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Frontiers in Educational Research, 2020, 3(11); doi: 10.25236/FER.2020.031113.

Constructivist Theory and Its Enlightenment to English Teaching

Author(s)

Yan Hong, Jiang Ning

Corresponding Author:
Yan Hong
Affiliation(s)

School of Foreign Languages Dalian Jiaotong University, Dalian Liaoning, China

Abstract

Constructivism is the latest foreign teaching theory and a hot topic in recent years. It plays an important guiding role in English teaching. This paper aims to introduce the main theories of constructivism and its enlightenment to English teaching.

Keywords

Constructivism, English teaching, English learning

Cite This Paper

Yan Hong, Jiang Ning. Constructivist Theory and Its Enlightenment to English Teaching. Frontiers in Educational Research (2020) Vol. 3 Issue 11: 74-79. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.2020.031113.

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