The reform of college English should focus on the ways to improve the practicing ability. This ability should be based on the improvement of students, which is the fundamental aim of reform on the college English. In ...The reform of college English should focus on the ways to improve the practicing ability. This ability should be based on the improvement of students, which is the fundamental aim of reform on the college English. In order to cope with this problem, "flipped classroom"has many advantages. By Giving definitions to the "flipped classroom", this dissertation analyzed the differences between the regular class and the "flipped classroom" and carried out a new way to improve the reading and writing course: we can take advantage of multimedia and new internet technology.展开更多
This paper discusses the relationship between writing and reading, probes into the reasons why we should teach English writing through reading and points out the acceptable way of teaching English writing. The author ...This paper discusses the relationship between writing and reading, probes into the reasons why we should teach English writing through reading and points out the acceptable way of teaching English writing. The author stresses the importance of integrating writing with reading.展开更多
The genre-base pedagogy is based on genre and genre analysis theories. It provides a new direction to improve the teaching effect of College English reading and writing. This paper analyzes the notion of genre, highli...The genre-base pedagogy is based on genre and genre analysis theories. It provides a new direction to improve the teaching effect of College English reading and writing. This paper analyzes the notion of genre, highlights genre analysis and genre-based pedagogy for its advantages in language teaching, clearifies the relationship between reading and writing, and then presents a sample class which adopts genre-based pedagogy to textbook-based College English reading and writing instruction.展开更多
The text-based and reader-based are two contrasting groups of approaches existed in the field of textual coherence study.On the basis of the integration of the two kinds of approaches,an integrative interpretation of ...The text-based and reader-based are two contrasting groups of approaches existed in the field of textual coherence study.On the basis of the integration of the two kinds of approaches,an integrative interpretation of the nature of coherence is proposed,that is,coherence is both a text-related and reader-related phenomenon.In order to construct coherent interpretation of text meaning more efficiently,readers should not only be able to identify and use text-immanent coherence cues,but also be capable of drawing coherence-related information by perceiving the contextual features and by engaging actively in activating their background knowledge and in using their cognitive skills.Coherence construction based on the integrative interpretation is the key to success in reading comprehension,so it can generate important pedagogical implications in the college English intensive reading classroom.展开更多
While teaching college English classes, the author discovers that many non-English major students have difficulty inreading and writing. They are unwilling to read English material and have poor reading strategies. As...While teaching college English classes, the author discovers that many non-English major students have difficulty inreading and writing. They are unwilling to read English material and have poor reading strategies. As for writing, they are trained todeal with all types of exams, imitating fixed sentence structures. Thus, the author adopts production-oriented approach(POA) anddesigns tasks that combine reading with writing so that students read with a purpose and write with authentic language.展开更多
Reading and writing are input and output respectively. The relation between reading and writing is closely related. Reading is the preparation for good writing. And writing theory or law can provide readers some clues...Reading and writing are input and output respectively. The relation between reading and writing is closely related. Reading is the preparation for good writing. And writing theory or law can provide readers some clues for better understanding. The relation between reading and writing can help our English teaching in and out class. Also the way of thinking influences our reading and writing.展开更多
This paper first stated some related theories of cooperative learning and English reading teaching.And then an applicationof cooperative learning in English reading teaching of art majors in independent college is imp...This paper first stated some related theories of cooperative learning and English reading teaching.And then an applicationof cooperative learning in English reading teaching of art majors in independent college is implemented based on these literature re-views.The aim of the experiment is to explore the impact of the application of cooperative learning strategies.It mainly discussedthe following questions:(1)Can the group cooperative learning improve students'reading achievement?(2)What factors contributeto the success/failure of cooperative learning?(3)What are the favorite cooperative learning models in reading classes?The experi-ment proved that cooperative learning does not truly improve art students’reading achievement in independent college,but it real-ly has a positive role in promoting the students'learning interest,motivation and emotional attitude.The experiment also indicatesthat cooperative learning is still a valuable teaching strategy for applying,and GI,LT,TGT and other cooperative learning modelare welcomed by classmates.展开更多
With the continuous development of the times, people’s thinking is constantly improving, and the importance of educa-tion is also increasing. As many new teaching models are emerging, the network course education rep...With the continuous development of the times, people’s thinking is constantly improving, and the importance of educa-tion is also increasing. As many new teaching models are emerging, the network course education represented by flipped classroomand MOOC education are increasingly attracting the attention of all walks of life with its unique advantages. The teaching of Eng-lish reading is a key point in College English education. However, the reality of College English reading education is not satisfacto-ry due to certain factors. This paper aims to discuss the implication of flipped classroom mode in college English reading teaching,hoping to provide references for the relevant parties.展开更多
