简介:IntroductionFortwoacademicyears,TeachingPractice(TP),animportantcomponentofthein-serviceAdvancedTeacherTrainingCourseatChongqingUniversity,wassetupinanalmostidealcontext:studentsspeciallyrecruited,materialsselectedbythetraineesandphoto-copyingfacilitiesprovided.WhiletraineesfeltveryexcitedbytheirperformancesduringTP,whenalltheexcitementhadgone,theyfeltlessoptimisticatthethoughtoftheconstraintswhichwouldbeplacedontheirteachingintheirowninstitutions.SotheirevaluationofTPendedwitha"Yes,but"statement.Drawingoninsightsgainedfromthosetwoyears,theBritishlecturersandChinesecounterpartsgenerallyfeltthatTPshould,infuture,operatewithinarealisticcontext.Inthispaper,weshallreporthowTPwasconductedwithinourForeignLanguagesDepartment.
简介:IntroductionTeachingpractice(TP)isanessentialcomponentoftheEnglishcourseatTeachers’collegesinChina,inwhichnewrecruitsareprovidedwithaplatformtoputwhattheylearninthetrainingprogrammeintopractice.Theradicalchangefromlearnertoteacherusuallymeansadifficultbeginningfortrainees,althoughtheyhavefirst-handexperienceoflearningEnglishasaforeignlanguage.Facingatextbook,ofwhicheachlessonconsistsofseveralcomponents:newwords,sentencepatterns,text,grammar,andexercises,theyarerequiredtoworkoutlessonplanswhichwillensuretheachievementoftheteachingobjectives.
简介:Theauthorsupposesthatthereisabiggapbetweenvocabularyandtextinthecourseofsecondlanguageacquisition.IgnoranceofindividualsentencetrainingtoacquirelanguagesenseintheCETcoursemightbeoneofthereasonstoaccountforthefailureofmanystudentstobespeakersofEnglishaftertheygraduate.Studentsshouldbeencouragedtoreadandrecitesomemodelsentencesandarticlessoastogainacertainlanguagesenseashardwareandsupportingmaterialsinlinguiticcommunication.Thusconfidenceisobtainedandthegapbetweenvocabularyandtextcanbeeasilyjumpedover.
简介:Recently,withuniversitydepartmentsputtingpressureonacademicsto‘publishorperish’,therehasbeenaglutofacademicarticles.Thisinturnhasresultedinanumberofnewjournalscateringforevermorespecificinterestgroups.OneofthemostrecenttoemergeistheJournalofPracticeinEducationforDevelopment,publishedbytheUniversityofManchester:SchoolofEducation
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