简介：IntroductionTheSino-BritishFriendshipScholarshipScheme(SBFSS)isco-sponsoredbytheChineseandBritishgovernmentsandSirYue-gangPaoinHongKongtosendChinesescholarstostudyinBritain.EachyearalargenumberofcandidatesareselectedbytheStateEducationCommissionanddispatchedtothreeintensivelanguagetrainingcentresattachedtoBeijingLanguagesInstitute,ShanghaiForeignStudiesUniversityandChengduUniversityofScienceandTechnologyforpre-departureELTtraining.Attheendofthetrainingperiod,thetraineesarerequiredtotaketheInternationalEnglishLanguageTestingSystem(IELTS)testadministeredbytheBritishside.HereatCUST,wefocusonaninteractiveapproachtotraining,particularlyforreading.

简介：IntroductionTheproliferationofapproachesandmethodsisaprominentcharacteristicofcontemporaryESLorEFLteaching.FromtheGrammarTranslationMethod,theDirectMethod,SituationalLanguageTeaching,theAudiolingualMethodtoCommunicativeLanguageTeaching,TotalPhysicalResponse,theSilentWay,CommunityLanguageLearning,theNaturalApproachandSuggestopedia,thediscussionhaslastedformorethanacentury.However,thewidevarietyofmethodorapproachoptionsconfusesratherthancomforts,becausetheyseemtoholdverydifferentviewsofwhatlanguageisandhowalanguageislearned(Richards&Rodgers,1991).Thisconfusingsituationismainlycausedbythemythofthehu-

简介：Ithasbeencommonplaceforstudentstocom-plainabouttheirorallessons.ThispaperarisesfromathoughtofconcreteproblemsfacingChinesehigh-schoolgraduateswhoareunabletospeakEnglishwell.Basedonthreeelementsthatarecrucialtolanguagelearning,thepaperwillfocusondevelopingstudents’speakingabilities.Inthepaper,theteachers’roleishighlighted.Thestudentswillfinditthemosteffec-tivewaytoimprovetheirspeakingabilitiesifthemethodisappliedundertheproperdirectionofaqualifiedteacher.

简介：Wholelanguage,arelativelynewapproachemergedintheNorthAmericaaboutmorethanthirtyyearsago,hasbecomeoneofthetwomajorphilosophies(PhonicsandWholeLanguage)inteachingandlearninglanguage."Thefutureofwholelanguageisthefutureofeducation."(Goodman,1992).Wholelanguageisgainingitspopularityallovertheworldandhasfounditswayintovariouslanguagesettings.Ithasalsobeenusheredintothefieldofsecondlanguageeducation.Wholelan-guageentailswholelearners,wholeteachers,wholetexts,wholemethods,wholeskillsandwholeenvironments.Thispaperat-temptstointroduceitsdefinitionsandexploreitsimplicationsinteachingandlearningEnglishasaforeignlanguage(EFL).Italsoanalyzesitslimitationssothatinstructors,whenimple-mentingthisapproachinEFLclassrooms,couldmakenecessaryadaptationsbytakingintoconsiderationthecharacteristicsofEFLlearners,includingtheirlinguisticproficiency,sociocultur-alvariables,andcareerorientations,andatthesametimemakesurethatEFLclassroomactivitiesreflectwholenessofthemajorcomponentsunderlyingthisapproach.

简介：Introduction"I…am…a…stu…de…nt…of…Eng…li…sh."ThisisthewaymystudentsreadsilentlyinEnglishanditisonlyoneoftheproblemstheyhave.Theyareconfusingreadingaloudandsilentreading.ItwillbedifficultforthemtouseEnglishefficientlyaftergraduationunlesstheycanreadindifferentways.Thisarticleaimstopresentsomesuggestionsfordiscussionaboutteachingreading.Thearticlewillbepresentedinthreesections:firstly,thestudents’difficultiesinreading;secondly,thepresentteachingworkincolleges;thirdly,somepossiblesuggestionsforimprovement.Thethirdsectionisdividedintofoursteps,eachfocusingonadifferenttechnique.

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简介：HowtoteachwritingtostudentsofrelativelyhighEnglishproficiencyisamatterthatmayberegardedasalessimportant:subjectbysomepeople.Thusisnotthecase,howeverasthispapercomesupwiththeideathatgenericstructuresandlanguagefeaturesofparticulartextsshouldbetaughtsoastoachievebet-terresultsinseniorwritingcourses.

简介：Thispaperexaminestheapproachusedbymiddleschoolteacherstoteachingtextsandarguesagainstthetraditionalpracticeofexploitingtextsjusttoteachgrammarandvocabulary.Amorebalancedapproachispresented,involvingallfour-languageskills,concentratingonoutputaswellasinput,andtrainingstu-dentstoextractrelevantinformationfromtexts,makingthemmoreefficientreaders.

简介：OurStudentsOurstudentsarescholarsselectedbytheChinesegovernmentforfurtherstudyintheU.K.whocometoChengdufor3-4monthsintensiveEnglishlanguagetraining.AttheendofthetrainingcoursetheyhavetotaketheIELTStest.OurtaskistoequipthemforstudyinBritain,andtopreparethemforthetestwhichwilldecidetheirfuture.

简介：Thispaperintroducesthreemodelsofreading.Thenitana-lyzesthedatagatheredfromanexperimentonthecomparisonofthe"top.down"andthe"bottom-up"approachesandaccord-inglydrawstheconclusionthattheformerapproachishelpfulinimprovingstudents’readingcomprehensionwhilethelatterisusefulindevelopingtheirwritingskillsaswellastheirknowledgeofvocabularyandsentencestructure.Finallythispaperpresentsaprocedureoftheapplicationofthe"interactiveapproach",whichprovestobeproductiveinteachingcollegeEnglishinten-sivereading.