PracticalStrategiesforInstructionalDesignin

CommunicativeLanguageTeaching(CLT)isaneffectiveapproachtoteachingforeignlanguagesduetoitsessenceofstudentengagementandcommunicativecompetence.Intherealmofeducationalpsychology£¬researchershaveidentifiedmanyteachingstrategiesthatcanhavepositiveeffectsonstudentsmotivationandengagement.BrettD.JonessummarizedthesestrategiesandcreatedtheMUSICmodelofAcademicMotivation.MUSICisanacronymforstrategiesrelatedtoeMpowerment£¬Usefulness£¬Success£¬InterestandCaring.ThepurposeofthisresearchwastoexaminetheeffectivenessofCLTclassincorporatingtheMUSICmodelstrategiesinauniversityinChina.AselfreportsurveywasusedtocollectinformationonstudentscourseperceptionsandtheirengagementinthecollegeEnglishclass.TheresultsindicatedthatstudentsinCLTclassesperceivedmorecontrolintheclass£¬foundthecoursetobemoreuseful£¬weremoreinterested£¬andperceivedmoresenseofcaringfromtheirteacher.Also£¬studentsinCLTclassesputforthmoreeffortandthenachievedmoreintheEnglishcourse.Inaddition£¬theresultsrevealedthatstudentscourseperceptionspredictedtheirengagement.ThesefindingssuggestthattheMUSICmodelandtheMUSICmodelinventoryareidealtoolsforChinesecollegeEnglishteachersinstructionaldesign.