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
The paper analyses the causes of the backwardness of oral English teaching in the universities from the aspects of CET4,oral classes,oral coursebook, teaching methodology and teaching evaluation.It also presents sever...The paper analyses the causes of the backwardness of oral English teaching in the universities from the aspects of CET4,oral classes,oral coursebook, teaching methodology and teaching evaluation.It also presents several strategies to change the unfavorable situation.展开更多
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
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
New College English, compiled by Zhejiang University, published by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press and based on studentcentered and themeteaching model, is gradually perceived as an authorized courseb...New College English, compiled by Zhejiang University, published by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press and based on studentcentered and themeteaching model, is gradually perceived as an authorized coursebook for nonEnglish majors. Its emergence is believed a success of college English coursebook reform. Assessed in light of general criterion home and abroad, it is concluded that New College English is indeed centered on Syllabus of College English, keep up with the times and suit college students’ life and thinking. Nevertheless, it needs further improvement in terms of reduction of new words, of length of sentence, difficulty of content, amount of teaching as well as negligence of grammar teaching.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
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, s展开更多
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The paper analyses the causes of the backwardness of oral English teaching in the universities from the aspects of CET4,oral classes,oral coursebook, teaching methodology and teaching evaluation.It also presents several strategies to change the unfavorable situation.
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New College English, compiled by Zhejiang University, published by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press and based on studentcentered and themeteaching model, is gradually perceived as an authorized coursebook for nonEnglish majors. Its emergence is believed a success of college English coursebook reform. Assessed in light of general criterion home and abroad, it is concluded that New College English is indeed centered on Syllabus of College English, keep up with the times and suit college students’ life and thinking. Nevertheless, it needs further improvement in terms of reduction of new words, of length of sentence, difficulty of content, amount of teaching as well as negligence of grammar teaching.
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, s
