This paper discusses communicative approaches in order to help the teacher effect an orderly transition from general English teaching to English for specific purposes. Language, considered as a tool of communication, ...This paper discusses communicative approaches in order to help the teacher effect an orderly transition from general English teaching to English for specific purposes. Language, considered as a tool of communication, no longer appears as a separate subject but as an aspect of other subjects. What is needed, therefore, is a different orientation to college English teaching and to find out an approach, which departs from what is generally taken. The approach aims at developing skills and ability to use language in the performance of different communicative acts. It is concluded that language teaching is essentially skill developing, variety is the spice of life and practice makes perfect.展开更多
For many years,people have been exploring different kinds of teaching pattern of triggering the students' interests in English and enhancing the efficiency of teaching and have been seeking different kinds of appr...For many years,people have been exploring different kinds of teaching pattern of triggering the students' interests in English and enhancing the efficiency of teaching and have been seeking different kinds of approaches of optimizing the process of class teaching.So many English class teaching methods such as five-step teaching method and task-based teaching method are put forward,but these methods pay more attention to imparting new knowledge to students and to training their ability of using English than to triggering their interests in English.This article try to solve this problem by exploring different ways of lead-in in English classroom teaching to arouse students'interests in English learning.展开更多
Teaching materials play a very significant role in English teaching and learning. They serve to exemplify and embody the goal and content of a certain curricula and also act as major tools for teachers and students to...Teaching materials play a very significant role in English teaching and learning. They serve to exemplify and embody the goal and content of a certain curricula and also act as major tools for teachers and students to carry out all kinds of activities.展开更多
Based on the literature review on learner-centered classroom, this essay is to explore now to create a learner-centered classroom in Chinese context so as to design a workshop for those teaching professionals all over...Based on the literature review on learner-centered classroom, this essay is to explore now to create a learner-centered classroom in Chinese context so as to design a workshop for those teaching professionals all over China to create a learner-centered classroom. The workshop conducted mainly focuses on what is a learner-centered classroom, why and how to create a learner-centered classroom, meanwhile, it aims at helping the participants work out a practical framework which can be eventually put to their everyday teaching.展开更多
With the change of the teaching approach, people have realized that language is not only knowledge, but also a skill and ability. Today＇s English teaching should emphasize the college student＇s English comprehensive...With the change of the teaching approach, people have realized that language is not only knowledge, but also a skill and ability. Today＇s English teaching should emphasize the college student＇s English comprehensive skills. This paper is intended to introduce the traditional English teaching method, and by using the comparison of the force-feeding mode of English teaching with interactive approach to language pedagogy. It emphasizes the analysis of the modem communicative teaching mode, and it also elaborates the English teacher＇s role in interactive class, and proves the effectivity and feasibility of the theory based on the student-centered mode.展开更多
The issue learner-centered education has always been a hot issue ever since it was created. In this essay, the author puts forward three relevant research questions： Historical development of learner-centered educati...The issue learner-centered education has always been a hot issue ever since it was created. In this essay, the author puts forward three relevant research questions： Historical development of learner-centered education, the effect of the existing pedagogies on learner-centered education and the concerns from different players relating to this issue.展开更多
This article elaborates on the teachers＇ role as curriculum-developer in learner-centered curriculum From the very beginning of curriculum development： pre-course planning, to planning content and methodology, till ...This article elaborates on the teachers＇ role as curriculum-developer in learner-centered curriculum From the very beginning of curriculum development： pre-course planning, to planning content and methodology, till assessment and evaluation, what teachers should do to develop learner-centered curriculum is expanded on in detail.展开更多
The purpose of the learner-centered approaches is to develop students＇ communicative ability. Unfortunately, for decades the English teacher is regarded as an authority who dominates the whole class. In this paper, t...The purpose of the learner-centered approaches is to develop students＇ communicative ability. Unfortunately, for decades the English teacher is regarded as an authority who dominates the whole class. In this paper, the author introduces some effective ways on how to shift successfully from a teacher-dominated to a learner-centered English classroom.展开更多
