Design-Oriented Situated Teaching Aids of English Learning for Children

• Main Authors: Chia-Li Chen, 陳佳立
• Other Authors: 吳銜容
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/jk6943

碩士 === 國立臺中科技大學 === 商業設計系碩士班 === 105 === English is the world''s most common language and it’s also the essential way that people around the world could communicate internationally. The main purpose of this study is created for children English learning. Children are sometimes afraid or ashamed to speak English because of young age or interpersonal relationship is not completely developed. Experts and scholars all pointed out that Children''s English teaching should pay more attention to focus on elevating children’s learning motivation and cultivating their learning interest. The design creative work proposed interactive English teaching posters and letter cards, in order to create a full expressions and lively teaching environment to make children feel relaxed and enjoyable while learning English. Plenty bibliography referring had been done on children’s learning model and psychological characteristics. In addition, researcher observed children’s English teaching courses and interviewed three professional English teachers who have a lot children’s teaching experiences. Thus helped researcher complete the whole situated teaching design. In the end, researcher took actual practice of the teaching experiment in a kindergarten. The creative work based on children’s learning model and psychological characteristics to set up learning games, then integrates it into the English teaching posters and cards. There are five sections of English teaching posters: “26 ABC Alphabet”, “Wild Animals”, “Foods”, “Body Parts” and “Family Members”. Each poster section relates to a specific life-learning concept, in order to strengthen the purpose of teaching posters and enable children to practice English repeatedly. This could also inspire children to enjoy and discover the interest in learning English. The exhibition makes an interesting environment for children’s English teaching with posters, cards and related materials. It is expected to provide a follow-up reference for other researchers to design children''s English situational teaching materials.