This paper analyzes the negative influence of traditional English instruction as well as obsession with bilingual teaching, and sets forth a three-step development strategy in line with the cognitive characteristics o...This paper analyzes the negative influence of traditional English instruction as well as obsession with bilingual teaching, and sets forth a three-step development strategy in line with the cognitive characteristics of learners.展开更多
This paper intends to discuss the types of team teaching, its advantages and disadvantages in the English teaching practice in China and provide some specific tips for both Chinese and foreign English teachers in team...This paper intends to discuss the types of team teaching, its advantages and disadvantages in the English teaching practice in China and provide some specific tips for both Chinese and foreign English teachers in team teaching.展开更多
This paper is a report of an experimental undergraduate composite program of Tourism Business Management and English. It introduces the characteristics of the program structure, faculty, learning materials, teaching a...This paper is a report of an experimental undergraduate composite program of Tourism Business Management and English. It introduces the characteristics of the program structure, faculty, learning materials, teaching and learning methods, and assessment approaches. The achievements of the program as well as the major problems it has experienc.ed are also discussed.展开更多
In pace with the constant increase of exchange with other countries, the traditional teaching approach cannot meet the demand of modem education. But the communicative approach conforms to historical trends, focusing ...In pace with the constant increase of exchange with other countries, the traditional teaching approach cannot meet the demand of modem education. But the communicative approach conforms to historical trends, focusing on students and developing their overall language ability to handle changes and solve problems. Proceeding from the tortuous course of teaching reform on English, analyzing theories of foreign language approaches and characteristics of communicative approach and researching into its strategies, the author aims to study how to spur teaching reform on college English towards great success.展开更多
English is the universal language. With the development of economic and cultural globalization, the demand for English has gradually increased. Traditional college English teaching cannot meet real requirement, so col...English is the universal language. With the development of economic and cultural globalization, the demand for English has gradually increased. Traditional college English teaching cannot meet real requirement, so college English teaching reform is imperative. With the development of online platform, the Internet has brought a great impetus to the curriculum reform. The author thinks that "MOOC" and College English Teaching Reform have a good point of combining, but there is still a problem remaining to be solved: How to make good use of"MOOC" for College English Teaching Reform service has a lot study space in the future.展开更多
One of the most controversial debate topics in current College English teaching is whether EGP (English for General Purposes) should be replaced by ESP (English for Specific Purposes). The latest College English C...One of the most controversial debate topics in current College English teaching is whether EGP (English for General Purposes) should be replaced by ESP (English for Specific Purposes). The latest College English Curriculum issued by MOE (Ministry of Education) does not reflect the trend of developing College English Teaching by focusing on ESP, but rather on improving general English course books. However, the first local College English Curriculum published in 2012 in Shanghai focuses on developing ESP and English for academic purpose as its teaching objectives. This paper analyzes different definitions of ESP in China's education setting, compares different views on handling the relationship between EGP and ESP in China's College English Reform, and explores how to apply an appropriate notion of EGP to College English teaching in China.展开更多
The English teaching of Tertiary vocational education is an important issue that we must pay close attention to. Through the analysis of the present situation, the paper brings some new ideas about the English teachin...The English teaching of Tertiary vocational education is an important issue that we must pay close attention to. Through the analysis of the present situation, the paper brings some new ideas about the English teaching methods. (1) The new concepts about the teaching goals and plans. (2) The new concepts about the teaching ideas. (3) The new concepts about the teaching arrangement and so on. In addition, the paper points out that the English teachers in the vocational colleges should not only follow with interest in teaching, but also enhance personal quality, in order to realize the intention of career-leading and practical talents training in the tertiary vocational education.展开更多
Nowadays the oral English levels of non-English majors in colleges do not live up to the expectations from the all walks of life. Due to the rapid development of the communication technology, many cell phone apps abou...Nowadays the oral English levels of non-English majors in colleges do not live up to the expectations from the all walks of life. Due to the rapid development of the communication technology, many cell phone apps about the English learning have appeared. So this paper tries to put forward some effective ways to reform the oral English teaching for non-English majors based on FIF--a cell phone app about oral English learning after analyzing the status quo of current oral English teaching and learning and the advantages of FIF.展开更多
Along with the continuous development of English educational reform in colleges and universities, higher requirements are proposed on the construction of English teaching team. In this paper, several strategies for co...Along with the continuous development of English educational reform in colleges and universities, higher requirements are proposed on the construction of English teaching team. In this paper, several strategies for constructing a learning-oriented English teaching team are proposed in combination with the current situation of English education in colleges and universities.展开更多
