简介:ACOMPETITIONDoyouworkinhighereducation?DoyouteachonanMAcourse?Doyouteachpost-graduatestudents?Doyoutrainteachers?Doyouwanttoknowwhat’sgoingtohappentotheEnglishlanguageortheChineselanguageinthe21stcentury?Ifyouhavean-sweredyestoanyofthesequestions,thenyoumaybeinterestedinthecompetitionbelow:THECOMPETITIONSendaninterestingteachingideaonusingthebook"TheFutureofEnglish?"withyourstudents.Theaimofthecompetitionistoencouragethesharingofteachingideasandtheprizeisafreeclasssetof"TheFutureofEnglish?".Ifyoualreadyhaveaset,wewillsendsomecopiesoftheBritishCouncilpublications:"TheLanguageMachine"or"TheInternetandELT".Ideasshouldbesentthroughemailtoma.zhigang@britishcouncil.org.cnbytheendofNovember.
简介:E-mail-assistedlanguageteachingisatthefore-frontoftheadvancesineducationaltoolsinEFLteaching.ButisitpossibletocreateEFLcommunica-tiveenvironmentbyE-mailandInternetinChineseuniversities?CanwetotallyadoptCAbyE-mailandInternetinWesterncountriesintoChineseuniversi-ties?ItisevidentthatCompletelytransferringittoChineseeducationalcontextisirrationalandwillulti-matelyfail.Thus,successdependsonreconcilingE-mail-assistedEFLteachingwithtraditionalChineseapproaches.Thispaperisdesignedtomakeperspec-tivesonthisreconciliation,andpresentssomedisad-vantagesofusingE-mailandInternetinteaching.