Reading is one of the four basic skills of English learning, and it is also regarded as one efficient means to take in scientific and technological information in this age of knowledge explosion. The selection of read...Reading is one of the four basic skills of English learning, and it is also regarded as one efficient means to take in scientific and technological information in this age of knowledge explosion. The selection of reading materials should base on the learners’ need and cognitive ability, meanwhile the readability and feasibility of the reading materials lead to the effectiveness of reading. As far as it is concerned, different theorists hold different opinions, sometimes even diametrically opposed views. Some theorists reject the value of researches on reading materials while other theorists hold that the issue on reading materials should not be avoided in the research of effective reading. As the selection of reading materials should be based on traditional teachers’ experience or learners’ need, theorists had diverse voices. Taking all as a point of departure, the author investigated the origin of the problem, and believed that the selection of reading materials should take learners’ need in consideration, and focused on learners’ reading need and ability.展开更多
One of the issues facing English teaching in junior high schools in the present is low classroom teaching efficiency.The study indicates that according to the traditional teaching model which is teacher centered,only ...One of the issues facing English teaching in junior high schools in the present is low classroom teaching efficiency.The study indicates that according to the traditional teaching model which is teacher centered,only 32.40%of students in the classroom get to participate,less than 20%of the total classroom time is spent in deep thinking,and less than 41.80%of the total classroom time is spent effectively by students in the classroom according to the survey data analysis of 1,248 junior high school and English teachers,560 students,and 38 teaching researchers in a given city.The design of learner-centered instruction,with the specific and accurate analysis of the learner situation,the use of real-world and real-life tasks as the generators of autonomous learning process,and various assessment and feedback methods,is observed to improve the classroom participation of the learner to 76.50,the related percentage of deep thinking Portuguese to 58.30,and the efficiency of learning process to 82.60 of the total classroom time,which fully proves the considerable impact of learner-centered teaching design on the enhancement of classroom efficiency.展开更多
Based on a brief discussion of some basic criteria of textbook evaluation and from user's point of view, the paper makes objective comments on New College English and 'the learner-centered, topic-based teachin...Based on a brief discussion of some basic criteria of textbook evaluation and from user's point of view, the paper makes objective comments on New College English and 'the learner-centered, topic-based teaching approach' with the hope to exchange ideas and to make better use of the textbook展开更多
This paper will first focus on a brief evaluation ofthe teacher-centered and the learner-centered method-ologies.Then,it presents the practical ways of teach-ing based on the learner-centered approach in class-rooms t...This paper will first focus on a brief evaluation ofthe teacher-centered and the learner-centered method-ologies.Then,it presents the practical ways of teach-ing based on the learner-centered approach in class-rooms to show how students’initiative is given fullplay.Finally,it presents the guidance from fellowstudents and teachers in group activitis.The purposeof the learner-centered approach is to develop students’communicative展开更多
文摘This paper discusses communicative approaches in order to help the teacher effect an orderly transition from general English teaching to English for specific purposes. Language, considered as a tool of communication, no longer appears as a separate subject but as an aspect of other subjects. What is needed, therefore, is a different orientation to college English teaching and to find out an approach, which departs from what is generally taken. The approach aims at developing skills and ability to use language in the performance of different communicative acts. It is concluded that language teaching is essentially skill developing, variety is the spice of life and practice makes perfect.
文摘For many years,people have been exploring different kinds of teaching pattern of triggering the students' interests in English and enhancing the efficiency of teaching and have been seeking different kinds of approaches of optimizing the process of class teaching.So many English class teaching methods such as five-step teaching method and task-based teaching method are put forward,but these methods pay more attention to imparting new knowledge to students and to training their ability of using English than to triggering their interests in English.This article try to solve this problem by exploring different ways of lead-in in English classroom teaching to arouse students'interests in English learning.
