Based on Brown and Levinson's face theory, this paper points out that Chinese students keep silent in the English class for the sake of their face wants. As facilitators of language learning, teachers need to lear...Based on Brown and Levinson's face theory, this paper points out that Chinese students keep silent in the English class for the sake of their face wants. As facilitators of language learning, teachers need to learn some politeness strategies and employ various politeness strategies to maintain and enhance students' face to spark their motivation to participate in the interactive activities so as to develop their language control.展开更多
Teacher’s feedback has been studied by a large number of researchers by scholars from various angles.Along with teach⁃er’s feedback,students’participation in class,another vital topic concerning education,has also ...Teacher’s feedback has been studied by a large number of researchers by scholars from various angles.Along with teach⁃er’s feedback,students’participation in class,another vital topic concerning education,has also caught people’s attention in re⁃cent years.This paper is the literature review of teacher’s feedback and students’participation in class.The review of teacher’s feedback focuses on its definition,classification and function;and the literature review of students’participation in class centers around its definition,value and the method to improve students’participation in class.展开更多
There has been an increasing awareness in China's English language teaching profession that curriculum development should take account of the participants within the curriculum development process: the planners, the...There has been an increasing awareness in China's English language teaching profession that curriculum development should take account of the participants within the curriculum development process: the planners, the administrators, the institutions, the teachers, and the learners. This paper attempts to identify the underlying principles of the New English Curriculum in China (2001), based on which the roles of the learner, teacher, and institution that underpin the development of the new English curriculum in a secondary school in South-west China are critieaUy examined.展开更多
Nowadays,ELT pays more attention to the ability of communication. So the role of the teacher is very different from the one before. This paper mainly gives an analysis of the possible roles a teacher is supposed to ta...Nowadays,ELT pays more attention to the ability of communication. So the role of the teacher is very different from the one before. This paper mainly gives an analysis of the possible roles a teacher is supposed to take in an ELT class by dividing the class into three stages,presenting the practical approaches and procedures of teaching to develop students' communicative abilities.展开更多
文摘Based on Brown and Levinson's face theory, this paper points out that Chinese students keep silent in the English class for the sake of their face wants. As facilitators of language learning, teachers need to learn some politeness strategies and employ various politeness strategies to maintain and enhance students' face to spark their motivation to participate in the interactive activities so as to develop their language control.
文摘Teacher’s feedback has been studied by a large number of researchers by scholars from various angles.Along with teach⁃er’s feedback,students’participation in class,another vital topic concerning education,has also caught people’s attention in re⁃cent years.This paper is the literature review of teacher’s feedback and students’participation in class.The review of teacher’s feedback focuses on its definition,classification and function;and the literature review of students’participation in class centers around its definition,value and the method to improve students’participation in class.
文摘There has been an increasing awareness in China's English language teaching profession that curriculum development should take account of the participants within the curriculum development process: the planners, the administrators, the institutions, the teachers, and the learners. This paper attempts to identify the underlying principles of the New English Curriculum in China (2001), based on which the roles of the learner, teacher, and institution that underpin the development of the new English curriculum in a secondary school in South-west China are critieaUy examined.
文摘Nowadays,ELT pays more attention to the ability of communication. So the role of the teacher is very different from the one before. This paper mainly gives an analysis of the possible roles a teacher is supposed to take in an ELT class by dividing the class into three stages,presenting the practical approaches and procedures of teaching to develop students' communicative abilities.