As classroom interaction forms the basis of any interactive language classroom,it is thus very important and valuable for language teacher to investigate.And This article attempts to account for how the teaching mater...As classroom interaction forms the basis of any interactive language classroom,it is thus very important and valuable for language teacher to investigate.And This article attempts to account for how the teaching materials facilitate classroom interaction.展开更多
The aim of this study is to portray and explore the variety of social actors depicted visually along the pages of the intermediate level ELT coursebooks that are published locally （by British and American publishers...The aim of this study is to portray and explore the variety of social actors depicted visually along the pages of the intermediate level ELT coursebooks that are published locally （by British and American publishers） and marketed globally （mostly to the EFL contexts）. For this, a thorough photo-ethnographic exploration of the visuals supported by the inventory of ＂social actor interaction network＂ is employed. In the field of Coursebook Analysis, visuals have attracted limited attention despite marking asocio-semiotically rich discursive field. In fact, the semiotic labor division between the ＂word＂ and the ＂image＂ in representing and reconstructing （simulating） the world, points to a gain on the part of the image as the brain is evolutionarily more experienced in processing visual information than processing verbal information. Therefore, images can appeal more directly to the sensory experience domains of the viewers via visual contact, evoking deeper consciousness. Acting as the prominent mediators of signification practice, visuals catalogue the representations and simulations of social-life viewed l^om a particular subject position associated with a particular set of norms, beliefs, and values. Hence, they position the viewers across dynamic loci of subjectivities in terms of social distance, relations, and interaction. As both reflections and reproductions of reality, images in the coursebooks have the potent to influence learners＇ perspectives of the world presenting them with readymade cognitive schemes. In order to reveal a comprehensive picture of the visually depicted social actors and the identity options made available through them, in this study the author focused on the peopled photos of the 6 popularly traded ELT coursebooks. The author investigated them regarding the relations of social distance, involvement, power and interaction formed between the depicted social actors and their viewers as well as the emergent practices of exclusion, role allocation, genericization, specification, assimilation, individualization, and categorization. The results show that the representational repertoires of the coursebooks contain disproportionately distributed visual depictions of social actors in terms of cultural orientation and gender. The ＂culturally different＂ are repeatedly pictured in assimilative ways as an aggregate of enumerable people, while the social actors of the reference group are usually pictured individually and with their own intended meaning.展开更多
This study aimed to examine some coursebooks of English as a Foreign Language （EFL） to see whether they involve any cross-cultural topics belonging to different cultures from different countries in the world. Assumi...This study aimed to examine some coursebooks of English as a Foreign Language （EFL） to see whether they involve any cross-cultural topics belonging to different cultures from different countries in the world. Assuming that EFL coursebooks written after the communicative movements in foreign language teaching and learning in the 1970s and the 1980s would have a plenty of cross-cultural elements, it was expected to see these coursebooks would also have a lot of cross-cultural elements, especially regarding their publication dates. This study aimed to investigate to what extent teaching materials used in EFL setting involve intercultural elements. Accordingly, 5 coursebooks were evaluated, and topics and number of cross-cultural elements were presented. The coursebooks used in the study were published in 1998, 1999, 1999, 2001 and 2006 namely. However, as the results displayed, the frequency of cross-cultural elements were not mutually related to their publication dates. The distribution and frequency of cross-cultural elements were not balanced with the dates chronologically.展开更多
Coursebook is an essential part in English language teaching. Evaluating a coursebook is very helpful task for teachers' development. This paper reviews three methods of evaluating coursebook, which are the impres...Coursebook is an essential part in English language teaching. Evaluating a coursebook is very helpful task for teachers' development. This paper reviews three methods of evaluating coursebook, which are the impressionistic method, the checklist method, and the in-depth method. Then the author adopts the hybrid of these three methods mentioned to evaluate a coursebook - Cambridge English for the Media - used by some Chinese students in a one-year exchange programme in UK. Questionnaire and semi- structured interviews are carried out with the students to get their views about the coursebook. At the end, this paper compares teacher's view with the learners'based on the data from the questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. The results of this study show that there are conflicts between the teacher's views and the students'on the coursebook.展开更多
Teaching materials are the concrete embodiment of the course targets and contents.It is also the main medium for teachers and students to carry out teaching activities.Good language teaching materials should be used b...Teaching materials are the concrete embodiment of the course targets and contents.It is also the main medium for teachers and students to carry out teaching activities.Good language teaching materials should be used by learners at different levels in different ways.They also provide an opportunity for teachers to form or create their unique teaching styles.Therefore,the analysis of English teaching materials is particularly important.First,this article introduces the writing purposes which match the requirements of the General English Curriculum Standards and then analyzes the contents of Advance with English in listening,speaking,reading,and writing.The third part discusses the limitations of Advance with English in respect to its practical use.展开更多
Many teachers are currently very enthusiastic about adapting materials every time they use a textbook in order to maximize the value of the book for their particular learners. The purpose of this essay is to deepen th...Many teachers are currently very enthusiastic about adapting materials every time they use a textbook in order to maximize the value of the book for their particular learners. The purpose of this essay is to deepen the understanding of both the theoretical basis and the practical application on material adaptation. The essay will first attempt to explore some of the rationales for material adaptation. Then it will move on to reasons for adapting teaching materials and some adaptation techniques.展开更多
本文旨在以《交际英语教程核心课程》(CECL)1的改编为例探讨基于任务型语言教学教材中任务的设计及编写模式。为达此目的,本文首先从任务型教学的热潮及其实施中存在的问题阐述教材改编的必要性。然后讨论任务型教学的核心概念"任...本文旨在以《交际英语教程核心课程》(CECL)1的改编为例探讨基于任务型语言教学教材中任务的设计及编写模式。为达此目的,本文首先从任务型教学的热潮及其实施中存在的问题阐述教材改编的必要性。然后讨论任务型教学的核心概念"任务"的定义,并详细介绍吴旭东(2012,2013)提出的任务可操作化定义,即该套教材改编的理论模式。最后以编写实例展示任务的设计及实施步骤,说明C E C L教材的改编版将是一套真正意义上全面采用任务型教学模式的高校英语教材,可以为我国外语教材的编写及其教学提供启示。展开更多
文摘As classroom interaction forms the basis of any interactive language classroom,it is thus very important and valuable for language teacher to investigate.And This article attempts to account for how the teaching materials facilitate classroom interaction.