The relationship of textual theory to ESL reading has for a long time been a heated research area.The various findings in this field have greatly facilitated the improvement of reading ability and the advancement of r...The relationship of textual theory to ESL reading has for a long time been a heated research area.The various findings in this field have greatly facilitated the improvement of reading ability and the advancement of reading course.This thesis puts the use of textual device in a new light on the basic of the theory of cohesion,further at a micro level,explores the pedagogical implications for college English reading teaching.展开更多
Lexical chunks,as one of the most important units with the feature of both grammar and vocabulary in a language use,as the smallest unit of language input,memory,storage and output,has a very broad application prospec...Lexical chunks,as one of the most important units with the feature of both grammar and vocabulary in a language use,as the smallest unit of language input,memory,storage and output,has a very broad application prospect in teaching college English writing.Lexical chunk is semi-refined language,which can be used as a whole stored in the memory,and can be extracted directly in use.Lexical chunks can effectively improve processing efficiency of the language resource information,alleviate learners ' timed writing pressure,overcome the influence of negative transfer of native language,to improve the students' writing fluency,accuracy and vitality.展开更多
Vocabulary is the basis of English learning.The mastery of vocabulary directly affects the development of students’listening,speaking,reading,writing,translation,and other abilities.Therefore,vocabulary teaching play...Vocabulary is the basis of English learning.The mastery of vocabulary directly affects the development of students’listening,speaking,reading,writing,translation,and other abilities.Therefore,vocabulary teaching plays an important role in English teaching.As a basic course for College English majors,one of the teaching objectives of reading course is to help students expand their vocabulary,enhance their sense of English language,and increase their cultural background knowledge of English speaking countries.In the process of extensive reading teaching,teachers should not be limited to the traditional vocabulary teaching mode,but should guide students to memorize words quickly and efficiently through flexible teaching methods,expand vocabulary,and at the same time,teachers should pay attention to the introduction of cultural knowledge in the process of vocabulary explanation,so as to help students understand the meaning more deeply and thoroughly.展开更多
The teaching process of English writing in the colleges can be carried out with more effective and innovative approaches in the network milieu,and the concept of collaborative learning can also become the basic teachi...The teaching process of English writing in the colleges can be carried out with more effective and innovative approaches in the network milieu,and the concept of collaborative learning can also become the basic teaching philosophy of English writing.The teaching conditions of English writing in some colleges and universities were analyzed.In general,the overall teaching conditions suffer from many deficiencies,which become the aspects for developing English writing teaching activities based on collaborative learning in the network milieu.Achieving the teaching outcomes of either collaborative English writing or English writing on the basis of collaborative learning is not easy.This paper will analyze the difficulty of college English writing teaching based on collaborative learning in the network milieu,and put forward specific suggestions for teaching.展开更多
Considering the importance of my country’s economic structure and cultivating extroverted talents,it is necessary to improve the level of English writing in college English writing teaching,life,and work.There are st...Considering the importance of my country’s economic structure and cultivating extroverted talents,it is necessary to improve the level of English writing in college English writing teaching,life,and work.There are still some sudden problems in teaching.In order to improve the English writing level of large-character students,we must work hard to solve the outstanding problems in English writing teaching,so as to improve the accuracy of college English writing.展开更多
Based on CiteSpace,this paper visually analyzes references of 371 articles of college English writing teaching research collected in CNKI published between 1998 and 2018.Co-occurrence analysis of keywords demonstrated...Based on CiteSpace,this paper visually analyzes references of 371 articles of college English writing teaching research collected in CNKI published between 1998 and 2018.Co-occurrence analysis of keywords demonstrated that the hot issues in college English writing research can be divided into 1) research on college English writing teaching;2) writing teaching mode;3) writing teaching feedback;4) writing teaching method and theory.In addition,informatization and networking are the development trends of writing teaching in the future.展开更多
Based on several pieces of research,this paper discusses about the provision of teacher feedback on students’writing in college English teaching.In the practice of providing teacher feedback,several factors including...Based on several pieces of research,this paper discusses about the provision of teacher feedback on students’writing in college English teaching.In the practice of providing teacher feedback,several factors including the focus and the patterns of language use may influence the effectiveness of student’s writing.展开更多
