简介:Nowadays,peopleinChinaalsohavetheAmericandream,whichisawishoflivinginalargehouseandenjoytheconvenientlife.ByreviewingthehistoryofthedevelopmentoftheAmericaneconomic,webelievethattheAmericandreamcanberealizedbyconsumercredit.Butinrecentyears,shockedbythedeclineoftheeconomicofAmerica,thegovernmentoftheAmericanbeganrestrictthedevelopmentoftheconsumercredit.Meanwhile,itseemsthattheconsumercreditinChinastillhasagoodfuture.Boththemarketitselfandthegovernmentofchinalookagoodviewontheconsumercreditandwebelieve,weChinesecanfinancetheAmericandreaminchina.
简介:Sincethereformandopeningup,asChina’seconomicandsocialdevelopment,China’seducationhasalsomaderapiddevelop-ment.Thankstotherapidgrowthoftotaleconomicoutput,theneedforhigh-levelmanpowerisincreasing,whichhasprovidedangoodopportunityfortherapiddevelopmentofdoctoraleducationinChina.China’sdoctoraleducationstartedin1978,whenthefirstbatchof18doctoralstudentswereenrolled.In1981,Chinabegantoimplementaformaldegreesystem,thesecondyear,thefirstbatchofsixdoc-toralstudentsweregrantedPh.D.degree.Atpresent,Chinahasmorethan300collegesanduniversitieswhichhavetherighttoauthorizeadoctorate,whiletheUnitedStatesonlyhas253.SofarChinahascultivatedmorethan50,000Ph.D.andbecomethelargestcountryintheworldinPh.D.Cultivation.
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.