Task-based language teaching approach firmly believes that study should be students' interest, emphasizes"learning bydoing", enables students to acquire language in the process of completing tasks, which...Task-based language teaching approach firmly believes that study should be students' interest, emphasizes"learning bydoing", enables students to acquire language in the process of completing tasks, which solves the problem of laying too much stress on language knowledge and grammar knowledge while ignoring students' emotional attitudes and comprehensive ability to use lan - guage in English teaching. The English Curriculum Standards for primary schools require that the task of English teaching is to arouse students'study interest, and enable students to master certain English knowledge, and form certain language application ability for them. This paper makes a brief study on the use of Task-based Language method in oral English teaching for children, and the instruments referred to include the features, application of task-based approach, the importance of children's spoken Eng- lish, and the reflections from students and teacher.展开更多
As a teaching aid, games are vital to facilitate every part in learning process. They are easy to arouse learners' attention and are accessible to achieve teaching objectives compared with traditional teaching. The a...As a teaching aid, games are vital to facilitate every part in learning process. They are easy to arouse learners' attention and are accessible to achieve teaching objectives compared with traditional teaching. The author did two-month classroom observations in Education First Training School in Ningbo. This paper discusses and shares useful and effective games provided in English class.展开更多
with the rapid development of English education, children’s teaching is becoming more and more important in the edu-cation system. Children’s English has the characteristics of enlightenment. The application of dram...with the rapid development of English education, children’s teaching is becoming more and more important in the edu-cation system. Children’s English has the characteristics of enlightenment. The application of drama teaching method can makethe abstract knowledge vivid, which is helpful to arouse students’ enthusiasm and better understand knowledge. Therefore, teach-ers should follow the principles of English drama teaching, make clear the teaching purpose, and design targeted drama links to pro-mote the rational application of drama teaching method in English classroom.展开更多
How to teach children's English has been a concerned question for many years by teachers and experts. This article presents an experimental study of applying Total Physical Response (TPR) teaching method in childr...How to teach children's English has been a concerned question for many years by teachers and experts. This article presents an experimental study of applying Total Physical Response (TPR) teaching method in children's class, results analysis and pedagogical implications.展开更多
With the rapid development of modern technology and all-round reform in national college English teaching,Internet-Based teaching mode has become a new trend of college English teaching.Therefore,in the new teaching m...With the rapid development of modern technology and all-round reform in national college English teaching,Internet-Based teaching mode has become a new trend of college English teaching.Therefore,in the new teaching mode,the teacher should turn an inculcator into an instructor,facilitator and participant in teaching;a passive user of textbook into a dominant and modeler of courses;a planner of teaching specific tasks into an organizer of teaching process,a helper and shepherd of learning knowledge.展开更多
This paper first illustrates S.D. Krashen's language acquisition theory, especially two of his five hypotheses as well as the guidance of these theories towards the teaching of business English reading for student...This paper first illustrates S.D. Krashen's language acquisition theory, especially two of his five hypotheses as well as the guidance of these theories towards the teaching of business English reading for students majored in business English.展开更多
As interest in learning English is becoming more and more intense,many kindergartens regard children,s English education as a compulsory course.But the traditional teaching method is difficult for children who are jus...As interest in learning English is becoming more and more intense,many kindergartens regard children,s English education as a compulsory course.But the traditional teaching method is difficult for children who are just getting started with English.The traditional teaching method doesn’t work effectively because it can’t stimulate children’interest of English learning.This paper tries to apply TPR approach to English teaching.In this paper,the author takes Dandelion kindergarten in Shaanxi University of science and technology as an example,uses observational method,communicative approach and a variety of English Teaching Methods.It reveals that the T P R approach will be of great value in teaching preschool children English.Hopefully,this study will provide some inspiration for teacher's choice of teaching methods and help use the TPR approach more effectively.展开更多
English variation is among the mostly focused fields in sociolinguistics and has a close relation with English teaching.English variation awareness is considered a kind of intercultural communicative competence,which ...English variation is among the mostly focused fields in sociolinguistics and has a close relation with English teaching.English variation awareness is considered a kind of intercultural communicative competence,which can be improved a lot if English learners make clear the characteristics of English variation and foster English variation awareness.The training of such awareness should be included in China’s college English teaching.This paper starts from English variation and analyzes its enlightenment on China’s college English teaching,hoping that a little light can be shed on training English talents needed in today’s China where the Belt and Road Initiative has developed vigorously.展开更多
This paper,based on the investigation of students'autonomous English learning competence,aims to identify the problems students have in learner's autonomy(LA) and to further explore the possible ways to develo...This paper,based on the investigation of students'autonomous English learning competence,aims to identify the problems students have in learner's autonomy(LA) and to further explore the possible ways to develop students'autonomous English learning competence in Chinese context.展开更多
