ABSTRACT
Nowadays, English teaching has gradually been paid attention to in various universities, but there are still shortcomings. The English teaching mode continues to be rigid and monotonous. Most students learn English in the middle and high school passively under the indoctrination of teachers. After college, the English level of college teachers has improved, but the teaching mode remains unchanged. This paper summarizes the effects and influence of Problem-based Learning (PBL) model teaching method on English classroom teaching, including improving students’ thinking skills, promoting the development of quality education, stimulating their interest in learning and improving the ability to solve problems. This paper mainly uses literature study and case study method to clearly support the researcher's ideas. By analyzing some significant effectiveness of PBL teaching methods, the researcher tried to find out how to apply PBL teaching method in English classroom, aiming to improve the efficiency of English teaching in Chinese university classroom, enhance students ‘cognition of English learning, and improve students’ efficiency of learning English. This paper also found out that some universities are not familiar with the application of PBL, so it is also important to increase the understanding of PBL teaching method. This method contributes to the development of PBL and further using in English classes, aiming at improving the learning efficiency of our class and arouse students’ interest in learning subjectively, which is meaningful and must make contributions to students’ growth and China's development in education.