Schema is interpreted as one's prior knowledge or background knowledge and schema theory is about a reader's utilizing his schema knowledge when reading so as to achieve efficient comprehension.Based on the an...Schema is interpreted as one's prior knowledge or background knowledge and schema theory is about a reader's utilizing his schema knowledge when reading so as to achieve efficient comprehension.Based on the analysis of the current situation of English reading instruction in the independent colleges and the literature review of schema theory,this paper mainly explores how schema theory is applied in the teaching steps of English reading in independent colleges,such as warming up,brainstorming,prediction,presentation of background knowledge,instruction of new words,skimming and scanning,reading the text and critical reading.In the end,the pedagogical implications are proposed.展开更多
Emotion is an indispensable factor in English writing.However,product-oriented teaching has paid too much attention to the interior form of writing with ignoring the emotional factors.Based on the analysis of emotiona...Emotion is an indispensable factor in English writing.However,product-oriented teaching has paid too much attention to the interior form of writing with ignoring the emotional factors.Based on the analysis of emotional barriers and corresponding drawbacks caused by the traditional teaching method,this study proposes both communicative approach and process-oriented approach to help college students develop positive emotions in English writing.展开更多
This research proposal focuses on a tentative exploration of teaching procedures for college English writing with the ge-neric approach of Sydney School.This research will mainly adopt a qualitative research methodolo...This research proposal focuses on a tentative exploration of teaching procedures for college English writing with the ge-neric approach of Sydney School.This research will mainly adopt a qualitative research methodology,which aims to figure out the contextual configuration and generic structural potential as well as the register of a specific genre and assist students to write arti-cles of the target genre through teaching procedures like deconstruction,joint construction,and independent construction.展开更多
文摘The reform of college English should focus on the ways to improve the practicing ability. This ability should be based on the improvement of students, which is the fundamental aim of reform on the college English. In order to cope with this problem, "flipped classroom"has many advantages. By Giving definitions to the "flipped classroom", this dissertation analyzed the differences between the regular class and the "flipped classroom" and carried out a new way to improve the reading and writing course: we can take advantage of multimedia and new internet technology.
文摘This paper discusses the relationship between writing and reading, probes into the reasons why we should teach English writing through reading and points out the acceptable way of teaching English writing. The author stresses the importance of integrating writing with reading.
文摘The genre-base pedagogy is based on genre and genre analysis theories. It provides a new direction to improve the teaching effect of College English reading and writing. This paper analyzes the notion of genre, highlights genre analysis and genre-based pedagogy for its advantages in language teaching, clearifies the relationship between reading and writing, and then presents a sample class which adopts genre-based pedagogy to textbook-based College English reading and writing instruction.
文摘The text-based and reader-based are two contrasting groups of approaches existed in the field of textual coherence study.On the basis of the integration of the two kinds of approaches,an integrative interpretation of the nature of coherence is proposed,that is,coherence is both a text-related and reader-related phenomenon.In order to construct coherent interpretation of text meaning more efficiently,readers should not only be able to identify and use text-immanent coherence cues,but also be capable of drawing coherence-related information by perceiving the contextual features and by engaging actively in activating their background knowledge and in using their cognitive skills.Coherence construction based on the integrative interpretation is the key to success in reading comprehension,so it can generate important pedagogical implications in the college English intensive reading classroom.
文摘While teaching college English classes, the author discovers that many non-English major students have difficulty inreading and writing. They are unwilling to read English material and have poor reading strategies. As for writing, they are trained todeal with all types of exams, imitating fixed sentence structures. Thus, the author adopts production-oriented approach(POA) anddesigns tasks that combine reading with writing so that students read with a purpose and write with authentic language.
文摘Reading and writing are input and output respectively. The relation between reading and writing is closely related. Reading is the preparation for good writing. And writing theory or law can provide readers some clues for better understanding. The relation between reading and writing can help our English teaching in and out class. Also the way of thinking influences our reading and writing.
文摘This paper first stated some related theories of cooperative learning and English reading teaching.And then an applicationof cooperative learning in English reading teaching of art majors in independent college is implemented based on these literature re-views.The aim of the experiment is to explore the impact of the application of cooperative learning strategies.It mainly discussedthe following questions:(1)Can the group cooperative learning improve students'reading achievement?(2)What factors contributeto the success/failure of cooperative learning?(3)What are the favorite cooperative learning models in reading classes?The experi-ment proved that cooperative learning does not truly improve art students’reading achievement in independent college,but it real-ly has a positive role in promoting the students'learning interest,motivation and emotional attitude.The experiment also indicatesthat cooperative learning is still a valuable teaching strategy for applying,and GI,LT,TGT and other cooperative learning modelare welcomed by classmates.
