简介:Englishwritingisgainingattentionandemphasisinourcol-legesyllabus,havinganimportantroletoplayinlearningandcommunication.However,ofthefourskills(speaking,reading,writingandlistening),itremainsthemostdifficult.Traditionalmethodsofteachingwritinghaveundoubtedlycon-tributedtotheimprovementofthelearner’swritingskillsandstrategies.Butnewmethodsandactivitiesareneededtomaxi-mizetheefficiencyoftraditionalmethodsandkeepstudentsin-terestedinthiscourse.Thispaperisastep-by-stepdescriptionofanactivityusedinawritingcourseforEnglishmajors,whichcombinesspeakingwithwritingandmakesthewritingtaskac-quirerealcommunicativeneeds.Toputitplainly,thestudentsareaskedtointerviewanEnglishteacherandthenwriteareportbasedontheinformationobtainedfromtheinterview.
简介:Thispaperpresentstheviewthatspeakingandlisteningskillsshouldbetaughttogetherinwaythatre-flectsreal-lifecommunication.Suitableclassroomactivitiesareproposed.Theauthorspresenttheirownexperience,asChineselecturerandforeignexpert,inco-teachingtheircombinedclassesinordertointegratetheteachingofspeakingandlisteningskills.