A Brief Review: Factors that Affect Classroom Participation in the Chinese Language Courses

Abstract

College students' classroom participation can improve their learning efficiency and enhance their critical consciousness. But in China, many college students don't do well in class, especially in some common classes. As a public course that is often neglected, Chinese language course needs to pay more attention to how to improve college students' participation in class. This article reviews many factors that influence classroom participation. College students' classroom participation in Chinese language courses is influenced by three factors: students' traits, students' majors and instructors' attitudes. These three factors will constitute different classroom climate, and different classroom climate will affect the classroom participation. Creating a good classroom environment will help students to participate in the learning of the course and improve their grades.