In order to meet the trend of China's rapid economic and social development and the internationalization of higher education, a new round of college English teaching reform is ready to start. Following the pilot refo...In order to meet the trend of China's rapid economic and social development and the internationalization of higher education, a new round of college English teaching reform is ready to start. Following the pilot reform by colleges and universities in Beijing, some colleges and universities in Shanghai will also initiate college English teaching reform program this fall. According to SCETFR (Shanghai College English Teaching Frame of Reference), the core of the new round of reform is to replace the traditional integral or comprehensive English with academic English, and through which to strive to improve students' English language ability in academic study and profession, and help them build a strong competence in international exchanges and competitions. The author, based on the status quo of China's current college English teaching, made some forward-looking predictions to the reform, and put forward some constructive proposals and measures展开更多
With the increase of international cultural exchange, training and strengthening college students' cultural cognitive ability is a burgeoning research subject in today's foreign language teaching profession of colle...With the increase of international cultural exchange, training and strengthening college students' cultural cognitive ability is a burgeoning research subject in today's foreign language teaching profession of colleges and universities Cross-cultural communication skills and cultural cognition abilities have become an important measure of the ability of the modem language talents. This paper tries to implement a comprehensive reform of college English curriculum system through an empirical research in order to improve students' cultural cognitive abilities and cross-cultural communicative competence and change the non-ideal situation in college English teaching. Its valuable experience can greatly promote language teaching and help other universities reform their college English curriculum.展开更多
As an important communicative language, English has become an important part of college education in the process of the growing education reform, therefore, the college English linguistics course teaching mode reform ...As an important communicative language, English has become an important part of college education in the process of the growing education reform, therefore, the college English linguistics course teaching mode reform is the inevitable trend of social development to a certain extent, it has the important influence on promoting the student' s ability improvement. This paper analyzes the main problems of the college English linguistics course teaching, conducts a comprehensive analysis of the reform ideas for the college English linguistics course teaching mode and puts forward the mode of the college English linguistics course teaching reform strategy to really improve the level of college English linguistics course teaching.展开更多
Treason is the objective and inevitable phenomenon in film title translation. With the aid of functional theory, the authors attempt to have a thorough study on the treason in film title translation from four aspects...Treason is the objective and inevitable phenomenon in film title translation. With the aid of functional theory, the authors attempt to have a thorough study on the treason in film title translation from four aspects: the types, the manifestations, the causes and the effects, in the purpose of improving the quality of film title translation, and arousing the academic attention on the inevitable phenomenon, treason, which was often regarded as the taboo in translation.展开更多
Chinese students tend to keep silent in class and bear in mind what has been taught passively rather than expressing their ideas actively like westem students, which concems Chinese teachers deeply because of the unsa...Chinese students tend to keep silent in class and bear in mind what has been taught passively rather than expressing their ideas actively like westem students, which concems Chinese teachers deeply because of the unsatisfactory class production. From the perspectives of "face" in Politeness Principle on the basis of cultural dimensions, this paper mainly focuses on class silence with a comparison between different cultures in the east and west, explores the true reasons for its happening in China and constructs a reference research for follow-up studies.展开更多
Traditionally, English pronunciation teaching in universities in China is always focused on the theoretical teaching in classroom, which cannot meet the requirements of society. At the same time, the new national stan...Traditionally, English pronunciation teaching in universities in China is always focused on the theoretical teaching in classroom, which cannot meet the requirements of society. At the same time, the new national standard of business English major puts forward higher demands of the educational objectives of the course. In order to adapt to the reform of business English major, university teachers of English pronunciation course should be active in promoting the curriculum reform. This paper proposes to make suggestions to change the traditional theory teaching of classroom and to improve the students' practical skills by training.展开更多
Applying the multimedia technology to the English teaching is an innovation for the English teaching methods and means, because the traditional teaching cannot solve the problems of listening and speaking locally, but...Applying the multimedia technology to the English teaching is an innovation for the English teaching methods and means, because the traditional teaching cannot solve the problems of listening and speaking locally, but the multimedia teaching can well solve this problem, and can also improve the students' English comprehensive abilities. It is a question of the teaching skills whether the teachers can adroitly, effectively and skillfully adopt the advanced teaching methods to implement the teaching.展开更多
