Cultivating morality and nurturing talents is an important task of educational work,and the proposal of curriculum ideology and politics has laid a solid foundation for universities to implement the education of culti...Cultivating morality and nurturing talents is an important task of educational work,and the proposal of curriculum ideology and politics has laid a solid foundation for universities to implement the education of cultivating morality and nurturing talents.Ideological and political education in the curriculum,as an important tool for cultivating moral character,utilizes the main channel of classroom teaching to disseminate content related to ideological and political education and promote the development of correct core socialist values and good character in students.Integrating ideological and political elements into English courses requires students to consider multiple factors,explore ideological and political elements,and choose appropriate teaching methods.At present,the integration of ideological and political elements into college English courses is still in the exploratory stage.This article conducts a comprehensive analysis and research on the connotation of ideological and political elements in courses,and the difficulties,causes,and significance of integrating them into English courses.Lastly,practical and feasible teaching strategies are proposed,hoping to provide guidance for frontline teachers and promote students’comprehensive development.展开更多
With the increasing demand for communicative competence in English, organizing small group activities has become important and increasingly popular in EFL classrooms in higher vocational college. But there still exist...With the increasing demand for communicative competence in English, organizing small group activities has become important and increasingly popular in EFL classrooms in higher vocational college. But there still exist many problems such as:too silence, little enthusiasm, out of control and so on, which has made group teaching activities can’t reach the expected effect.The paper takes the higher vocational college English Teaching in Beibu Gulf as an example, basing on the reasons mention above, put forward some suggestions and hopes that there may be some help in the effective use of group work in higher vocational college English teaching.展开更多
The purpose of this study is to examine the current situation of English writing autonomy and literacy among Chinese college students,to analyze their performance,scale,and distribution as well as influencing factors,...The purpose of this study is to examine the current situation of English writing autonomy and literacy among Chinese college students,to analyze their performance,scale,and distribution as well as influencing factors,and to explore the correlation between English writing autonomy and literacy.This study will provide an in-depth analysis of the current situation of Chinese college students’English writing autonomy and literacy,reveal the scale,distribution,and influencing factors,as well as put forward strategies to enhance them,so as to provide a reference for the reform and development of college English education.展开更多
Nowadays, collaborative teaching has become an original and effective teaching strategy, which has been generally accepted in many countries. It is an effective means to cultivate and train students＇ language using a...Nowadays, collaborative teaching has become an original and effective teaching strategy, which has been generally accepted in many countries. It is an effective means to cultivate and train students＇ language using ability and their autonomous learning ability. The core of collaborative teaching is making students accomplish a common learning goal via group work. In view of the current situation of college English teaching, this paper has explored issues on the group work in collaborative teaching, including group work designing, group work implementing and group work evaluating. In addition, it has discussed with examples the merits and demerits of group work and come up with concrete measures for improvement so as to further promote college English teaching reforms.展开更多
This study investigated the application and the effect of Group Investigation(GI) in the College English Program in a Chinese University. A qualitative case study method was used to understand the GI system used by Ch...This study investigated the application and the effect of Group Investigation(GI) in the College English Program in a Chinese University. A qualitative case study method was used to understand the GI system used by Chinese instructors as well as the achievements acquired and challenges met by the participants. Three instructors and fifteen second-year-undergraduates taking a course titled Sources of European Culture participated. Interviews, observations, and documents were used to collect the data. Data analysis showed Chinese instructors applied a GI technique similar to that discussed by Johnson and Johnson(1999); however, GI in the Chinese context demanded more effort from the teacher for designing tasks and provided help in modeling uses of English and in preparing visual, especially Power Point, presentations. Although participants used their mother tongue at some stages, their autonomy over English learning was activated, and horizons in the course content were broadened.展开更多
With the rapid development and furthering of higher education, most Chinese colleges have carried out large-scale enrollment program, which is a necessary improvement toward higher education reform. Meanwhile, the inc...With the rapid development and furthering of higher education, most Chinese colleges have carried out large-scale enrollment program, which is a necessary improvement toward higher education reform. Meanwhile, the increasing number of students has posed new problems and requirements for the old teaching method： the English teachers are facing more students and larger classes. In Zhejiang University, City College （ZUCC） the credit system and course selection has challenged the English teachers on a higher level. Every English teacher is facing classes of more than 40 students from various departments with sharp contrast among individual students in their English proficiency level and local background. How can every student actively participate in teaching activity so as to achieve better performance in English class？ Many teachers, therefore, have adopted team activity and cooperative teaching method to stimulate student participation in class. Inspired by the management theory to optimize student groups into independent teams, the concept of team construction and team management has been introduced into College English Teaching in ZUCC, which has given new meaning to team activity--it will become an interdisciplinary teaching method with its own feature.展开更多
基金Key Project of Education Science Planning in Heilongjiang Province“Practical Research on the Integration of Ideological and Political Education into Foreign Language Teaching in Application-Oriented Universities”(GJB1422627)。
文摘Cultivating morality and nurturing talents is an important task of educational work,and the proposal of curriculum ideology and politics has laid a solid foundation for universities to implement the education of cultivating morality and nurturing talents.Ideological and political education in the curriculum,as an important tool for cultivating moral character,utilizes the main channel of classroom teaching to disseminate content related to ideological and political education and promote the development of correct core socialist values and good character in students.Integrating ideological and political elements into English courses requires students to consider multiple factors,explore ideological and political elements,and choose appropriate teaching methods.At present,the integration of ideological and political elements into college English courses is still in the exploratory stage.This article conducts a comprehensive analysis and research on the connotation of ideological and political elements in courses,and the difficulties,causes,and significance of integrating them into English courses.Lastly,practical and feasible teaching strategies are proposed,hoping to provide guidance for frontline teachers and promote students’comprehensive development.
