How Coursebook Teaching Materials Facilitate English Classroom Interaction

As classroom interaction forms the basis of any interactive language classroom,it is thus very important and valuable for language teacher to investigate.And This article attempts to account for how the teaching materials facilitate classroom interaction.

Who Populates the Visual Landscape of the ELT Coursebooks？： A Photo Analytical Exploration

The aim of this study is to portray and explore the variety of social actors depicted visually along the pages of the intermediate level ELT coursebooks that are published locally （by British and American publishers） and marketed globally （mostly to the EFL contexts）. For this, a thorough photo-ethnographic exploration of the visuals supported by the inventory of ＂social actor interaction network＂ is employed. In the field of Coursebook Analysis, visuals have attracted limited attention despite marking asocio-semiotically rich discursive field. In fact, the semiotic labor division between the ＂word＂ and the ＂image＂ in representing and reconstructing （simulating） the world, points to a gain on the part of the image as the brain is evolutionarily more experienced in processing visual information than processing verbal information. Therefore, images can appeal more directly to the sensory experience domains of the viewers via visual contact, evoking deeper consciousness. Acting as the prominent mediators of signification practice, visuals catalogue the representations and simulations of social-life viewed l^om a particular subject position associated with a particular set of norms, beliefs, and values. Hence, they position the viewers across dynamic loci of subjectivities in terms of social distance, relations, and interaction. As both reflections and reproductions of reality, images in the coursebooks have the potent to influence learners＇ perspectives of the world presenting them with readymade cognitive schemes. In order to reveal a comprehensive picture of the visually depicted social actors and the identity options made available through them, in this study the author focused on the peopled photos of the 6 popularly traded ELT coursebooks. The author investigated them regarding the relations of social distance, involvement, power and interaction formed between the depicted social actors and their viewers as well as the emergent practices of exclusion, role allocation, genericization, specification, assimilation, individualization, and categorization. The results show that the representational repertoires of the coursebooks contain disproportionately distributed visual depictions of social actors in terms of cultural orientation and gender. The ＂culturally different＂ are repeatedly pictured in assimilative ways as an aggregate of enumerable people, while the social actors of the reference group are usually pictured individually and with their own intended meaning.

A content analysis related to the cross-cultural/intercultural elements used in EFL coursebooks

This study aimed to examine some coursebooks of English as a Foreign Language （EFL） to see whether they involve any cross-cultural topics belonging to different cultures from different countries in the world. Assuming that EFL coursebooks written after the communicative movements in foreign language teaching and learning in the 1970s and the 1980s would have a plenty of cross-cultural elements, it was expected to see these coursebooks would also have a lot of cross-cultural elements, especially regarding their publication dates. This study aimed to investigate to what extent teaching materials used in EFL setting involve intercultural elements. Accordingly, 5 coursebooks were evaluated, and topics and number of cross-cultural elements were presented. The coursebooks used in the study were published in 1998, 1999, 1999, 2001 and 2006 namely. However, as the results displayed, the frequency of cross-cultural elements were not mutually related to their publication dates. The distribution and frequency of cross-cultural elements were not balanced with the dates chronologically.

An Evaluation on Coursebook (Cambridge English for the Media):A Case Study

Coursebook is an essential part in English language teaching. Evaluating a coursebook is very helpful task for teachers' development. This paper reviews three methods of evaluating coursebook, which are the impressionistic method, the checklist method, and the in-depth method. Then the author adopts the hybrid of these three methods mentioned to evaluate a coursebook - Cambridge English for the Media - used by some Chinese students in a one-year exchange programme in UK. Questionnaire and semi- structured interviews are carried out with the students to get their views about the coursebook. At the end, this paper compares teacher's view with the learners'based on the data from the questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. The results of this study show that there are conflicts between the teacher's views and the students'on the coursebook.

Analysis of Advance with English Coursebook(Yilin Oxford Edition)

Teaching materials are the concrete embodiment of the course targets and contents.It is also the main medium for teachers and students to carry out teaching activities.Good language teaching materials should be used by learners at different levels in different ways.They also provide an opportunity for teachers to form or create their unique teaching styles.Therefore,the analysis of English teaching materials is particularly important.First,this article introduces the writing purposes which match the requirements of the General English Curriculum Standards and then analyzes the contents of Advance with English in listening,speaking,reading,and writing.The third part discusses the limitations of Advance with English in respect to its practical use.

