Listening teaching is an important part of English teaching in China. However, there are some problems existing in practical listening teaching and textbooks: test-centered teaching and no theories and principles pro...Listening teaching is an important part of English teaching in China. However, there are some problems existing in practical listening teaching and textbooks: test-centered teaching and no theories and principles provided by textbooks. In fact, what we are doing in the listening teaching is to test rather than to teach, to foster passive receivers rather than active learners, to teach blindly without theoretical guidance. This article intends to analyze these problems from a theoretical perspective and puts forward some suggestions to solve the present problems.展开更多
In China,more and more people are learning English.In order to learn and teach effectively,bothstudents and teachers need a suitable coursebook to follow,because it is very difficult for most teachersto tcach systemat...In China,more and more people are learning English.In order to learn and teach effectively,bothstudents and teachers need a suitable coursebook to follow,because it is very difficult for most teachersto tcach systematically without a coursebook As Grant suggests:‘Like a map for a traveller inunknown territory,a coursebook is a reassurance for most students.It offers a systematic revision ofwhat they have done,and a guide to what they are going to do.’(Grant,1987:8)However,manycoursebooks have a lot of problems.This article aims to outline some of the main problems mystudents have faced in using College English at their coursebook and the techniques and activities wehave chosen to overcome these problems.展开更多
文摘Listening teaching is an important part of English teaching in China. However, there are some problems existing in practical listening teaching and textbooks: test-centered teaching and no theories and principles provided by textbooks. In fact, what we are doing in the listening teaching is to test rather than to teach, to foster passive receivers rather than active learners, to teach blindly without theoretical guidance. This article intends to analyze these problems from a theoretical perspective and puts forward some suggestions to solve the present problems.
文摘In China,more and more people are learning English.In order to learn and teach effectively,bothstudents and teachers need a suitable coursebook to follow,because it is very difficult for most teachersto tcach systematically without a coursebook As Grant suggests:‘Like a map for a traveller inunknown territory,a coursebook is a reassurance for most students.It offers a systematic revision ofwhat they have done,and a guide to what they are going to do.’(Grant,1987:8)However,manycoursebooks have a lot of problems.This article aims to outline some of the main problems mystudents have faced in using College English at their coursebook and the techniques and activities wehave chosen to overcome these problems.