle school English teachers to better deal with lead-in in their listening and speaking class, in order to improve their teaching efficiency.

Key words: Lead-in; English listening and speaking class; junior middle school 

初中英语听说课有效导入的探究

摘 要:国家英语课程新标准中对教师有如下要求：提高教学效率，以学生为中心。有句老话说得好，“良好的开端是成功的一半”。由此可以看出，导入作为课堂教学的第一步，就应受到教师们的重视，因为利用得当的导入可以给课堂带来巨大的效果。

作为一所初中的实习老师，笔者觉察到不同的导入带来的不同效果，同时也注意到部分教师并不为每一堂课设计导入。此外，从文献综述中可以看出，关于初中英语听说课有效导入的研究并不多，因此笔者选择这一主题展开研究。本论文中，笔者采用了三种研究方法：课堂观察、问卷调查、访谈，对所在初中的168位同学和5位英语老师做了调查。笔者把收集到的数据进行了细致的分析，并根据研究发现的问题提出了相应的建议。笔者希望，此研究可以帮助初中英语老师更有效地处理听说课的导入，以此提高教学效率。

关键词：导入；英语听说课；初中

Contents

1. Introduction 1

1.1 Research Background 1

1.2 Research Significance 1

2. Literature Review 2

2.1 Theoretical Framework 2

2.1.1 Piaget’s Constructivism Learning Theory 2

2.1.2 Lochins’ Primacy Effect 2

2.1.3 Theories on lead-in 2

2.2 Previous Research on Lead-in 3

3. Research Design 4

3.1 Research Questions 4

3.2 Research Subjects 4

3.3 Research Methods 4

3.3.1 Classroom Observation 4

3.3.2 Questionnaires 5

3.3.3 Interview 5

3.4 Research Procedure 5