双一流背景下教材本位的导学式大学英语“金课”建构研究

一流本科教育的基础和核心是一流课程,而一流课程的实现又取决于高质量的课堂教学。针对当前大学英语教学中教材使用边缘化、教材作用发挥不充分的问题,研究尝试借助导学式教学模式,以教材为根本,以明确的学习内容与学习任务,通过教师引导下的学生自主学习、自主评价和课堂答疑检测,从根本上破除学生英语学习舍弃课本、“不愿学”“不会学”等错误倾向,引导学生转变学习方式、加大学习投入,是新形势下打造一流“金课”、提高大学英语课堂教学质量方面一次有益的探索和实践。

英语专业阅读教材使用中“产出导向法”的实践探索

“产出导向法”既强调学习过程也重视学习结果,认为所有教学活动都应促成有效学习的发生。而教材作为学科知识内容的载体,其合理有效的使用可以更好地实现课程教学目的。因此,在英语专业读写能力越来越受到重视的前提下,运用产出导向法充分挖掘英语专业阅读教材的使用方法和场景,促进学生思辨阅读与写作能力的提升就显得尤为重要。本文以教材《新世纪高等院校英语专业阅读教程》为例,探讨如何在产出导向理念下实现阅读教材与读写教学的有机融合。

新时代普通高校英语专业人才培养迭代更新的实践路径

对于普通高校英语专业人才培养困境,重点择取中小学基础阶段英语教育与普通高校英语专业人才培养的衔接端口这个鲜受关注的视角,分析英语专业人才培养困境的症结,提出困境的突破应从英语本科专业基础课程改革中发力,打破不适应时代需要的僵化模式,由此在学界专家的创见基础上从人才培养模式和教材两个维度构想其迭代更新的路径,找到普通高校英语专业人才培养的新一轮发展的动力。

探究式翻译教学:让“容器”成为创新人才——兼谈《探究式旅游翻译教程》的编写理念与方法

目前,国内大部分翻译教材的编写方式反映出了传统的授受式教学方法。授受式教学以教师为中心,视学生为接收知识的“容器”,重视知识传授,但忽视了学生的主体性和能动性,造成学生学习的被动性。相反,探究式教学以学生为中心,以问题探究为主要方式,促使学生积极学习,有助于实现对创新人才培养及人的全面发展。无论是从个人发展,还是从当今社会的需求,探究式教学都是亟待推进的工作。《探究式旅游翻译教程》是为推进探究式教学而编写的一部创新型教材,它以引导学生进行“探究式学习”作为编写的基本理念,主张以问题为中心,使学生在教师的帮助和引导下自主进行探究学习,通过自主体验与思考,逐渐完成知识构建。

Material Adaptation in ELT

Many teachers are currently very enthusiastic about adapting materials every time they use a textbook in order to maximize the value of the book for their particular learners. The purpose of this essay is to deepen the understanding of both the theoretical basis and the practical application on material adaptation. The essay will first attempt to explore some of the rationales for material adaptation. Then it will move on to reasons for adapting teaching materials and some adaptation techniques.

外语教材发展的历程及其规律探析

根据外语教材发展史上具有代表性的教材所体现出来的特征,尤其是所持语言观的不同,可将以往的外语教材分为文选型、语法型、会话型和交际型四种,每一种外语教材都有其产生的背景及特征,外语教材今后将往文化型、内容型、菜单型或者综合型方向发展。

小学语文课本阅读量的现状与思考

对五套小学语文课本进行阅读量的现状考量,以不同时期人民教育出版社出版的课本,以及课程标准下北师大版、江苏版课本,进行纵向和横向比较研究。对五套课本的课文数、印张数作数据统计,对不同年段阅读量以及语言积累量的数值分布作比较分析,对课文编制内容类别与形式变化作进一步分析研究。在探究形成课文数递增变化的外在因素与内在因素的基础上,对内地版小学语文课本阅读量的现状进行思考,并提出课本阅读量的相对合理参考值。对小学语文课本的编写与修订具有参考价值,对教材的研究开扩了新的视角和空间。

