A few days ago, I was invited to the English Teaching Workshop on "Effective FEL Strategies" (EFL means English as a Foreign Language). The American Teaching fellow, Ms. Kathy Schenider, gave the participant...A few days ago, I was invited to the English Teaching Workshop on "Effective FEL Strategies" (EFL means English as a Foreign Language). The American Teaching fellow, Ms. Kathy Schenider, gave the participants, teachers of English from the universities in Beijing, an展开更多
Analyzing the current situation of oral teaching and factors against students’progress in oral English of vocational and technological colleges,the essay focuses on three strategies to design key oral English activit...Analyzing the current situation of oral teaching and factors against students’progress in oral English of vocational and technological colleges,the essay focuses on three strategies to design key oral English activities,aimed at the improvement of students’oral competence.展开更多
This paper reports a case study designed to understand classroom interactional processes in a Chinese university. The case study focuses on scaffolding in teacher-student interaction as well as the process of shifting...This paper reports a case study designed to understand classroom interactional processes in a Chinese university. The case study focuses on scaffolding in teacher-student interaction as well as the process of shifting the responsibility from the teacher to student. Our first aim was to determine how teacher-student interactions in two oral English classes were distributed, and our second aim was to determine how the two teachers perceive their roles in teacher-student interaction and how their perceptive differences were reflected in teacher-student interaction in their oral English classes. The data were collected through videotaping and an interview. Results show that distribution patterns of teacher-student interactions were mainly different in the two oral English classes, and the role perception differences of the two teachers were partly reflected in their teacher-student interaction. The study suggests that the process of shifting the responsibility from teacher to student is a complex process which demands great efforts from teachers as well as willingness from students.展开更多
文摘A few days ago, I was invited to the English Teaching Workshop on "Effective FEL Strategies" (EFL means English as a Foreign Language). The American Teaching fellow, Ms. Kathy Schenider, gave the participants, teachers of English from the universities in Beijing, an
文摘Analyzing the current situation of oral teaching and factors against students’progress in oral English of vocational and technological colleges,the essay focuses on three strategies to design key oral English activities,aimed at the improvement of students’oral competence.
文摘This paper reports a case study designed to understand classroom interactional processes in a Chinese university. The case study focuses on scaffolding in teacher-student interaction as well as the process of shifting the responsibility from the teacher to student. Our first aim was to determine how teacher-student interactions in two oral English classes were distributed, and our second aim was to determine how the two teachers perceive their roles in teacher-student interaction and how their perceptive differences were reflected in teacher-student interaction in their oral English classes. The data were collected through videotaping and an interview. Results show that distribution patterns of teacher-student interactions were mainly different in the two oral English classes, and the role perception differences of the two teachers were partly reflected in their teacher-student interaction. The study suggests that the process of shifting the responsibility from teacher to student is a complex process which demands great efforts from teachers as well as willingness from students.
