Communicative language teaching(CLT), focusing on the development of communicative competence, was proved to beone of the most effective way of language teaching. Since the late 1980 s, CLT has been introduced into Ch...Communicative language teaching(CLT), focusing on the development of communicative competence, was proved to beone of the most effective way of language teaching. Since the late 1980 s, CLT has been introduced into China and known by thou-sands of teachers and researchers. Chinese culture of learning is set in the study as a context to review the implementation of CLT,including difficulties caused by potential cultural resistance and progress been made up till now. The appropriate way of implement-ing the pedagogical import is also explored and it argues that the bright future of CLT in China will be brought by deep understand-ing about it from a linguistic view, an eclectic approach to use it, special training for ESL teachers and communicative assessmentmatched with the tenets of CLT.展开更多
In response to the call of the College English Curriculum Requirements for colleges and universitiesto design their own College English Syllabuses,this paper proposes an eclectic approach to syllabusdesign which combi...In response to the call of the College English Curriculum Requirements for colleges and universitiesto design their own College English Syllabuses,this paper proposes an eclectic approach to syllabusdesign which combines the pedagogical principles of the more familiar language syllabus with thoseof the content-based syllabus as well as the task-based approach in the selection,organization,presentation,and practice of the teaching content.It is argued that such an approach to syllabus designcan accommodate both language and language use on the one hand,and learners’ immediate needsand future needs on the other hand.展开更多
文摘Communicative language teaching(CLT), focusing on the development of communicative competence, was proved to beone of the most effective way of language teaching. Since the late 1980 s, CLT has been introduced into China and known by thou-sands of teachers and researchers. Chinese culture of learning is set in the study as a context to review the implementation of CLT,including difficulties caused by potential cultural resistance and progress been made up till now. The appropriate way of implement-ing the pedagogical import is also explored and it argues that the bright future of CLT in China will be brought by deep understand-ing about it from a linguistic view, an eclectic approach to use it, special training for ESL teachers and communicative assessmentmatched with the tenets of CLT.
文摘In response to the call of the College English Curriculum Requirements for colleges and universitiesto design their own College English Syllabuses,this paper proposes an eclectic approach to syllabusdesign which combines the pedagogical principles of the more familiar language syllabus with thoseof the content-based syllabus as well as the task-based approach in the selection,organization,presentation,and practice of the teaching content.It is argued that such an approach to syllabus designcan accommodate both language and language use on the one hand,and learners’ immediate needsand future needs on the other hand.