文摘Teaching materials play a very significant role in English teaching and learning. They serve to exemplify and embody the goal and content of a certain curricula and also act as major tools for teachers and students to carry out all kinds of activities.
文摘Based on the literature review on learner-centered classroom, this essay is to explore now to create a learner-centered classroom in Chinese context so as to design a workshop for those teaching professionals all over China to create a learner-centered classroom. The workshop conducted mainly focuses on what is a learner-centered classroom, why and how to create a learner-centered classroom, meanwhile, it aims at helping the participants work out a practical framework which can be eventually put to their everyday teaching.
文摘With the change of the teaching approach, people have realized that language is not only knowledge, but also a skill and ability. Today＇s English teaching should emphasize the college student＇s English comprehensive skills. This paper is intended to introduce the traditional English teaching method, and by using the comparison of the force-feeding mode of English teaching with interactive approach to language pedagogy. It emphasizes the analysis of the modem communicative teaching mode, and it also elaborates the English teacher＇s role in interactive class, and proves the effectivity and feasibility of the theory based on the student-centered mode.
文摘The issue learner-centered education has always been a hot issue ever since it was created. In this essay, the author puts forward three relevant research questions： Historical development of learner-centered education, the effect of the existing pedagogies on learner-centered education and the concerns from different players relating to this issue.
文摘This article elaborates on the teachers＇ role as curriculum-developer in learner-centered curriculum From the very beginning of curriculum development： pre-course planning, to planning content and methodology, till assessment and evaluation, what teachers should do to develop learner-centered curriculum is expanded on in detail.
文摘The purpose of the learner-centered approaches is to develop students＇ communicative ability. Unfortunately, for decades the English teacher is regarded as an authority who dominates the whole class. In this paper, the author introduces some effective ways on how to shift successfully from a teacher-dominated to a learner-centered English classroom.
文摘Reading is one of the four basic skills of English learning, and it is also regarded as one efficient means to take in scientific and technological information in this age of knowledge explosion. The selection of reading materials should base on the learners’ need and cognitive ability, meanwhile the readability and feasibility of the reading materials lead to the effectiveness of reading. As far as it is concerned, different theorists hold different opinions, sometimes even diametrically opposed views. Some theorists reject the value of researches on reading materials while other theorists hold that the issue on reading materials should not be avoided in the research of effective reading. As the selection of reading materials should be based on traditional teachers’ experience or learners’ need, theorists had diverse voices. Taking all as a point of departure, the author investigated the origin of the problem, and believed that the selection of reading materials should take learners’ need in consideration, and focused on learners’ reading need and ability.
文摘One of the issues facing English teaching in junior high schools in the present is low classroom teaching efficiency.The study indicates that according to the traditional teaching model which is teacher centered,only 32.40%of students in the classroom get to participate,less than 20%of the total classroom time is spent in deep thinking,and less than 41.80%of the total classroom time is spent effectively by students in the classroom according to the survey data analysis of 1,248 junior high school and English teachers,560 students,and 38 teaching researchers in a given city.The design of learner-centered instruction,with the specific and accurate analysis of the learner situation,the use of real-world and real-life tasks as the generators of autonomous learning process,and various assessment and feedback methods,is observed to improve the classroom participation of the learner to 76.50,the related percentage of deep thinking Portuguese to 58.30,and the efficiency of learning process to 82.60 of the total classroom time,which fully proves the considerable impact of learner-centered teaching design on the enhancement of classroom efficiency.
文摘Based on a brief discussion of some basic criteria of textbook evaluation and from user's point of view, the paper makes objective comments on New College English and 'the learner-centered, topic-based teaching approach' with the hope to exchange ideas and to make better use of the textbook
文摘This paper will first focus on a brief evaluation ofthe teacher-centered and the learner-centered method-ologies.Then,it presents the practical ways of teach-ing based on the learner-centered approach in class-rooms to show how students’initiative is given fullplay.Finally,it presents the guidance from fellowstudents and teachers in group activitis.The purposeof the learner-centered approach is to develop students’communicative
