专业技术人员外语培训教学浅见

语言是人类最重要的交际工具。随着社会的发展、国际交流的加强,通晓外语巳成为专业技术人员必须具备的能力。因此,各类专业技术人员晋升各级技术职称,外语成为必备条件,外语培训也成为高层次培训的重要内容。

中外合作办学国内培养阶段教学的特点

中外合作办学是高等院校办学中的一个重要方面。本文结合本校实际,从制定符合中外合作办学特点的教学计划,坚持专业双语教学,促进高水平外语培训教学以及管理工作和教学质量监督等几方面,探讨了中外合作办学国内培养阶段教学的特点。

打造一流外语学校——记教育专家亨德森·杨和他的团队

时间回溯到2004年，“亨德森外国语学校”，一个陌生的名字，似乎在一夜之间突然出现在昆明的外语培训市场中。当时的昆明，众多外语培训教学的广告，满布在人群密集地和商铺林立的街道。亨德森的出现，并没有引起同行和学生的注意。因此，第一期英语培训班仅招收到3名学生。

Study of Revelatory Impact of College English Teaching for Cross-cultural Awareness Training

With the rapid development of the world economy and technology, Chinese cross-cultural communication with the outside world has become more frequent and widespread. It caused challenges for college English teaching in current stage. It is more urgent for us to adapt to the 21st century and cultivate cross-cultural personnel with practical language skills. This also caused widespread concern in foreign language field. English teachers who research the relations culture and language 20 years ago began to realize the importance of cross-cultural awareness training in foreign language teaching. However, compared to the fruitful theoretical results of cross-cultural awareness, training practice in college English teaching is not satisfactory. On the one hand, due to the lack of deep-rooted traditional language teaching methods and the necessity of understanding of cross-cultural awareness training, a part of the University haven＇ t implement literature teaching and develop students＇ cross-cultural awareness. On the other hand, many colleges and universities did try cross-cultural awareness trainings. However, due to lack of necessary theoretical guidance and effective implementation of the program, the effect is not very good. Many students still lack the necessary cross-cultural awareness.

EFL TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH CRITICAL READING PEDAGOGY:MEETING THE CHALLENGES IN THE ASIAN CLASSROOM

外语教师能否在阅读课中进行批评性阅读教学、提高学生的阅读鉴赏与辨别能力?本文就外语教师师范教育中不可或缺的知识的两方面(即语言知识与语言教学论知识)是如何用诸于作者在新加坡国家教育学院英语教学研究生文凭项目所开设的阅读教学法课的实例进行报告。笔者从社会文化理论及批评性话语分析理论入手,针对批评性阅读教学法在35名外语教师参加的培训阅读教学法课中实施的课堂实例片段进行分析、诠释和讨论,旨在抛砖引玉为改变传统的外语阅读教学法提供可能的新途径和机遇。笔者在文末强调,本文的初衷是要让外语教师意识到批评性阅读教学法在外语阅读教学中的的重要性以及在亚洲外语课堂实践中所面临的挑战。