An analysis of Curricular Aspects in EFL Teaching in Chinese Primary Schools and Their Connection to Student Motivation Grounded in Positive Psychology

DOI

10.2991/978-2-38476-378-8_11How to use a DOI?

Keywords

English for young learners; L2 motivation; SLA theories; young learners; positive psychology

Abstract

This paper will discuss the problems existing in primary school students’ English learning motivation and analyse the causes of these problems. In addition, this paper will explore how to combine the knowledge of positive psychology with teaching materials and methods to motivate Chinese elementary students in second language acquisition, and this paper will also talk about how to stimulate students’ learning motivation in English learning from both two perspectives. The second part is the literature review, which includes studies regarding the L2 motivation theories, positive psychology in SLA, and studies that have focused on motivation and positive psychology in connection with classroom practices. The current education system in China and my own internship experiences are addressed in the third part. The fourth part discusses how to combine teaching materials with the theories about positive psychology to motivate Chinese primary school students in real classrooms, and some suggestions for teachers to improve their teaching practices.

Copyright

© 2025 The Author(s)

Open Access

Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

Download article (PDF)

TY  - CONF
AU  - Lin Gan
AU  - Haifeng Li
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/03/31
TI  - An analysis of Curricular Aspects in EFL Teaching in Chinese Primary Schools and Their Connection to Student Motivation Grounded in Positive Psychology
BT  - Proceedings of the 2024 4th International Conference on Public Art and Human Development (ICPAHD 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 87
EP  - 96
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-378-8_11
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-378-8_11
ID  - Gan2025
ER  -