Communicative Language Teaching CLT is an effective approach to teaching foreign languages due to its essence of student engagement and communicative competence.In the realm of educational psychology,researchers have identified many teaching strategies that can have positive effects on students motivation and engagement.Brett D.Jones summarized these strategies and created the MUSIC model of Academic Motivation.MUSIC is an acronym for strategies related to eMpowerment,Usefulness,Success,Interest and Caring.The purpose of this research was to examine the effectiveness of CLT class incorporating the MUSIC model strategies in a university in China.A selfreport survey was used to collect information on studentscourse perceptions and their engagement in the college English class. The results indicated that students in CLT classes perceived more control in the class,found the course to be more useful,were more interested,and perceived more sense of caring from their teacher.Also,students in CLT classes put forth more effort and then achieved more in the English course.In addition,the results revealed that students course perceptions predicted their engagement.These findings suggest that the MUSIC model and the MUSIC model inventory are ideal tools for Chinese college English teachers instructional design.
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Acknowledgements
Chapter 1Introduction
11English Language Learning in China
12The Need of Communicative Language Teaching CLT
13CLT
14The MUSIC Model of Motivation and Student Engagement
15The Connection among CLT,the MUSIC Model,and Student Engagement
16Purpose and Research Questions
17Outline of the Dissertation
Chapter 2Literature Review
21The Rationale
22Method
23The CLT Approach
24The MUSIC Model
25The Relationships between CLT and the MUSIC Model
26The Purpose of this Research
27CLT and Student Engagement
28Motivation Research in SecondForeign Language Learning
29The MUSIC Model and Student Engagement
210Evidence That the MUSIC Components Lead to Engagement
211Conclusion
Chapter 3Methodology
31Purpose and Research Questions
32The Site of the Study
33Participants
34Procedure
35Instruments
36Implementation Fidelity
37Analysis
Chapter 4Results
41Data Screening
42Internal Consistency
43Research Question 1a
44Research Question 1b
45Research Question 1c
46Research Question 2
47Research Question 2a
48Research Question 2b
49Research Question 2c
Chapter 5Discussion and Conclusion
51Research Question 1a
52Research Question 1b
53Research Question 1c
54Research Question 2a
55Research Question 2b
56Research Question 2c
57Limitations
58Conclusion
References
Appendix ATeacher Script
Appendix BOriginal Student Survey
Appendix CChinese Version Student Survey
Appendix DInstitutional Review Board Approval Letter