文摘With the continuous development of the times, people’s thinking is constantly improving, and the importance of educa-tion is also increasing. As many new teaching models are emerging, the network course education represented by flipped classroomand MOOC education are increasingly attracting the attention of all walks of life with its unique advantages. The teaching of Eng-lish reading is a key point in College English education. However, the reality of College English reading education is not satisfacto-ry due to certain factors. This paper aims to discuss the implication of flipped classroom mode in college English reading teaching,hoping to provide references for the relevant parties.
文摘The relationship of textual theory to ESL reading has for a long time been a heated research area.The various findings in this field have greatly facilitated the improvement of reading ability and the advancement of reading course.This thesis puts the use of textual device in a new light on the basic of the theory of cohesion,further at a micro level,explores the pedagogical implications for college English reading teaching.
文摘Lexical chunks,as one of the most important units with the feature of both grammar and vocabulary in a language use,as the smallest unit of language input,memory,storage and output,has a very broad application prospect in teaching college English writing.Lexical chunk is semi-refined language,which can be used as a whole stored in the memory,and can be extracted directly in use.Lexical chunks can effectively improve processing efficiency of the language resource information,alleviate learners ' timed writing pressure,overcome the influence of negative transfer of native language,to improve the students' writing fluency,accuracy and vitality.
文摘Vocabulary is the basis of English learning.The mastery of vocabulary directly affects the development of students’listening,speaking,reading,writing,translation,and other abilities.Therefore,vocabulary teaching plays an important role in English teaching.As a basic course for College English majors,one of the teaching objectives of reading course is to help students expand their vocabulary,enhance their sense of English language,and increase their cultural background knowledge of English speaking countries.In the process of extensive reading teaching,teachers should not be limited to the traditional vocabulary teaching mode,but should guide students to memorize words quickly and efficiently through flexible teaching methods,expand vocabulary,and at the same time,teachers should pay attention to the introduction of cultural knowledge in the process of vocabulary explanation,so as to help students understand the meaning more deeply and thoroughly.
文摘The teaching process of English writing in the colleges can be carried out with more effective and innovative approaches in the network milieu,and the concept of collaborative learning can also become the basic teaching philosophy of English writing.The teaching conditions of English writing in some colleges and universities were analyzed.In general,the overall teaching conditions suffer from many deficiencies,which become the aspects for developing English writing teaching activities based on collaborative learning in the network milieu.Achieving the teaching outcomes of either collaborative English writing or English writing on the basis of collaborative learning is not easy.This paper will analyze the difficulty of college English writing teaching based on collaborative learning in the network milieu,and put forward specific suggestions for teaching.
文摘Considering the importance of my country’s economic structure and cultivating extroverted talents,it is necessary to improve the level of English writing in college English writing teaching,life,and work.There are still some sudden problems in teaching.In order to improve the English writing level of large-character students,we must work hard to solve the outstanding problems in English writing teaching,so as to improve the accuracy of college English writing.
文摘Based on CiteSpace,this paper visually analyzes references of 371 articles of college English writing teaching research collected in CNKI published between 1998 and 2018.Co-occurrence analysis of keywords demonstrated that the hot issues in college English writing research can be divided into 1) research on college English writing teaching;2) writing teaching mode;3) writing teaching feedback;4) writing teaching method and theory.In addition,informatization and networking are the development trends of writing teaching in the future.
文摘Based on several pieces of research,this paper discusses about the provision of teacher feedback on students’writing in college English teaching.In the practice of providing teacher feedback,several factors including the focus and the patterns of language use may influence the effectiveness of student’s writing.
文摘Schema is interpreted as one's prior knowledge or background knowledge and schema theory is about a reader's utilizing his schema knowledge when reading so as to achieve efficient comprehension.Based on the analysis of the current situation of English reading instruction in the independent colleges and the literature review of schema theory,this paper mainly explores how schema theory is applied in the teaching steps of English reading in independent colleges,such as warming up,brainstorming,prediction,presentation of background knowledge,instruction of new words,skimming and scanning,reading the text and critical reading.In the end,the pedagogical implications are proposed.
文摘Emotion is an indispensable factor in English writing.However,product-oriented teaching has paid too much attention to the interior form of writing with ignoring the emotional factors.Based on the analysis of emotional barriers and corresponding drawbacks caused by the traditional teaching method,this study proposes both communicative approach and process-oriented approach to help college students develop positive emotions in English writing.
文摘This research proposal focuses on a tentative exploration of teaching procedures for college English writing with the ge-neric approach of Sydney School.This research will mainly adopt a qualitative research methodology,which aims to figure out the contextual configuration and generic structural potential as well as the register of a specific genre and assist students to write arti-cles of the target genre through teaching procedures like deconstruction,joint construction,and independent construction.