Every day communication is an event in which there is an interactional relationship between interlocutors. This interaction needs whole language in which language skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing; as...Every day communication is an event in which there is an interactional relationship between interlocutors. This interaction needs whole language in which language skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing; associated knowledge of vocabulary, meaning, syntax, etc.; and also, thinking skills are interwoven. This means that language should be kept whole and ＂if language isn＇t kept whole, it isn＇t language anymore＂ （Rigg, 1991, p. 522, cited in Richards ＆ Rodgers, 2001, p. 109）. In English as a Second Language/English Foreign Language （ESL/EFL） learning settings, improvement in one skill can affect the development of other skills. A particular course may highlight certain skills, but if the teacher is creative or specific tasks and problems are used in language learning settings, learners are provided with the opportunity to improve multiple, integrated skills. This paper aims at elaborating on critical thinking approach to language learning and introducing practical ideas for helping teachers to integrate language and thinking skills. It introduces 3 critical thinking activities （Dialogue journals, reading logs and literacy portfolios）, and also discusses how implementing them can serves as a way to integrate language skills. It also maintains that engaging learners in these activities helps them use authentic materials and solve problems of their own interest that in turn has a positive effect on student＇s motivation.展开更多
With the application of modem information technology in education, particularly after multimedia network technology enters teaching field of education, the content of education, the content and the means of education ...With the application of modem information technology in education, particularly after multimedia network technology enters teaching field of education, the content of education, the content and the means of education has undergone great changes.In order to develop complex English talent, we designed a teaching model of English reading as a means of multimedia assisted teaching through collaborative, exploratory, autonomous interactive teaching, which can fully exercise and develop students＇ language skills, improving English quality of teaching.It has changed the traditional teaching model which is constrined bye teacher-centered, textbook-centered, classroom-centered. Multimedia Assisted English reading can give students the greatest degree of autonomy, and pay more attention to students＇ learning ability to play the main role in the cognitive, reflectting the idea of quality education, meetting the requirements of the times.展开更多
文摘Every day communication is an event in which there is an interactional relationship between interlocutors. This interaction needs whole language in which language skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing; associated knowledge of vocabulary, meaning, syntax, etc.; and also, thinking skills are interwoven. This means that language should be kept whole and ＂if language isn＇t kept whole, it isn＇t language anymore＂ （Rigg, 1991, p. 522, cited in Richards ＆ Rodgers, 2001, p. 109）. In English as a Second Language/English Foreign Language （ESL/EFL） learning settings, improvement in one skill can affect the development of other skills. A particular course may highlight certain skills, but if the teacher is creative or specific tasks and problems are used in language learning settings, learners are provided with the opportunity to improve multiple, integrated skills. This paper aims at elaborating on critical thinking approach to language learning and introducing practical ideas for helping teachers to integrate language and thinking skills. It introduces 3 critical thinking activities （Dialogue journals, reading logs and literacy portfolios）, and also discusses how implementing them can serves as a way to integrate language skills. It also maintains that engaging learners in these activities helps them use authentic materials and solve problems of their own interest that in turn has a positive effect on student＇s motivation.
文摘With the application of modem information technology in education, particularly after multimedia network technology enters teaching field of education, the content of education, the content and the means of education has undergone great changes.In order to develop complex English talent, we designed a teaching model of English reading as a means of multimedia assisted teaching through collaborative, exploratory, autonomous interactive teaching, which can fully exercise and develop students＇ language skills, improving English quality of teaching.It has changed the traditional teaching model which is constrined bye teacher-centered, textbook-centered, classroom-centered. Multimedia Assisted English reading can give students the greatest degree of autonomy, and pay more attention to students＇ learning ability to play the main role in the cognitive, reflectting the idea of quality education, meetting the requirements of the times.
