Junior English for China’ is based on the ’Five-Step’ teachingmethod: Revision, Presentation, Drilling, Practice, Consolidation. Each step has itsown particular methodology and requires the teacher to adopt a certa...Junior English for China’ is based on the ’Five-Step’ teachingmethod: Revision, Presentation, Drilling, Practice, Consolidation. Each step has itsown particular methodology and requires the teacher to adopt a certain role. Thispaper is a discussion of the "Five-Step Method".展开更多
What do we teach English for? For Language itself? Definitely not. Language is a means of communication. So it is no good teaching English all about its grammar rules and long lists of words without using it in real c...What do we teach English for? For Language itself? Definitely not. Language is a means of communication. So it is no good teaching English all about its grammar rules and long lists of words without using it in real communication. Very often we have many students,who bave studied English for 6—10 years and acquired a vocabulary of thousands of individual words and a good mastery of hundreds of grammar rules but can not use them as a means of communication.展开更多
It is well-known to all English teachers and students in China that one of the Predominant Courses for English Freshman and Sophomore is Intensive Reading,which,supplemented by Extensive Reading,takes up 8—10 reading...It is well-known to all English teachers and students in China that one of the Predominant Courses for English Freshman and Sophomore is Intensive Reading,which,supplemented by Extensive Reading,takes up 8—10 reading hours in each week,more than 2/3 of the total course work for English majors. This paper questions the validity of Intensive Reading and Extensive Reading as they are taught today. It will also discuss the possible measures we can take in teaching these courses.展开更多
’Junior English for China’,a new coursebook,is the product of a joint project between the People’s Education Press and Longman Group Limited, a British publisher.The methodology it employs aims to help middle schoo...’Junior English for China’,a new coursebook,is the product of a joint project between the People’s Education Press and Longman Group Limited, a British publisher.The methodology it employs aims to help middle school students to use English communicatively.This course contains a number of communicative activities.These activities are aimed at creating opportunities for the students to use the language they have learnt in semirealistic language—using situations. Among these activities,’Information—gap’activity is a fairly new one.展开更多
文摘Junior English for China’ is based on the ’Five-Step’ teachingmethod: Revision, Presentation, Drilling, Practice, Consolidation. Each step has itsown particular methodology and requires the teacher to adopt a certain role. Thispaper is a discussion of the "Five-Step Method".
文摘What do we teach English for? For Language itself? Definitely not. Language is a means of communication. So it is no good teaching English all about its grammar rules and long lists of words without using it in real communication. Very often we have many students,who bave studied English for 6—10 years and acquired a vocabulary of thousands of individual words and a good mastery of hundreds of grammar rules but can not use them as a means of communication.
文摘It is well-known to all English teachers and students in China that one of the Predominant Courses for English Freshman and Sophomore is Intensive Reading,which,supplemented by Extensive Reading,takes up 8—10 reading hours in each week,more than 2/3 of the total course work for English majors. This paper questions the validity of Intensive Reading and Extensive Reading as they are taught today. It will also discuss the possible measures we can take in teaching these courses.
文摘’Junior English for China’,a new coursebook,is the product of a joint project between the People’s Education Press and Longman Group Limited, a British publisher.The methodology it employs aims to help middle school students to use English communicatively.This course contains a number of communicative activities.These activities are aimed at creating opportunities for the students to use the language they have learnt in semirealistic language—using situations. Among these activities,’Information—gap’activity is a fairly new one.
