A PROJECT-BASED LEARNING PACKAGE FOR PH. D CANDIDATES AT HIT

项目式课程设计——哈工大博士研究生国际会议模拟过程学习项目(英文)

Project-based learning is to involve students in a project-like learning program to achieve the required purposes of language learning, It is a new pedagogical approach composed of a series of tasks, requiring students to use various languages and other skills to accomplish respectively. It is to provide students with opportunities to learn the language in a simulated authentic communicative situation when they are using the language. A project-based learning program was desigued for the Ph. D.candidates at HIT, named “simulating an international conference”. It involves the students in the whole process of organizing and participating an international conference. In the simulated context, students have opportunities to learn and practice English while they are using English to fulfill some tasks. Meanwhile, students are able to practice other skills, such as using information technologies, word editing and publishing. More importantly, students need to collaborate and cooperate with each other. The abilities to use English as a communicative tool for international communication, to use information technologies and to be able to cooperate with other sare the aims of education in the 21st century.

Project-based learning is to involve students in a project-like learning program to achieve the required purposes of language learning.It is a new pedagogical approach composed of a series of tasks,requiring students to use various languages and other skills to accomplish respectively.It is to provide students with opportunities to learn the language in a simulated authentic communicative situation when they are using the language.A project-based learning program was designed for the Ph.D. candidates at HIT,named"simulating an international conference".It involves the students in the whole process of organizing and participating an international conference.In the simulated context,students have opportunities to learn and practice English while they are using English to fulfill some tasks.Meanwhile,students are able to practice other skills, such as using information technologies,word editing and publishing.More importantly,students need to collaborate and cooperate with each other.The abilities to use English as a communicative tool for international communication,to use information technologies and to be able to cooperate with others are the aims of education in the 21st century.