简介:Nowadays,peopleinChinaalsohavetheAmericandream,whichisawishoflivinginalargehouseandenjoytheconvenientlife.ByreviewingthehistoryofthedevelopmentoftheAmericaneconomic,webelievethattheAmericandreamcanberealizedbyconsumercredit.Butinrecentyears,shockedbythedeclineoftheeconomicofAmerica,thegovernmentoftheAmericanbeganrestrictthedevelopmentoftheconsumercredit.Meanwhile,itseemsthattheconsumercreditinChinastillhasagoodfuture.Boththemarketitselfandthegovernmentofchinalookagoodviewontheconsumercreditandwebelieve,weChinesecanfinancetheAmericandreaminchina.
简介:Sincethereformandopeningup,asChina’seconomicandsocialdevelopment,China’seducationhasalsomaderapiddevelop-ment.Thankstotherapidgrowthoftotaleconomicoutput,theneedforhigh-levelmanpowerisincreasing,whichhasprovidedangoodopportunityfortherapiddevelopmentofdoctoraleducationinChina.China’sdoctoraleducationstartedin1978,whenthefirstbatchof18doctoralstudentswereenrolled.In1981,Chinabegantoimplementaformaldegreesystem,thesecondyear,thefirstbatchofsixdoc-toralstudentsweregrantedPh.D.degree.Atpresent,Chinahasmorethan300collegesanduniversitieswhichhavetherighttoauthorizeadoctorate,whiletheUnitedStatesonlyhas253.SofarChinahascultivatedmorethan50,000Ph.D.andbecomethelargestcountryintheworldinPh.D.Cultivation.
简介:IntroductionWhatislistening?TheabilitytolistentoEnglisheffectivelyisveryimportant.AsUnderwood(1989)indicates:"listeningistheactivityofpayingattentiontoandtryingtogetmeaningfromsomethingwehear.Tolistensuccessfullytospokenlanguage,weneedtobeabletoworkoutwhatspeakersmeanwhentheyuseparticularwordsinparticularwaysonparticularoccasions,andnotsimplytounderstandthewordsthemselves".
简介:IntroductionInChina,IntensiveReadingisthemostimportantcourseforfreshmanandsophomoreEnglishmajors;itdominatestheEnglishcurriculumfornon-majors.Thishasbeenthecaseforseveraldecades,andinfacthasbecomedeep-rootedinthemindsoflearnersandteachers.
简介:ThispaperexaminesthetertiaryteachingEnglishasaforeignlanguage(TTEFL)inChina.TheauthorfirstreviewscurrentliteratureonhowtoimproveChina’sTIEFLandthenpresentshisownperspectiveandsuggestionsforTTEFL’simprovementfocusingonadjustmentofteachinggoals,teacherimprovementandteacherqualitycontrol,learners’initiatives,languagelearningenvironment,assessmentpractice,andclassroomteachingpractice.
简介:ThesuccessivefoundingofELTmailinglistssincethemid-90shaveprovidedlanguageteachersworldwidewithacheap,ef-ficientandinformativeteachingtool.Thispaperoffersanintro-ductiontothemajorELTlistsandadiscussionofthesignifi-canceofthemailingliststoourteachingwork,academicre-searchandself-development.Adviceisalsogivenonhowtotakebetteradvantageofthispowerfuleducationalinstrument.
简介:IntroductionAmongtheplethoraofforeignlanguageteachingmethodsandapproachestherearethegrammar-translationmethod,thedirectmethod,theaudiolingualmethodandthecommunicativeapproachtonamebutafew.Ofthemajormethods,grammar-translationgetsthemostcriticismandisthoughttobeobsolete.However,inmyviewitissuitableforChinagiventhecountry’spresentlanguagelearningsituation,and,inpractice,isnotatallineffectual.
简介:IntroductionNowadays,thecommunicativeapproachhasbecomeacommontrendinELTinChina,andtheterm’communicativecompetence’isoftenheardwhenEnglishteacherstalkabouthowtoimprovetheirstudents’abilitytouseEnglishcommunicatively.MostteachersnolongerusetraditionalmethodsofteachingEnglish,particularlytoteachspeaking,whichusedtoberestrictedtosentence-patterningwithgivenvocabularyforsubstitutiondrills.Theynowuseallkindsofmethodstoteachspeaking,suchasgroupdiscussions,news/eventsreports,story-telling,arguing,expressingopinions,etc..Alltheseactivitiesaremeanttodevelopstudents’abilitytouseEnglishcommunicatively.Tomanipulatetheseactivitieswell,andgetstudentsactivelyinvolvedintheactivities,oneimportantfactorindevelopingcommunicativecompetenceshouldbeemphasised:strategiccompetence.
简介:自20世纪八十年代以来,以专业内容为基础的英语语言教学在欧美大陆和一些非洲国家逐渐流行,并成为英语语言教学的主要方法。在中国和其他一些亚洲国家,专业与英语结合的教学方式也得到广泛应用。但是,许多教师和研究人员对于该教学法在实践中存在的多种方式,以及这些方式之间的关系还存在不解或者误解。通过对以专业内容为基础的英语教学与国内流行的二语教学,专业应用研究与双语教学之间的区别与联系,分析了以专业内容为基础的英语教学在中国高等教育中的优势以及该教学法中教师,特别是语言教师所起的作用。
简介:IntroductionItisgenerallybelievedthatasaresultoftheirfutureprofessions,non-EnglishmajorsinnormaluniversitiesarelessmotivatedthanthoseinotheruniversitiestolearnEnglish,letalonesportsmajorsinateachers’university.Sincegraduation,IhavebeenteachingstudentsinthePhysicalEducationDepartmentofNorthwestNormalUniversity,andIhavefoundthattheyaredifferentfromstudentsinotherdepartmentsinmanyrespects.Thus,therearespecialproblemsinteachingthem.However,IhavetrieddifferentwaystoovercometheirproblemswhileactivelyinvolvingstudentsinlearningEnglish,andpresentthesebelow.
简介:CreativityandinnovationinEnglishlanguageteaching(ELT)arefrequentlydiscussedanddebated.RecentlytheMinistryofEducation(MOE)ofChinahasurgedthedevelopmentofasystem,whichen-hancescreativeabilityinstudentsatalllevels.Hawaii’sEast-WestCenterincollaborationwiththeOhanaFoundationimplementedaneducationalre-searchactivitydesignedtoassessthecurrentneedsandbestpracticesforEnglishlanguageteachingandlearn-ingatthemiddleschoollevelinChina.TheprojectfocusedonincreasingcreativityandinnovationinEnglishlanguageeducationandusedcasestudiesofsuccessfulEnglishlanguageteaching/learningastheunitofanalysis.ResearchersfrombothChinaandtheUnitedStateswereinvolvedwiththeanalysisandmaderec-ommendationsforimplementinginnovativeapproach-estoEnglishlanguageinstructionandonhowtoin-creasecreativityinteachertraining,curriculumde-velopment,andtheuseofappropriatetechnology.