简介:IntroductionWhatislistening?TheabilitytolistentoEnglisheffectivelyisveryimportant.AsUnderwood(1989)indicates:"listeningistheactivityofpayingattentiontoandtryingtogetmeaningfromsomethingwehear.Tolistensuccessfullytospokenlanguage,weneedtobeabletoworkoutwhatspeakersmeanwhentheyuseparticularwordsinparticularwaysonparticularoccasions,andnotsimplytounderstandthewordsthemselves".
简介:IntroductionInChina,IntensiveReadingisthemostimportantcourseforfreshmanandsophomoreEnglishmajors;itdominatestheEnglishcurriculumfornon-majors.Thishasbeenthecaseforseveraldecades,andinfacthasbecomedeep-rootedinthemindsoflearnersandteachers.
简介:ThispaperexaminesthetertiaryteachingEnglishasaforeignlanguage(TTEFL)inChina.TheauthorfirstreviewscurrentliteratureonhowtoimproveChina’sTIEFLandthenpresentshisownperspectiveandsuggestionsforTTEFL’simprovementfocusingonadjustmentofteachinggoals,teacherimprovementandteacherqualitycontrol,learners’initiatives,languagelearningenvironment,assessmentpractice,andclassroomteachingpractice.
简介:ThesuccessivefoundingofELTmailinglistssincethemid-90shaveprovidedlanguageteachersworldwidewithacheap,ef-ficientandinformativeteachingtool.Thispaperoffersanintro-ductiontothemajorELTlistsandadiscussionofthesignifi-canceofthemailingliststoourteachingwork,academicre-searchandself-development.Adviceisalsogivenonhowtotakebetteradvantageofthispowerfuleducationalinstrument.
简介:IntroductionAmongtheplethoraofforeignlanguageteachingmethodsandapproachestherearethegrammar-translationmethod,thedirectmethod,theaudiolingualmethodandthecommunicativeapproachtonamebutafew.Ofthemajormethods,grammar-translationgetsthemostcriticismandisthoughttobeobsolete.However,inmyviewitissuitableforChinagiventhecountry’spresentlanguagelearningsituation,and,inpractice,isnotatallineffectual.
简介:IntroductionNowadays,thecommunicativeapproachhasbecomeacommontrendinELTinChina,andtheterm’communicativecompetence’isoftenheardwhenEnglishteacherstalkabouthowtoimprovetheirstudents’abilitytouseEnglishcommunicatively.MostteachersnolongerusetraditionalmethodsofteachingEnglish,particularlytoteachspeaking,whichusedtoberestrictedtosentence-patterningwithgivenvocabularyforsubstitutiondrills.Theynowuseallkindsofmethodstoteachspeaking,suchasgroupdiscussions,news/eventsreports,story-telling,arguing,expressingopinions,etc..Alltheseactivitiesaremeanttodevelopstudents’abilitytouseEnglishcommunicatively.Tomanipulatetheseactivitieswell,andgetstudentsactivelyinvolvedintheactivities,oneimportantfactorindevelopingcommunicativecompetenceshouldbeemphasised:strategiccompetence.
简介:IntroductionItisgenerallybelievedthatasaresultoftheirfutureprofessions,non-EnglishmajorsinnormaluniversitiesarelessmotivatedthanthoseinotheruniversitiestolearnEnglish,letalonesportsmajorsinateachers’university.Sincegraduation,IhavebeenteachingstudentsinthePhysicalEducationDepartmentofNorthwestNormalUniversity,andIhavefoundthattheyaredifferentfromstudentsinotherdepartmentsinmanyrespects.Thus,therearespecialproblemsinteachingthem.However,IhavetrieddifferentwaystoovercometheirproblemswhileactivelyinvolvingstudentsinlearningEnglish,andpresentthesebelow.
简介:CreativityandinnovationinEnglishlanguageteaching(ELT)arefrequentlydiscussedanddebated.RecentlytheMinistryofEducation(MOE)ofChinahasurgedthedevelopmentofasystem,whichen-hancescreativeabilityinstudentsatalllevels.Hawaii’sEast-WestCenterincollaborationwiththeOhanaFoundationimplementedaneducationalre-searchactivitydesignedtoassessthecurrentneedsandbestpracticesforEnglishlanguageteachingandlearn-ingatthemiddleschoollevelinChina.TheprojectfocusedonincreasingcreativityandinnovationinEnglishlanguageeducationandusedcasestudiesofsuccessfulEnglishlanguageteaching/learningastheunitofanalysis.ResearchersfrombothChinaandtheUnitedStateswereinvolvedwiththeanalysisandmaderec-ommendationsforimplementinginnovativeapproach-estoEnglishlanguageinstructionandonhowtoin-creasecreativityinteachertraining,curriculumde-velopment,andtheuseofappropriatetechnology.