The purpose of college English teaching is to train students in listening, speaking, reading and writing English proficiency in all aspects. With the rapid development of society and innovative college English teachin...The purpose of college English teaching is to train students in listening, speaking, reading and writing English proficiency in all aspects. With the rapid development of society and innovative college English teaching concepts and models, the use of innovation diffusion theory is to guide the reform of college English teaching this subject into the spotlight. The use of innovative teaching mode diffusion theory can mobilize students a variety of sensory coordination and cooperation can be achieved to enhance English learning, to enhance the purpose of English proficiency. This paper will apply to the specific circumstances of innovation diffusion theory college English teaching reform of College English Teaching in the diffusion of innovation theory perspective.展开更多
Students preferentially take in and process information in different ways, and teaching methods also should vary accordingly. How much a student can learn is also determined by the compatibility of the student's lear...Students preferentially take in and process information in different ways, and teaching methods also should vary accordingly. How much a student can learn is also determined by the compatibility of the student's learning styles and the teacher's teaching styles. It is important for teachers to know their learners' preferred learning styles because this knowledge will help teachers to plan their lessons to match or adapt their teaching and to provide the most appropriate activities to suit a particular learner group.展开更多
CTMRC - Curriculum and Teaching Materials Reform Commission; CTMRI - Curriculum and Teaching Materials Research Institute; ELT - English Language Teaching; MOE - Ministry of Education;
文摘This paper analyzes the negative influence of traditional English instruction as well as obsession with bilingual teaching, and sets forth a three-step development strategy in line with the cognitive characteristics of learners.
文摘This paper intends to discuss the types of team teaching, its advantages and disadvantages in the English teaching practice in China and provide some specific tips for both Chinese and foreign English teachers in team teaching.
文摘This paper is a report of an experimental undergraduate composite program of Tourism Business Management and English. It introduces the characteristics of the program structure, faculty, learning materials, teaching and learning methods, and assessment approaches. The achievements of the program as well as the major problems it has experienc.ed are also discussed.
文摘In pace with the constant increase of exchange with other countries, the traditional teaching approach cannot meet the demand of modem education. But the communicative approach conforms to historical trends, focusing on students and developing their overall language ability to handle changes and solve problems. Proceeding from the tortuous course of teaching reform on English, analyzing theories of foreign language approaches and characteristics of communicative approach and researching into its strategies, the author aims to study how to spur teaching reform on college English towards great success.
文摘English is the universal language. With the development of economic and cultural globalization, the demand for English has gradually increased. Traditional college English teaching cannot meet real requirement, so college English teaching reform is imperative. With the development of online platform, the Internet has brought a great impetus to the curriculum reform. The author thinks that "MOOC" and College English Teaching Reform have a good point of combining, but there is still a problem remaining to be solved: How to make good use of"MOOC" for College English Teaching Reform service has a lot study space in the future.
文摘One of the most controversial debate topics in current College English teaching is whether EGP (English for General Purposes) should be replaced by ESP (English for Specific Purposes). The latest College English Curriculum issued by MOE (Ministry of Education) does not reflect the trend of developing College English Teaching by focusing on ESP, but rather on improving general English course books. However, the first local College English Curriculum published in 2012 in Shanghai focuses on developing ESP and English for academic purpose as its teaching objectives. This paper analyzes different definitions of ESP in China's education setting, compares different views on handling the relationship between EGP and ESP in China's College English Reform, and explores how to apply an appropriate notion of EGP to College English teaching in China.
文摘The English teaching of Tertiary vocational education is an important issue that we must pay close attention to. Through the analysis of the present situation, the paper brings some new ideas about the English teaching methods. (1) The new concepts about the teaching goals and plans. (2) The new concepts about the teaching ideas. (3) The new concepts about the teaching arrangement and so on. In addition, the paper points out that the English teachers in the vocational colleges should not only follow with interest in teaching, but also enhance personal quality, in order to realize the intention of career-leading and practical talents training in the tertiary vocational education.
文摘Nowadays the oral English levels of non-English majors in colleges do not live up to the expectations from the all walks of life. Due to the rapid development of the communication technology, many cell phone apps about the English learning have appeared. So this paper tries to put forward some effective ways to reform the oral English teaching for non-English majors based on FIF--a cell phone app about oral English learning after analyzing the status quo of current oral English teaching and learning and the advantages of FIF.
