简介:IntroductionAlmostwithoutexception,babiesaresuccessfulatlearningtheirmothertongue.Infinitepatience,enthusiasticencouragementandgenerouspraisefromallaroundobviouslyplayaveryimportantrole.Soitisnosurprisethatthefirstattemptatspeakingimmediatelymeetssuchawarmwelcome.AsJespersen(1922)stated’Achild’s’teachers’aregreatlypleasedateverylittleadvancethechildmakes.Everyawkwardattemptmeetswithsympathyandencouragement,andthemostdifficultsteponthepathoflanguagebecomesthemerriestgame.’
简介:OneobjectofthecurrentroundofreformstotheEnglishcurriculumistodevelopstudents’positiveattitudes,thinkingskills,practicalabilities,culturalawarenessandautonomythroughthelanguagelearningprocess.Inthisarticlethewritermentionsthepresentrealsituationsincethereformsinthisaspect,reflectsherownunderstandingofstudentlearningindependenceandofferssomepossiblepracticalwaystosolvethisproblem.
简介:E-mail-assistedlanguageteachingisatthefore-frontoftheadvancesineducationaltoolsinEFLteaching.ButisitpossibletocreateEFLcommunica-tiveenvironmentbyE-mailandInternetinChineseuniversities?CanwetotallyadoptCAbyE-mailandInternetinWesterncountriesintoChineseuniversi-ties?ItisevidentthatCompletelytransferringittoChineseeducationalcontextisirrationalandwillulti-matelyfail.Thus,successdependsonreconcilingE-mail-assistedEFLteachingwithtraditionalChineseapproaches.Thispaperisdesignedtomakeperspec-tivesonthisreconciliation,andpresentssomedisad-vantagesofusingE-mailandInternetinteaching.
简介:引言阅读作为一项输入技能,在培养学生综合语言能力的形成过程中起着重要的作用。有效的阅读教学不仅能扩大学生的词汇量,培养其阅读策略和获取信息的能力,更是培养学生思维品质和人文素养的重要手段。目前的阅读教学与以往相比有了很大的进步,即注重语言知识的学习与语篇的理解相结合,强调通过阅读获得文本所要表达的事实和内