Established in 1998, Babycare Consulting Co. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Babycare) is a new-type enterprise offering early education to babies and children aged 0-6. In accordance with the law of physical and men...Established in 1998, Babycare Consulting Co. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Babycare) is a new-type enterprise offering early education to babies and children aged 0-6. In accordance with the law of physical and mental development of babies and children, the company develops courses such as healthy展开更多
Children’s creative art curriculum is a professional course supported by art materials and techniques and facilitated through creative activities,aiming at cultivating students’ability to organize creative art activ...Children’s creative art curriculum is a professional course supported by art materials and techniques and facilitated through creative activities,aiming at cultivating students’ability to organize creative art activities using various art materials and techniques.In light of the evolving focus in China’s colleges and universities from“what to know”to“how to apply,”the pivotal question for educators is how to maximize the value of children’s creative art curriculum.Based on this,this article takes“Sanquan education”as the starting point,combines factual and theoretical arguments,and analyzes the teaching optimization path of children’s creative art curriculum under the perspective of Sanquan education,to improve the quality and efficiency of teaching.展开更多
Krashen's second language acquisition theory consists of language input theory,emotion filtering theory and languageoutput theory.In order to apply Krashen's second language acquisition theory to college Engli...Krashen's second language acquisition theory consists of language input theory,emotion filtering theory and languageoutput theory.In order to apply Krashen's second language acquisition theory to college English teaching,it is suggested to commence from the acquisition and learning theories to optimize the teaching environment and methods.On the basis of language input theory,emotional filtering theory and language output theory,English input quality could be improved,students'learning interests could be stimulated and English practical teaching could be accelerated respectively.展开更多
The issue on which this essay focuses is how to adapt the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) Approach to China's context. With the recent accession to the WTO, the long-awaited Olympic games in Beijing, China ha...The issue on which this essay focuses is how to adapt the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) Approach to China's context. With the recent accession to the WTO, the long-awaited Olympic games in Beijing, China has made learning English a national priority. It is very important and necessary to research on how to adapt CLT flexibly and appropriately to China's context if most Chinese English learners are to gain a good grasp of oral English, and if specialist learning is to be achieved by those who need English for business and academic purposes. Therefore this essay is structured as follows: First, analyzing the different types of English teaching methods in China and then focusing on the CLT Method. By analyzing and contrasting these English teaching methods, the need to change the current English teaching methods in China will be discovered. Finally, it explains the problems of adopting the more modem CLT Approach and gives suggestions on how it may best be adapted to the Chinese context.展开更多
Discourse cohesion techniques analysis attracts much attention both at home and abroad and many scholars have conducted their research in this field, however, few of them focus on children's English books which ha...Discourse cohesion techniques analysis attracts much attention both at home and abroad and many scholars have conducted their research in this field, however, few of them focus on children's English books which has its own characteristics and cohesion techniques and deserves our research.展开更多
This article aims to explore the feasibility of English animation-assisted children's English teaching based on the theoryof children's language acquisition, discusses its beneficial effects, and puts forward ...This article aims to explore the feasibility of English animation-assisted children's English teaching based on the theoryof children's language acquisition, discusses its beneficial effects, and puts forward certain reference suggestions based on this.展开更多
English has become the medium for communication in so many areas, and children are the hope of the future and shoulder the duties to structure the future. Children's English becomes more important and spreads all ove...English has become the medium for communication in so many areas, and children are the hope of the future and shoulder the duties to structure the future. Children's English becomes more important and spreads all over the world, especially in recent years. Children's English is not perfect and there exist its own disadvantages. This paper gives four optimizations and suggestions in teaching children's English in order to solve the problem. Then it lists several relations to the children's English study, and these four relations are very important because they are the keys to lead the children's English to a healthy and developing road. And in the next chapter, it talks about the trends of the children's English in the future and lists the reasons why these kinds of trends appear. At last, the author overlooks the whole paper and gives a conclusion, which shows that children's English has a great potentiality in the future in China.展开更多
With the further development of China's reform and opening up,our communication with the world more and more frequently,more and more closely.As the primary tool of international communication,English is particula...With the further development of China's reform and opening up,our communication with the world more and more frequently,more and more closely.As the primary tool of international communication,English is particularly important.Now,to strengthen foreign language teaching,especially to learn foreign languages at children,has become a global trend.In China,many schools and teachers for many years to carry out a useful attempt of children's English teaching,and accumulated a lot of successful experience,of course,there are many difficulties and setbacks,and even failure.How to exclude the difficulty and the setback,avoid failure?I combined with my own teaching practice,discusses and studies for many years,has received the good effect.展开更多
