Quality English language teaching （ELT） materials play a key role in achieving teaching objectives. This paper first provides a brief historical overview of the development of college English teaching materials in C...Quality English language teaching （ELT） materials play a key role in achieving teaching objectives. This paper first provides a brief historical overview of the development of college English teaching materials in China. Then by investigating studies on college English teaching materials for non-English major students from different perspectives, suggestions are proposed to provide guidance for effective ELT materials writing and evaluation： （1） Language corpora, providing empirical data concerning language usage, have a distinctive advantage in ELT materials writing and evaluation; （2） principles for ESP materials writing are developed; and （3） a systematic approach combining qualitative analysis with quantitative analysis to materials evaluation is suggested to ensure the validity and reliability of materials evaluation展开更多
Materials for teaching writing not only need to incorporate the basic skills but also should consider writing purposes,audience,and real-world communicative purposes.This paper examines one chapter of writing tasks ex...Materials for teaching writing not only need to incorporate the basic skills but also should consider writing purposes,audience,and real-world communicative purposes.This paper examines one chapter of writing tasks extracted from " Language Leader" course book,aiming to explain the significance of the appUcation of communicative materials for teaching writing.展开更多
文摘Quality English language teaching （ELT） materials play a key role in achieving teaching objectives. This paper first provides a brief historical overview of the development of college English teaching materials in China. Then by investigating studies on college English teaching materials for non-English major students from different perspectives, suggestions are proposed to provide guidance for effective ELT materials writing and evaluation： （1） Language corpora, providing empirical data concerning language usage, have a distinctive advantage in ELT materials writing and evaluation; （2） principles for ESP materials writing are developed; and （3） a systematic approach combining qualitative analysis with quantitative analysis to materials evaluation is suggested to ensure the validity and reliability of materials evaluation
文摘Materials for teaching writing not only need to incorporate the basic skills but also should consider writing purposes,audience,and real-world communicative purposes.This paper examines one chapter of writing tasks extracted from " Language Leader" course book,aiming to explain the significance of the appUcation of communicative materials for teaching writing.