文摘The aim of this study is to portray and explore the variety of social actors depicted visually along the pages of the intermediate level ELT coursebooks that are published locally （by British and American publishers） and marketed globally （mostly to the EFL contexts）. For this, a thorough photo-ethnographic exploration of the visuals supported by the inventory of ＂social actor interaction network＂ is employed. In the field of Coursebook Analysis, visuals have attracted limited attention despite marking asocio-semiotically rich discursive field. In fact, the semiotic labor division between the ＂word＂ and the ＂image＂ in representing and reconstructing （simulating） the world, points to a gain on the part of the image as the brain is evolutionarily more experienced in processing visual information than processing verbal information. Therefore, images can appeal more directly to the sensory experience domains of the viewers via visual contact, evoking deeper consciousness. Acting as the prominent mediators of signification practice, visuals catalogue the representations and simulations of social-life viewed l^om a particular subject position associated with a particular set of norms, beliefs, and values. Hence, they position the viewers across dynamic loci of subjectivities in terms of social distance, relations, and interaction. As both reflections and reproductions of reality, images in the coursebooks have the potent to influence learners＇ perspectives of the world presenting them with readymade cognitive schemes. In order to reveal a comprehensive picture of the visually depicted social actors and the identity options made available through them, in this study the author focused on the peopled photos of the 6 popularly traded ELT coursebooks. The author investigated them regarding the relations of social distance, involvement, power and interaction formed between the depicted social actors and their viewers as well as the emergent practices of exclusion, role allocation, genericization, specification, assimilation, individualization, and categorization. The results show that the representational repertoires of the coursebooks contain disproportionately distributed visual depictions of social actors in terms of cultural orientation and gender. The ＂culturally different＂ are repeatedly pictured in assimilative ways as an aggregate of enumerable people, while the social actors of the reference group are usually pictured individually and with their own intended meaning.
文摘This study aimed to examine some coursebooks of English as a Foreign Language （EFL） to see whether they involve any cross-cultural topics belonging to different cultures from different countries in the world. Assuming that EFL coursebooks written after the communicative movements in foreign language teaching and learning in the 1970s and the 1980s would have a plenty of cross-cultural elements, it was expected to see these coursebooks would also have a lot of cross-cultural elements, especially regarding their publication dates. This study aimed to investigate to what extent teaching materials used in EFL setting involve intercultural elements. Accordingly, 5 coursebooks were evaluated, and topics and number of cross-cultural elements were presented. The coursebooks used in the study were published in 1998, 1999, 1999, 2001 and 2006 namely. However, as the results displayed, the frequency of cross-cultural elements were not mutually related to their publication dates. The distribution and frequency of cross-cultural elements were not balanced with the dates chronologically.
文摘Coursebook is an essential part in English language teaching. Evaluating a coursebook is very helpful task for teachers' development. This paper reviews three methods of evaluating coursebook, which are the impressionistic method, the checklist method, and the in-depth method. Then the author adopts the hybrid of these three methods mentioned to evaluate a coursebook - Cambridge English for the Media - used by some Chinese students in a one-year exchange programme in UK. Questionnaire and semi- structured interviews are carried out with the students to get their views about the coursebook. At the end, this paper compares teacher's view with the learners'based on the data from the questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. The results of this study show that there are conflicts between the teacher's views and the students'on the coursebook.
文摘Teaching materials are the concrete embodiment of the course targets and contents.It is also the main medium for teachers and students to carry out teaching activities.Good language teaching materials should be used by learners at different levels in different ways.They also provide an opportunity for teachers to form or create their unique teaching styles.Therefore,the analysis of English teaching materials is particularly important.First,this article introduces the writing purposes which match the requirements of the General English Curriculum Standards and then analyzes the contents of Advance with English in listening,speaking,reading,and writing.The third part discusses the limitations of Advance with English in respect to its practical use.
文摘Many teachers are currently very enthusiastic about adapting materials every time they use a textbook in order to maximize the value of the book for their particular learners. The purpose of this essay is to deepen the understanding of both the theoretical basis and the practical application on material adaptation. The essay will first attempt to explore some of the rationales for material adaptation. Then it will move on to reasons for adapting teaching materials and some adaptation techniques.
文摘本文旨在以《交际英语教程核心课程》(CECL)1的改编为例探讨基于任务型语言教学教材中任务的设计及编写模式。为达此目的,本文首先从任务型教学的热潮及其实施中存在的问题阐述教材改编的必要性。然后讨论任务型教学的核心概念"任务"的定义,并详细介绍吴旭东(2012,2013)提出的任务可操作化定义,即该套教材改编的理论模式。最后以编写实例展示任务的设计及实施步骤,说明C E C L教材的改编版将是一套真正意义上全面采用任务型教学模式的高校英语教材,可以为我国外语教材的编写及其教学提供启示。
