Taking as its point of departure the problems which English-majored students face when confronted directly with the course in literature at university,this study was conducted mainly through an analysis of student-and...Taking as its point of departure the problems which English-majored students face when confronted directly with the course in literature at university,this study was conducted mainly through an analysis of student-and-teacher responses to questionnaires together with document analysis and reviews on the author’s experience in teaching and managing literary courses at his university.The sample includes 10 teachers in charge of the courses and 150 students attending these courses from five universities.The findings indicate that the teaching and learning of literature in the English language curriculum at these universities is facing certain problems,among which are:limited experience of mother tongue literature;limited experience of literary language;limited experience of English or American literature;and limited experience or knowledge of the world,life,people.From the implications identified,the findings of this paper are believed to yield further insights into the improvement of literature teaching and learning at university in Vietnamese contexts.展开更多
—"Where do I begin?"The place to begin is with your own assumptions about what students should learn and how they learn best.Curriculum plans are most likely to be acted on when their assumptions coincide w...—"Where do I begin?"The place to begin is with your own assumptions about what students should learn and how they learn best.Curriculum plans are most likely to be acted on when their assumptions coincide with the teacher’s ideas about learning.When teachers are required to use plans whose assumptions differ from their own,they adapt them to suit their own purposes.展开更多
This paper probes into culture teaching in a second language syllabus. The author insists that cultural awareness and competence are necessary parts in second or foreign language teaching and learning and cultural fac...This paper probes into culture teaching in a second language syllabus. The author insists that cultural awareness and competence are necessary parts in second or foreign language teaching and learning and cultural factors must be taken into account in ESL syllabus design. This thesis also gives an analysis of the concept of culture, what a cultural syllabus is and its contents in culture teaching.展开更多
In this paper,we employ quantitative and qualitative content analysis to investigate the nature of humanistic value content in the Chinese language arts curriculum and whether or not this varies across old and new ver...In this paper,we employ quantitative and qualitative content analysis to investigate the nature of humanistic value content in the Chinese language arts curriculum and whether or not this varies across old and new versions of the textbooks.Our findings illustrate the various dimensions of humanistic value content in the Chinese language arts curriculum and suggest that there is as much variation across different versions of the new textbooks as there is between old and new versions of the curriculum.展开更多
文摘Taking as its point of departure the problems which English-majored students face when confronted directly with the course in literature at university,this study was conducted mainly through an analysis of student-and-teacher responses to questionnaires together with document analysis and reviews on the author’s experience in teaching and managing literary courses at his university.The sample includes 10 teachers in charge of the courses and 150 students attending these courses from five universities.The findings indicate that the teaching and learning of literature in the English language curriculum at these universities is facing certain problems,among which are:limited experience of mother tongue literature;limited experience of literary language;limited experience of English or American literature;and limited experience or knowledge of the world,life,people.From the implications identified,the findings of this paper are believed to yield further insights into the improvement of literature teaching and learning at university in Vietnamese contexts.
文摘—"Where do I begin?"The place to begin is with your own assumptions about what students should learn and how they learn best.Curriculum plans are most likely to be acted on when their assumptions coincide with the teacher’s ideas about learning.When teachers are required to use plans whose assumptions differ from their own,they adapt them to suit their own purposes.
文摘This paper probes into culture teaching in a second language syllabus. The author insists that cultural awareness and competence are necessary parts in second or foreign language teaching and learning and cultural factors must be taken into account in ESL syllabus design. This thesis also gives an analysis of the concept of culture, what a cultural syllabus is and its contents in culture teaching.
文摘In this paper,we employ quantitative and qualitative content analysis to investigate the nature of humanistic value content in the Chinese language arts curriculum and whether or not this varies across old and new versions of the textbooks.Our findings illustrate the various dimensions of humanistic value content in the Chinese language arts curriculum and suggest that there is as much variation across different versions of the new textbooks as there is between old and new versions of the curriculum.