从中美大学物理教材的差异看我国大学物理教材的改革

中美大学物理教材各具特色。美国教材形象生动、形式多样且与实际生活联系紧密;中国教材严谨、严密、逻辑性强。吸取国外教材的长处,对我国的大学物理教材进行改革,从而编写出形式多样、学生喜爱、高质量的大学物理教材。

论语文核心素养及语文教育改革

语文核心素养的内涵是随时代发展而变化的,并非专指语言素养。语文核心素养是在语言实践中形成的,可以从语言、思维、审美、文化不同角度去考察但又难以将其截然分开的融合了语言、思维、审美、文化等要素的综合品质。为了落实语文核心素养,教材编写时除了精选课文、巧设练习外,还应在小学初中以"内容主题——语言素养"、高中以"任务——情境"的方式来设计,语文教学目标、内容、过程、方法、测评方式及师生关系都会随之发生很大的变化。

高职护理专业《药理学》教材现状调查分析

目的根据临床护理职业岗位的实际需求,了解现行护理专业用《药理学》教材的适用性和实用性。方法采用文献资料分析法对我国2000年以来出版的15种高职护理(专科层次)专业用《药理学》及相关教材,从教材体例、内容设置等现状进行了研究。结果尽管这些教材改革在职业教育方面取得了突破性的进展,但从其体例和内容设置等方面分析,还不能适应护理职业工作岗位需求。这对于高职护生培养明显存在着针对性、实用性不强等诸多问题。结论从护理职业岗位实用的角度出发对现行《药理学》教材进行修订,以满足临床用药护理为目的,按照护理程序框架来构建《药理学》新教材的体例和内容,突出临床用药护理知识教育与技能(包括临床常用药物用药技能以及药物疗效和不良反应的识别和处理)的培养。

任务型教学与《交际英语教程核心课程》的改编

本文旨在以《交际英语教程核心课程》(CECL)1的改编为例探讨基于任务型语言教学教材中任务的设计及编写模式。为达此目的,本文首先从任务型教学的热潮及其实施中存在的问题阐述教材改编的必要性。然后讨论任务型教学的核心概念"任务"的定义,并详细介绍吴旭东(2012,2013)提出的任务可操作化定义,即该套教材改编的理论模式。最后以编写实例展示任务的设计及实施步骤,说明C E C L教材的改编版将是一套真正意义上全面采用任务型教学模式的高校英语教材,可以为我国外语教材的编写及其教学提供启示。

论英语专业精读教材的建设——以《现代大学英语·精读》为例

《现代大学英语·精读》是供我国英语专业本科生使用的普通高等教育"十五"国家级规划教材。该套教材适合中国国情,在很大程度上满足了我国英语专业学习者的需求,对我国英语专业本科生的培养发挥着重要的作用。该套教材在编写上具有以下特色:注重题材的广泛性和体裁的多变性,注重语言交际能力的培养,注重创新思维能力的培养,注重思想性、人文性和教育性以及练习类型的多样性,在一定程度上为我国英语专业精读教材的建设指明了前进的方向。作者在此基础上提出完善我国英语专业精读教材建设的意见。

应用型本科电子类专业教材改革探索

应用型本科电子类专业教材的内涵要与本校的办学定位一致;要突出应用型本科教育的特点;要与实践教学紧密结合。应用型本科专业教材要针对人才的培养目标,电子类专业教材要体现“上手快”技术。

交际教学视角下的大学英语听说教材的二度开发

基于最新的交际教学理念,以《新视野大学英语听说教程》为例进行分析和说明,为大学英语教师有效地开发利用听说教材提供一些教学建议,使教材在教学过程中能够满足不同的教学要求。

基于职业需求分析的高职英语教材设计思路探讨

需求分析可帮助教学机构了解目标使用场景对学习者外语水平的要求,其结果是教材设计的基础。目前高职毕业生的专业英语水平与目标岗位要求间存在差距,其原因是现行高职英语教材内容与职业岗位需求存在偏离。教材设计应以企业英语需求为依据,围绕岗位需求选择体现专业特色的教材内容,以实用为主、够用为度,同时配以实操实训英语项目的设计。