ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABSTRACT
摘要
CONTENTS
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Origin of the study
1.2 Purpose and significance
1.3 Organization of the thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Exploratory Practice
2.1.1 Improving life quality in language classroom
2.1.2 Pedagogical practice of improving the life quality in classroom
2.2 Narrative Inquiry
2.2.1 Narratives as an efficient way to see the world
2.2.2 Narrative Inquiry in this study
2.3 Critical discourse analysis
2.3.1 Critical discourse analysis as a way to analyze the social ideology behind the discourse
2.3.2 Critical discourse analysis in this study
Chapter Three Methodology
3.1 Research Questions
3.2 Participants
3.3 Methods
3.3.1 Narrative inquiry
3.3.2 Case study
3.3.3 Classroom Observation
3.3.4 Interview
3.4 Research Procedure
Chapter Four Narrative results
4.1 “We were waiting for the class excitedly”
4.2 ‘‘They enjoyed the class”
4.3 “Their most sincerely love to the class”
Chapter Five Data Analysis and Discussion
5.1 The importance of improving the life quality in a foreign language class
5.1.1 Students themselves are trying to find a good life style in the classroom
5.1.2 Improving the life quality in class makes students enjoy the class
5.2 The positive effects the EP applied class brings
5.2.1 Everyone is in and the whole class becomes a learning community
5.2.2 EP applied class improves students’ autonomous learning from the critical discourse analysis of the field note
5.3 Students’ opinions about this kind of teaching mode
5.3.1 Students’ opinions in the interviews
5.3.2 Students’ changes after the class
Chapter Six Conclusion
References
Appendices
Appendix 1 2011级初阳英语班综合英语课堂实录
Appendix 2 访谈录音
攻读学位期间发表的学术论文
浙江师范大学学位论文诚信承诺书
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