文摘Along with the continuous development of English educational reform in colleges and universities, higher requirements are proposed on the construction of English teaching team. In this paper, several strategies for constructing a learning-oriented English teaching team are proposed in combination with the current situation of English education in colleges and universities.
文摘In order to meet the trend of China's rapid economic and social development and the internationalization of higher education, a new round of college English teaching reform is ready to start. Following the pilot reform by colleges and universities in Beijing, some colleges and universities in Shanghai will also initiate college English teaching reform program this fall. According to SCETFR (Shanghai College English Teaching Frame of Reference), the core of the new round of reform is to replace the traditional integral or comprehensive English with academic English, and through which to strive to improve students' English language ability in academic study and profession, and help them build a strong competence in international exchanges and competitions. The author, based on the status quo of China's current college English teaching, made some forward-looking predictions to the reform, and put forward some constructive proposals and measures
文摘With the increase of international cultural exchange, training and strengthening college students' cultural cognitive ability is a burgeoning research subject in today's foreign language teaching profession of colleges and universities Cross-cultural communication skills and cultural cognition abilities have become an important measure of the ability of the modem language talents. This paper tries to implement a comprehensive reform of college English curriculum system through an empirical research in order to improve students' cultural cognitive abilities and cross-cultural communicative competence and change the non-ideal situation in college English teaching. Its valuable experience can greatly promote language teaching and help other universities reform their college English curriculum.
文摘As an important communicative language, English has become an important part of college education in the process of the growing education reform, therefore, the college English linguistics course teaching mode reform is the inevitable trend of social development to a certain extent, it has the important influence on promoting the student' s ability improvement. This paper analyzes the main problems of the college English linguistics course teaching, conducts a comprehensive analysis of the reform ideas for the college English linguistics course teaching mode and puts forward the mode of the college English linguistics course teaching reform strategy to really improve the level of college English linguistics course teaching.
文摘Treason is the objective and inevitable phenomenon in film title translation. With the aid of functional theory, the authors attempt to have a thorough study on the treason in film title translation from four aspects: the types, the manifestations, the causes and the effects, in the purpose of improving the quality of film title translation, and arousing the academic attention on the inevitable phenomenon, treason, which was often regarded as the taboo in translation.
文摘Chinese students tend to keep silent in class and bear in mind what has been taught passively rather than expressing their ideas actively like westem students, which concems Chinese teachers deeply because of the unsatisfactory class production. From the perspectives of "face" in Politeness Principle on the basis of cultural dimensions, this paper mainly focuses on class silence with a comparison between different cultures in the east and west, explores the true reasons for its happening in China and constructs a reference research for follow-up studies.
文摘Traditionally, English pronunciation teaching in universities in China is always focused on the theoretical teaching in classroom, which cannot meet the requirements of society. At the same time, the new national standard of business English major puts forward higher demands of the educational objectives of the course. In order to adapt to the reform of business English major, university teachers of English pronunciation course should be active in promoting the curriculum reform. This paper proposes to make suggestions to change the traditional theory teaching of classroom and to improve the students' practical skills by training.
文摘Applying the multimedia technology to the English teaching is an innovation for the English teaching methods and means, because the traditional teaching cannot solve the problems of listening and speaking locally, but the multimedia teaching can well solve this problem, and can also improve the students' English comprehensive abilities. It is a question of the teaching skills whether the teachers can adroitly, effectively and skillfully adopt the advanced teaching methods to implement the teaching.
文摘The purpose of college English teaching is to train students in listening, speaking, reading and writing English proficiency in all aspects. With the rapid development of society and innovative college English teaching concepts and models, the use of innovation diffusion theory is to guide the reform of college English teaching this subject into the spotlight. The use of innovative teaching mode diffusion theory can mobilize students a variety of sensory coordination and cooperation can be achieved to enhance English learning, to enhance the purpose of English proficiency. This paper will apply to the specific circumstances of innovation diffusion theory college English teaching reform of College English Teaching in the diffusion of innovation theory perspective.
文摘Students preferentially take in and process information in different ways, and teaching methods also should vary accordingly. How much a student can learn is also determined by the compatibility of the student's learning styles and the teacher's teaching styles. It is important for teachers to know their learners' preferred learning styles because this knowledge will help teachers to plan their lessons to match or adapt their teaching and to provide the most appropriate activities to suit a particular learner group.
文摘CTMRC - Curriculum and Teaching Materials Reform Commission; CTMRI - Curriculum and Teaching Materials Research Institute; ELT - English Language Teaching; MOE - Ministry of Education;