The Influence of Participatory Teaching Approach on English Performance in a Chinese Primary School under BOPPPS Model

Abstract

The current English teaching model in Chinese primary schools fails to fully implement the “learner centered” teaching concept under the new curriculum reform. Against this background, the study attempts to explore the influence of participatory teaching approach under BOPPPS teaching model on the English language performance of primary school students. An experiment is carried out to test the effects of two teaching methods, i.e., the participatory teaching approach under the BOPPPS model and the traditional teaching method, on third grade primary students. Results have shown that the participatory teaching approach under BOPPPS model can make up for the shortcomings of traditional teaching methods to a certain extent, which is more conducive to activating the classroom atmosphere, enabling students to better participate in the classroom and promoting students to learn English better. It is hoped that this study would provide a new approach for primary school English classroom teaching.