The primary English teacher's speech acts have major impact on foreign language teaching and learning in primaryschool.Application of teacher,s speech acts in the classroom is actually a kind of selective process....The primary English teacher's speech acts have major impact on foreign language teaching and learning in primaryschool.Application of teacher,s speech acts in the classroom is actually a kind of selective process.From the perspective of SpeechAct Theory,primary English teachers can optimize their speech acts with the strategies of activating the greetings with proper con-text information,standardizing teacher talk,choosing suitable questions,providing appropriate feedback for pupils’classroom per-formances in order to improve the effectiveness of primary teachers,classroom speech acts.展开更多
She clambers up a rock, reaches both hands onto comers of the shabby cement wall and heaves herself up, being careful not to catch her school bag on the protruding bricks. She straddles the top and then jumps gingerly...She clambers up a rock, reaches both hands onto comers of the shabby cement wall and heaves herself up, being careful not to catch her school bag on the protruding bricks. She straddles the top and then jumps gingerly down onto the pebbled ground beside the railway line.展开更多
This paper reports findings from a longitudinal qualitative study that investigated the use of children's literature for Taiwan Residents University English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students' reading. During th...This paper reports findings from a longitudinal qualitative study that investigated the use of children's literature for Taiwan Residents University English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students' reading. During the course of their sophomore year, 17 students participated and each student held two to seven individual reading sessions, to which they brought a self-selected children's picture storybook or children's novel they had finished reading on their own and orally read it to the researcher. Their oral reading and the discussion of each book with the researcher were audio recorded. To gain insight into the reading progress, these oral data were categorized and analyzed in terms of mispronunciation patterns, misunderstanding of vocabulary, misinterpretation of sentence or passage, and researcher's guidance. General findings of the 17 participants were presented in three categories: (1) vocabulary acquisition, (2) common comprehension problems, and (3) common pronunciation problems. Further analysis of two motivated students who read five to seven books revealed that (1) these two EFL learners gradually developed conscious awareness of their own pronunciation and comprehension errors and (2) they progressively acquired better competence to apply the pronunciation tips and reading comprehension techniques provided by the researcher during previous sessions. These findings and corresponding implications are discussed and further research suggestions are made.展开更多
文摘Task-based language teaching approach firmly believes that study should be students' interest, emphasizes"learning bydoing", enables students to acquire language in the process of completing tasks, which solves the problem of laying too much stress on language knowledge and grammar knowledge while ignoring students' emotional attitudes and comprehensive ability to use lan - guage in English teaching. The English Curriculum Standards for primary schools require that the task of English teaching is to arouse students'study interest, and enable students to master certain English knowledge, and form certain language application ability for them. This paper makes a brief study on the use of Task-based Language method in oral English teaching for children, and the instruments referred to include the features, application of task-based approach, the importance of children's spoken Eng- lish, and the reflections from students and teacher.
文摘As a teaching aid, games are vital to facilitate every part in learning process. They are easy to arouse learners' attention and are accessible to achieve teaching objectives compared with traditional teaching. The author did two-month classroom observations in Education First Training School in Ningbo. This paper discusses and shares useful and effective games provided in English class.
文摘with the rapid development of English education, children’s teaching is becoming more and more important in the edu-cation system. Children’s English has the characteristics of enlightenment. The application of drama teaching method can makethe abstract knowledge vivid, which is helpful to arouse students’ enthusiasm and better understand knowledge. Therefore, teach-ers should follow the principles of English drama teaching, make clear the teaching purpose, and design targeted drama links to pro-mote the rational application of drama teaching method in English classroom.
文摘How to teach children's English has been a concerned question for many years by teachers and experts. This article presents an experimental study of applying Total Physical Response (TPR) teaching method in children's class, results analysis and pedagogical implications.
文摘With the rapid development of modern technology and all-round reform in national college English teaching,Internet-Based teaching mode has become a new trend of college English teaching.Therefore,in the new teaching mode,the teacher should turn an inculcator into an instructor,facilitator and participant in teaching;a passive user of textbook into a dominant and modeler of courses;a planner of teaching specific tasks into an organizer of teaching process,a helper and shepherd of learning knowledge.
文摘This paper first illustrates S.D. Krashen's language acquisition theory, especially two of his five hypotheses as well as the guidance of these theories towards the teaching of business English reading for students majored in business English.
文摘As interest in learning English is becoming more and more intense,many kindergartens regard children,s English education as a compulsory course.But the traditional teaching method is difficult for children who are just getting started with English.The traditional teaching method doesn’t work effectively because it can’t stimulate children’interest of English learning.This paper tries to apply TPR approach to English teaching.In this paper,the author takes Dandelion kindergarten in Shaanxi University of science and technology as an example,uses observational method,communicative approach and a variety of English Teaching Methods.It reveals that the T P R approach will be of great value in teaching preschool children English.Hopefully,this study will provide some inspiration for teacher's choice of teaching methods and help use the TPR approach more effectively.
