This paper focuses on the female English teachers＇ work-related stress in the School of Foreign Languages, Xi＇an Jiaotong University. A survey produced some results that are worth studying. The teachers in this spec...This paper focuses on the female English teachers＇ work-related stress in the School of Foreign Languages, Xi＇an Jiaotong University. A survey produced some results that are worth studying. The teachers in this special group are keeping their heavy-burdened teaching job by finding ways to escape their work-related stress and at the same time trying to save face. Answers to the questionnaire have proved that Chinese cultural characteristics have been deeply rooted in the SFL teaching staff even though they have accepted and learned western culture over a period of many years.展开更多
Research on English as a lingua franca(ELF)has triggered a debate on whether English teaching should consistently conform to native-speaker Standard English or it should value the pedagogical implications of ELF.This ...Research on English as a lingua franca(ELF)has triggered a debate on whether English teaching should consistently conform to native-speaker Standard English or it should value the pedagogical implications of ELF.This article provides an overview of current research on teaching English as a lingua franca.It starts with research on the rationale to introduce ELF-informed teaching and comparisons between ELF-informed teaching and native-English-based teaching.Concrete proposals of how to incorporate ELF-informed teaching into English language teaching(ELT)classrooms are presented.Then controversies in the debate are summarized.They are:A lack of ELF-informed textbooks;a lack of ELF-informed assessment;and a lack of qualified teachers.It then reviews recent publications dealing with these controversies.This is followed by a discussion about the research on ELF-informed teaching in the Chinese context.This article argues that research on the practicality of ELF-informed teaching should start with prospective English users,such as students in China’s Business English Program.It concludes with some suggestions for future research and practice on ELF-informed teaching in China.展开更多
文摘This paper focuses on the female English teachers＇ work-related stress in the School of Foreign Languages, Xi＇an Jiaotong University. A survey produced some results that are worth studying. The teachers in this special group are keeping their heavy-burdened teaching job by finding ways to escape their work-related stress and at the same time trying to save face. Answers to the questionnaire have proved that Chinese cultural characteristics have been deeply rooted in the SFL teaching staff even though they have accepted and learned western culture over a period of many years.
文摘Research on English as a lingua franca(ELF)has triggered a debate on whether English teaching should consistently conform to native-speaker Standard English or it should value the pedagogical implications of ELF.This article provides an overview of current research on teaching English as a lingua franca.It starts with research on the rationale to introduce ELF-informed teaching and comparisons between ELF-informed teaching and native-English-based teaching.Concrete proposals of how to incorporate ELF-informed teaching into English language teaching(ELT)classrooms are presented.Then controversies in the debate are summarized.They are:A lack of ELF-informed textbooks;a lack of ELF-informed assessment;and a lack of qualified teachers.It then reviews recent publications dealing with these controversies.This is followed by a discussion about the research on ELF-informed teaching in the Chinese context.This article argues that research on the practicality of ELF-informed teaching should start with prospective English users,such as students in China’s Business English Program.It concludes with some suggestions for future research and practice on ELF-informed teaching in China.
