简介:Introduction‘TellmeandIforget;teachmeandIremember;involvemeandIlearn.’InEnglishlanguageteachinginChina,intensivereadinghasalwaysbeenconsideredoneofthemostimportantcomponentsofthecurriculum.Studentsbusilymemorisenewvocabularyandgrammarinandoutofclass.Theyseldomhavetheopportunitytousewhattheyhavelearned:tospeakthetargetlanguageinreallifeortolistentonativespeakers.Consequently,thestudents’listeningandspeakingabilityremainsweakandtheyhavelittleconfidenceintheircommunicativecompetence.Thisappliesparticularlytosciencemajors.TheythinkEnglishisonlyatoolforthemtoreadarticlesorreferencebooksrelatedtotheirownresearchfield.Theskillstheymostneedarereadingandtranslating.Becauseofthelackoflisteningandspeakingpractice,theycannotunderstandspokenEnglishandatthesametimefailtoexpressthemselvesinEnglish.
简介:Readingcanserveasavehicleforlearningasecondlanguageandasaresultenhancingreadingabilityinthatlanguage.HowtoteachreadinghasbeenacontentiousissueinTESOL/TEFLresearch.Afterreviewingthetheoriesonreadingandtheresearchonhowtoteachreadingasitstheoreticalbasis,thispaperreflectsontheteachingofEFLreadingcomprehensionforEnglishmajorsinChinaaboutitssituationandproblemsanddiscussessomepedagogicalsolutionstotheproblems.
简介:Filmsareaveryeffectivemediumforlanguageteaching,especiallyinteachinglisteningandspeaking.Thispaperdiscussestheadvantagesofusingfilmsinteachingthatcoursetonon-Englishmajors.Finallytheauthorintroducessomeworkablewaysofusingfilmsinaural-oralclasses.
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