文摘With the increasing demand for communicative competence in English, organizing small group activities has become important and increasingly popular in EFL classrooms in higher vocational college. But there still exist many problems such as:too silence, little enthusiasm, out of control and so on, which has made group teaching activities can’t reach the expected effect.The paper takes the higher vocational college English Teaching in Beibu Gulf as an example, basing on the reasons mention above, put forward some suggestions and hopes that there may be some help in the effective use of group work in higher vocational college English teaching.
文摘The purpose of this study is to examine the current situation of English writing autonomy and literacy among Chinese college students,to analyze their performance,scale,and distribution as well as influencing factors,and to explore the correlation between English writing autonomy and literacy.This study will provide an in-depth analysis of the current situation of Chinese college students’English writing autonomy and literacy,reveal the scale,distribution,and influencing factors,as well as put forward strategies to enhance them,so as to provide a reference for the reform and development of college English education.
文摘Nowadays, collaborative teaching has become an original and effective teaching strategy, which has been generally accepted in many countries. It is an effective means to cultivate and train students＇ language using ability and their autonomous learning ability. The core of collaborative teaching is making students accomplish a common learning goal via group work. In view of the current situation of college English teaching, this paper has explored issues on the group work in collaborative teaching, including group work designing, group work implementing and group work evaluating. In addition, it has discussed with examples the merits and demerits of group work and come up with concrete measures for improvement so as to further promote college English teaching reforms.
基金supported by the 2013 Fundamental Re-search Funds for the Central Universities of Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityThe Subject of Shaanxi Province Educational Science Twelveth-Five-Year Plan
文摘This study investigated the application and the effect of Group Investigation(GI) in the College English Program in a Chinese University. A qualitative case study method was used to understand the GI system used by Chinese instructors as well as the achievements acquired and challenges met by the participants. Three instructors and fifteen second-year-undergraduates taking a course titled Sources of European Culture participated. Interviews, observations, and documents were used to collect the data. Data analysis showed Chinese instructors applied a GI technique similar to that discussed by Johnson and Johnson(1999); however, GI in the Chinese context demanded more effort from the teacher for designing tasks and provided help in modeling uses of English and in preparing visual, especially Power Point, presentations. Although participants used their mother tongue at some stages, their autonomy over English learning was activated, and horizons in the course content were broadened.
文摘With the rapid development and furthering of higher education, most Chinese colleges have carried out large-scale enrollment program, which is a necessary improvement toward higher education reform. Meanwhile, the increasing number of students has posed new problems and requirements for the old teaching method： the English teachers are facing more students and larger classes. In Zhejiang University, City College （ZUCC） the credit system and course selection has challenged the English teachers on a higher level. Every English teacher is facing classes of more than 40 students from various departments with sharp contrast among individual students in their English proficiency level and local background. How can every student actively participate in teaching activity so as to achieve better performance in English class？ Many teachers, therefore, have adopted team activity and cooperative teaching method to stimulate student participation in class. Inspired by the management theory to optimize student groups into independent teams, the concept of team construction and team management has been introduced into College English Teaching in ZUCC, which has given new meaning to team activity--it will become an interdisciplinary teaching method with its own feature.
