This essay presents a study of teacher questioning in interactive English classroom. Interaction plays a key role in second language classroom. Teacher questioning, as one of the teacher initiating activities, could f...This essay presents a study of teacher questioning in interactive English classroom. Interaction plays a key role in second language classroom. Teacher questioning, as one of the teacher initiating activities, could facilitate students＇ language acquisition by asking questions and initiating responses from students. In this essay, two samples of teacher questions were looked into to find out the types, purposes and effectiveness of teacher questions. It was found that the experienced teacher was better at employing teacher questions for interaction than the student teacher. Both of them should improve the questions they asked in classroom. More effective teacher questioning should be introduced according to specific language learning environment by referring to the cognitive level of the students and more opportunities and motivation should be provided for students＇ response.展开更多
Interviews are made with 10 middle school English teachers in Guangdong to seek their opinions and discover the implementation of the 2003 new English curriculum. It was agreed that there are many improvements, includ...Interviews are made with 10 middle school English teachers in Guangdong to seek their opinions and discover the implementation of the 2003 new English curriculum. It was agreed that there are many improvements, including the proposal of learning strategies and emotions, and attitudes to learning English. However, few actual measures are carried out in implementation. Lack of support from school, parents and students proves to be a headache for teachers. The problems that hinder Chinese secondary ELT are hence pointed out： the traditional teaching methods, examination means, constraints, teacher quality and lack of support. Compromises should be made between the decision makers, teachers to bring satisfactory results to ELT in China. especially the course planners and the middle school展开更多
文摘This essay presents a study of teacher questioning in interactive English classroom. Interaction plays a key role in second language classroom. Teacher questioning, as one of the teacher initiating activities, could facilitate students＇ language acquisition by asking questions and initiating responses from students. In this essay, two samples of teacher questions were looked into to find out the types, purposes and effectiveness of teacher questions. It was found that the experienced teacher was better at employing teacher questions for interaction than the student teacher. Both of them should improve the questions they asked in classroom. More effective teacher questioning should be introduced according to specific language learning environment by referring to the cognitive level of the students and more opportunities and motivation should be provided for students＇ response.
文摘Interviews are made with 10 middle school English teachers in Guangdong to seek their opinions and discover the implementation of the 2003 new English curriculum. It was agreed that there are many improvements, including the proposal of learning strategies and emotions, and attitudes to learning English. However, few actual measures are carried out in implementation. Lack of support from school, parents and students proves to be a headache for teachers. The problems that hinder Chinese secondary ELT are hence pointed out： the traditional teaching methods, examination means, constraints, teacher quality and lack of support. Compromises should be made between the decision makers, teachers to bring satisfactory results to ELT in China. especially the course planners and the middle school
