简介:IntroductionNowadays,thecommunicativeapproachhasbecomeacommontrendinELTinChina,andtheterm’communicativecompetence’isoftenheardwhenEnglishteacherstalkabouthowtoimprovetheirstudents’abilitytouseEnglishcommunicatively.MostteachersnolongerusetraditionalmethodsofteachingEnglish,particularlytoteachspeaking,whichusedtoberestrictedtosentence-patterningwithgivenvocabularyforsubstitutiondrills.Theynowuseallkindsofmethodstoteachspeaking,suchasgroupdiscussions,news/eventsreports,story-telling,arguing,expressingopinions,etc..Alltheseactivitiesaremeanttodevelopstudents’abilitytouseEnglishcommunicatively.Tomanipulatetheseactivitieswell,andgetstudentsactivelyinvolvedintheactivities,oneimportantfactorindevelopingcommunicativecompetenceshouldbeemphasised:strategiccompetence.
简介:Whiletheincreasingdevelopmentofmoderninformationtechnology,theglobalizationisbecominganobviousfeatureoneducationalsituations.Therefore,masteringsomenecessarybilingualcompetencieswillpresentessentialmeaningforeducators.Inthecaseoflanguageteacherswhoteachingintheethnicallypluralcountries,forinstance,China,theUnitedStates,languageteachershavetofacetovariousdifficultiesontheprocessofteachinginthebilingualclass.Currently,theadvancedtechnologyisgraduallybeingappliedintolanguageteaching,andthenprovidesaseriesofadvantagesonimprovingthequalityoflanguageteaching.Firstly,theessaywillanalysethebarrierswhichexistinthelanguageclass,whichinthelevelofChineseuniversity.Secondly,itwillsystematicallydescribehowICTcanhelplanguageteacherstosolvedifficultiesonteachinganddisplaydiverseinnovativetechnologicaltoolsoflanguageteaching.
简介:Theseyearshavewitnessedtherapidgrowingofinternet,andwearesteppingintoanewage-InternetAge.Buttheprivacyonhumanrightsthatfollowedhasbecomethehotissue.Thisessaytriestoexposetheprivacyfocusingonthehumanrightsundertheinternetage.Itilluminatestherightofprivacyininternetagethroughtheoriginofprivacy.Bythecomparisonoftraditionalunderstandingofprivacyandexpeditionofprivacyunderinternetage,theessayconcludesthattherightofprivacywillbetransmittedbyinternetandwillinfluencethedevelopmentofinternetaswell.
简介:Withtherapiddevelopmentofsiliconchiptech-nology,web-basedinstruction(WBI)andcomputer-izedadaptivetesting(CAT)willbethenewtrendsinthefieldoflanguageteachingandtesting.Weassumethatonlywhenteachingandtestingsharethesameviewaboutthenatureoflanguageandlanguagelearn-ingcantestingexerciseabeneficialbackwasheffectonteaching.However,WBIandCATprovetobebasedonoppositetheoriesoflanguageandlanguagelearn-ing.WhileWBIbelievesinconstructivism,CATcor-respondstostructuralismandbehaviorism.Thissitu-ationplaceslanguagetestersinadilemma,foriftheyfollowthetrend,testingwillgoagainstteaching.ButiftheygiveupCAT,itisverydifficulttosubstituteanothertestingsystempossessingsomanyadvantages.ThispaperillustratesindetailwhyWBIandCATaretobecomethenewtrendsinteachingandtesting,ex-plainsclearlythediscrepancybetweenWBIandCATintheoryandtheirobjectivesandfinallyattemptstoprovideasolutiontohelpthelanguagetestersoutofthedilemma.
简介:OfsomethreethousandlanguagesnowusedintheworldEnglish,thoughnotthelargest(thelargestbeingChineselanguage),ismostwidelyspokenandofprimaryimportance.ConsequentlyEnglishliteratureoccupiesahighpositionintheworldliteratureaswell.LiteraryEnglishhasconcernwithbothlanguageandliterature.HereIwillpresentabriefdescription
简介:Introduction‘TellmeandIforget;teachmeandIremember;involvemeandIlearn.’InEnglishlanguageteachinginChina,intensivereadinghasalwaysbeenconsideredoneofthemostimportantcomponentsofthecurriculum.Studentsbusilymemorisenewvocabularyandgrammarinandoutofclass.Theyseldomhavetheopportunitytousewhattheyhavelearned:tospeakthetargetlanguageinreallifeortolistentonativespeakers.Consequently,thestudents’listeningandspeakingabilityremainsweakandtheyhavelittleconfidenceintheircommunicativecompetence.Thisappliesparticularlytosciencemajors.TheythinkEnglishisonlyatoolforthemtoreadarticlesorreferencebooksrelatedtotheirownresearchfield.Theskillstheymostneedarereadingandtranslating.Becauseofthelackoflisteningandspeakingpractice,theycannotunderstandspokenEnglishandatthesametimefailtoexpressthemselvesinEnglish.