Gender differences in teaching stylesby Paul Bress Men and women are often said to have different communication styles. This article reports on teaching styles and on a case study to establish whether such differences really exist, among both inexperienced and experienced teachers. The practical ap
Improving Reading Speed, Activities for the Classroomby Neil J. AndersonTo many second language readers, reading is a suffocatingly slow process; yet developing rapid reading, an essential skill for all students, is often neglected in the classroom. Data from Segalowitz, Poulsen, and Komoda (1991:15
Adapting Authentic Materials for Language Teaching by Steven Darian
Television in ELTGordana Pecnik Television is considered to be a medium of mass communication, however it is more than obvious that this communication is much more receptive than productive since the viewers' roles are extremely passive. That is why a teacher who wants to use it as a teaching tool s
The Teacher and the Wounded HealerMichael Berman
The importance of being anxiousby Carole RussellMy purpose in this article is not to offer yet another 'solution' to the problems of language teaching and learning. It is, rather, to describe some of the shadowy areas that lie between the dilemma of teacher anxiety and its possible resolution. It se
A Brief History of English Language Teaching in ChinaJoseph Boyle
To Understand Another Culture, Study Your OwnYe Ningqing describes how he has put into practice what he learned at recent IATEFL events in Manchester and LondonI discovered that I had to think about, even prepare for, the simplest daily activities, such as using a telephone, taking a school bus and
Swimming with the tideDavid Crystal
Teaching English Intonation to EFL/ESL StudentsMehmet Celikmcelik@hacettepe.edu.trHacettepe University, TurkeyThis article proposes a workable, teachable, generalisable as well as communicatively efficient framework for the teaching of the intonation of English to non-native speakers of English. It
简论科学方法内容提示 ●科学方法是认识自然或获得科学知识的程序或过程。 ●现代科学方法始于二十世纪初的逻辑经验论。逻辑经验论实现了科学方法论从古典到现代的转换,使之成为一门专门的哲学分支学科。 ●从总体上看,科学方法不外三大部类:经验方法、理性方法、臻美方法。 科学方法(这里的科学主要指自然科学)是认识
学习《九年义务教育全日制初级中学英语教学大纲》(试用修订版)有感《九年义务教育全日制初级中学英语教学大纲》(试用修订版)(以下简称修订版大纲)在1993年制订的《九年义务教育全日制初级中学英语教学大纲》(试用)(以下简称试用本大纲)的基础上作了较大的修改,是国内外先进的语言教育思想与我国的教育实际紧密结
Second Language Acquisition and the Critical Period HypothesisBirdsong, David (Ed.) (1999) Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Is there a single key issue in the field of second language acquisition / learning, an as yet unresolved matter on which all else depends? A good case could be made for
论中学英语教学改革中学英语教学改革是摆在中学英语教师和从事学英语教学研究工作者面前的一个课题。尽管教师们也经常谈教改,但教改究竟为何改?改什么?怎么改?下面就谈自己的看法,与同行们商榷。 一、为何要进行英语教学改革 1.英语教学改革是社会发展的需要 为了提高现代化水平,提高我国的综合国力,缩小与发达国家
试论“输入假设”和“情感过滤假设”在听力教学中的运用一、引子 由于英语高考加试听力,高中教师对听力教学越来越重视。然而,他们往往把听力课上成听力测试课,课堂教学分成三个步骤:学生听录音,回答问题,师生核对答案。学生经常是在答题的压力下上听力课。长此以往学生对听力课失去兴趣,甚至产生紧张恐惧心理,未能使
Language Context and the English TeachingImprovisation or transfer is the core of a course,based on the communicative approach.That is,the students are required to transfer what they learned in the textbook to real-life situation as far as possible.And in the present-day textbook of Middle Schoo
中学英语教学与文化教学──从人教版初中第三册英语教学谈起一、前言 语言与文化关系密切,这已是不可置疑的事实。语言是文化的载体,学习一门外语的过程,也是了解和掌握对象国家文化背景知识的过程。掌握对象国家文化背景知识的程度直接影响到一个人的语言知识的使用能力,是能否得体地运用语言的前提。很难想象,一个缺乏
教师如何走进新课程──课程专家与课程实施者的对话 本报记者 李建平 新课程能否顺利实施,关键在于教师的素质能否适应要求,因此,当务之急是加深教师对新课程的理解,提高教师实施新课程的能力和水平,使教师尽快走进新课程。 基础教育课程改革的浪潮滚滚而来,新课程体系在课程功能、结构、内容、实施、评价和管理等方面
浅谈英语教师的“从旁指导”英语交际法教学的一大特点就是教师的“从旁指导”。所谓“从旁指导”,就是启发诱导学生大胆地说英语,为学生提供尽可能多的操练机会。 “从旁指导”与“讲授──接受”传统的教学模式针锋相对,绝不意味降低了教师的作用或对教师的要求。虽然教师讲授的时间减少了,但是他们组织课堂教学的任务增
国外外语教学改革趋势──语言与内容相结合【摘要】新世纪需要复合型人才,许多国家从20世纪80年代中期起对各自国家的外语教学逐步进行调整和改革,逐渐地从孤立的、单纯的语言教学转向将语言教学与内容教学相结合,出现了“语言与内容融合学习”。教学方式也发生了相应的变化,主要形成了以内容为基础的教学和浸没法。 笔者
如何用建构主义学习理论指导英语教学一、什么是建构主义学习理论? 建构主义(constructivism)也称结构主义,是认知理论的一个重要分支。其最早提出者是瑞士的皮亚杰(J.Piaget),他是认知发展领域最有影响的一位心理学家。他认为,个体在与周围环境相互作用的过程中,逐步建构起关于外部世界的认识,从而使自身认知结构
论文化导向型英语教学模式中国人是在中国文化环境中学习英语的。这个环境既指生存的外部文化环境,也指个体的心理环境,即受中国文化制约的行为、认知模式等等。这两种环境的综合作用,决定了中国人学习英语固有的特点。从本质上说,教授中国人英语,是让两种文化相互碰撞和融合;是在业已形成的中国语言文化环境中的英语语
美国中小学“英语为第二语言”现代教学法介绍前言 美国教育法规定,LEP学生(“英语不够熟练”学生,主要指新移民学生)在中小学必须接受English as a Second Language(英语为第二语言,简称ESL)课程。于是,就顺理成章地有了ESL学生和ESL教师的说法。近20年来,美国许多大学开设 Teachers Of English to Speakers of Oth
Co-operative learning—a good teaching strategyIN China almost everyone knows the allusion: “When a monk lives alone, he never worries about having water to drink as he himself has to solve the problem. When two monks live together, they help each other to carry water. But when three monks live tog
外语教学中语言交际能力的培养长期以来,我国的外语教学对语言交际能力的培养未予以足够的重视,致使许多学生掌握了不少语法知识和词汇,却不能在实际的社会交往中运用。这种现象与一直沿用的传统教学法,即分析一翻译法不无关系。后者以语言知识,特别是语法知识作为教学的主要内容,把教学过程看成是传授这种知识的过程,
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