简介:Usingrole-plays/dramaTask1Whataretheadvantagesofusingroleplays/dramainlanguageteaching?Haveyouevertriedthem?Whathaveyoufoundaboutthem?Dis-cusswithanotherteacher.OurcommentsRole-plays/dramacanprovidechildrenwiththeopportunitytouseEnglishinaquitenaturalandmeaningfulcontext.Theoutcomeofsuchactivitiesisusuallymorethanjustthepracticeofthelanguage.Theseactivitiesrequirethelearnerstoparticipatebothphysicallyandemotionally.Al-mond(2002)regardsthiskindofapproachasa
简介:SomepeoplearesuspiciousoforalEnglishlearningfortheyhavebeenaccustomedtotheoldtraditionalclassroomtraining.Thispaperdiscussessomenewteachingtechniquesinoralclass,whichbreaksthetraditionalteachingmethods.Ifteachersareawareoftheadvantagesofthesenewmethodsandputthemintopractice,thenwecancreatealivelyandnaturalatmospheresothatthestudentswilllosetheirinhibitionandlearnEnglishhappily.Themainpointofthispaperisthatthebestteachingmethodcanproducethebesteffectanditshouldbeacombinationofsomeflexibleandvariousapproachesratherthanonlyonesingleteachingmethodaswellasthecooperationofteacherandstudents.
简介:TeachingvocabularyTherearedifferentwayswecanusetoteachvocabularytochildren.Forexample,wecanuserealobjectswhenteachingschoolthings,suchas"book","pen","pencil","ruler",etc.Canweuserealobjectstoteach"car","train",and"plane"?Alsohowcanweteachwordssuchas"happy","excited","sad","tired",etc.?Lookatthefollowinggroupsofwordsanddis-cusswhattypesofwordstheyareandwaysofteachingthem.
简介:NatsumeSōseki(1867-1916)sufferedfromcyclicmentaldepressionsthroughhislife,anditwaswhenhewasinthestateofthemostterribleonethathestartedhiscareerasawriterbywritingIAmaCat(1905-1906).TherearesomeevidencebyhiswifeandfriendsthatSōseki’sconditionofdiseasedramaticallyimprovedduringitsserializationonamagazine,andthewriterhimselfadmitedhumorouslyintheprefaceofotherworkthatitwashisdepressionandmaniathatenabledhimtoproduceIAmaCatandotherearlyworks.Thispaperaimsatdescribingtheprocesshowhisactofnarratinghadtherapeuticeffectsonhisstateofmindfocusingontheconstructionofcomplicitousrelationshipbetweenanimpliedauthorandreadersintheworkbytheuniquefunctionsofthefirst-‘person’narrator:ACat.Amongothers,IwillconsidertheinfluenceofLaurenceSterne’sTristramShandy(1759-1767),whichSōsekiintroducedtoJapanforthefirsttime,bydiscussingthefrequentuseofmetalepsisthatthetwoworkshaveincommon.
简介:HowtoteachEnglishwellisahottopicforManyEFL(Englishasaforeignlanguage)teachers.SometeacherswonderwhatmethodsshouldbeadoptedintheirEnglishteachingsoastohelptheirstudentslearnEnglishbetter.InEnglishteachinghistory,manymethodshavebeenemployed,suchasGrammar-Translationmethod,Audio-LingualMethodand
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