Classroom questioning is one of the main classroom discourse activities, it is also an important means to enhance students’ classroom learning and help teachers attain the teaching goals. According to the roles playe...Classroom questioning is one of the main classroom discourse activities, it is also an important means to enhance students’ classroom learning and help teachers attain the teaching goals. According to the roles played by teacher and student in classroom questioning, classroom questioning falls into three categories: teacher-student model, student-teacher model and student-student model. Student questioning has been neglected by teachers in our teaching practice. For this reason, many precious curriculum resources especially students’ experiences have been staying unexploited. Students’ autonomy and creativity lose the chance to get adequate development. Unless students’ questioning integrated with teaching process, curriculum goals can’t be achieved more effectively. Through the classification of classroom questioning and review of latest research about student questioning, teachers or educators may get some advices from this paper.展开更多
English language teachers in China are expressing growing interest in the model of language provided by systemic functional linguistics and genre theory. This paper offers further insights into the methods developed i...English language teachers in China are expressing growing interest in the model of language provided by systemic functional linguistics and genre theory. This paper offers further insights into the methods developed in this framework,for teaching reading and writing in school and academic contexts. These methods involve carefully planned interactions between teachers and students,that enable all students in a class to successfully practise skills in academic reading and writing. The paper outlines the models of language and language learning that underpin the methods,and illustrates the kinds of classroom interactions used for writing and reading. It concludes with a discussion of the implications of these methods for language teaching in China.展开更多
文摘Classroom questioning is one of the main classroom discourse activities, it is also an important means to enhance students’ classroom learning and help teachers attain the teaching goals. According to the roles played by teacher and student in classroom questioning, classroom questioning falls into three categories: teacher-student model, student-teacher model and student-student model. Student questioning has been neglected by teachers in our teaching practice. For this reason, many precious curriculum resources especially students’ experiences have been staying unexploited. Students’ autonomy and creativity lose the chance to get adequate development. Unless students’ questioning integrated with teaching process, curriculum goals can’t be achieved more effectively. Through the classification of classroom questioning and review of latest research about student questioning, teachers or educators may get some advices from this paper.
文摘English language teachers in China are expressing growing interest in the model of language provided by systemic functional linguistics and genre theory. This paper offers further insights into the methods developed in this framework,for teaching reading and writing in school and academic contexts. These methods involve carefully planned interactions between teachers and students,that enable all students in a class to successfully practise skills in academic reading and writing. The paper outlines the models of language and language learning that underpin the methods,and illustrates the kinds of classroom interactions used for writing and reading. It concludes with a discussion of the implications of these methods for language teaching in China.
