Due to this traditional approach teachers adopt an introvert learning styles and students
think knowledge something to be taught explicitly and transmitted by their teachers
rather than to be explored and interpreted by themselves. According to Harshbarger,
el al. (1986) students are very shy in their language classrooms. Chinese students
like to listen to their teachers rather than actively participating. This point is
confirmed by a research conducted by Sato (1982 as cited in RaoZhenhui2001) in
which she compared the participation of Asian students with non-Asian students
.She found that Asian students took fewer speaking turns than non-Asian
students(36.5% as opposed to 63.5%). This traditional style of teaching in East Asia”
also leads to a closure-oriented style for most East Asian students. These closureoriented students dislike ambiguity, uncertainty or fuzziness. To avoid these, they will
sometimes jump to hasty conclusions about grammar rules or reading themes.” The
teachers explain each and every thing of the text and grammatical rules to the
students whereas the students passively’ listen, take notes and answer questions.
‘For East Asian students blackboard is the most widely and gladly used teaching aid
without which the students feel disturbed.