文摘English variation is among the mostly focused fields in sociolinguistics and has a close relation with English teaching.English variation awareness is considered a kind of intercultural communicative competence,which can be improved a lot if English learners make clear the characteristics of English variation and foster English variation awareness.The training of such awareness should be included in China’s college English teaching.This paper starts from English variation and analyzes its enlightenment on China’s college English teaching,hoping that a little light can be shed on training English talents needed in today’s China where the Belt and Road Initiative has developed vigorously.
文摘This paper,based on the investigation of students'autonomous English learning competence,aims to identify the problems students have in learner's autonomy(LA) and to further explore the possible ways to develop students'autonomous English learning competence in Chinese context.
文摘Established in 1998, Babycare Consulting Co. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Babycare) is a new-type enterprise offering early education to babies and children aged 0-6. In accordance with the law of physical and mental development of babies and children, the company develops courses such as healthy
文摘Children’s creative art curriculum is a professional course supported by art materials and techniques and facilitated through creative activities,aiming at cultivating students’ability to organize creative art activities using various art materials and techniques.In light of the evolving focus in China’s colleges and universities from“what to know”to“how to apply,”the pivotal question for educators is how to maximize the value of children’s creative art curriculum.Based on this,this article takes“Sanquan education”as the starting point,combines factual and theoretical arguments,and analyzes the teaching optimization path of children’s creative art curriculum under the perspective of Sanquan education,to improve the quality and efficiency of teaching.
文摘Krashen's second language acquisition theory consists of language input theory,emotion filtering theory and languageoutput theory.In order to apply Krashen's second language acquisition theory to college English teaching,it is suggested to commence from the acquisition and learning theories to optimize the teaching environment and methods.On the basis of language input theory,emotional filtering theory and language output theory,English input quality could be improved,students'learning interests could be stimulated and English practical teaching could be accelerated respectively.
文摘The issue on which this essay focuses is how to adapt the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) Approach to China's context. With the recent accession to the WTO, the long-awaited Olympic games in Beijing, China has made learning English a national priority. It is very important and necessary to research on how to adapt CLT flexibly and appropriately to China's context if most Chinese English learners are to gain a good grasp of oral English, and if specialist learning is to be achieved by those who need English for business and academic purposes. Therefore this essay is structured as follows: First, analyzing the different types of English teaching methods in China and then focusing on the CLT Method. By analyzing and contrasting these English teaching methods, the need to change the current English teaching methods in China will be discovered. Finally, it explains the problems of adopting the more modem CLT Approach and gives suggestions on how it may best be adapted to the Chinese context.
文摘Discourse cohesion techniques analysis attracts much attention both at home and abroad and many scholars have conducted their research in this field, however, few of them focus on children's English books which has its own characteristics and cohesion techniques and deserves our research.
文摘This article aims to explore the feasibility of English animation-assisted children's English teaching based on the theoryof children's language acquisition, discusses its beneficial effects, and puts forward certain reference suggestions based on this.
文摘English has become the medium for communication in so many areas, and children are the hope of the future and shoulder the duties to structure the future. Children's English becomes more important and spreads all over the world, especially in recent years. Children's English is not perfect and there exist its own disadvantages. This paper gives four optimizations and suggestions in teaching children's English in order to solve the problem. Then it lists several relations to the children's English study, and these four relations are very important because they are the keys to lead the children's English to a healthy and developing road. And in the next chapter, it talks about the trends of the children's English in the future and lists the reasons why these kinds of trends appear. At last, the author overlooks the whole paper and gives a conclusion, which shows that children's English has a great potentiality in the future in China.
文摘With the further development of China's reform and opening up,our communication with the world more and more frequently,more and more closely.As the primary tool of international communication,English is particularly important.Now,to strengthen foreign language teaching,especially to learn foreign languages at children,has become a global trend.In China,many schools and teachers for many years to carry out a useful attempt of children's English teaching,and accumulated a lot of successful experience,of course,there are many difficulties and setbacks,and even failure.How to exclude the difficulty and the setback,avoid failure?I combined with my own teaching practice,discusses and studies for many years,has received the good effect.
文摘The primary English teacher's speech acts have major impact on foreign language teaching and learning in primaryschool.Application of teacher,s speech acts in the classroom is actually a kind of selective process.From the perspective of SpeechAct Theory,primary English teachers can optimize their speech acts with the strategies of activating the greetings with proper con-text information,standardizing teacher talk,choosing suitable questions,providing appropriate feedback for pupils’classroom per-formances in order to improve the effectiveness of primary teachers,classroom speech acts.
文摘She clambers up a rock, reaches both hands onto comers of the shabby cement wall and heaves herself up, being careful not to catch her school bag on the protruding bricks. She straddles the top and then jumps gingerly down onto the pebbled ground beside the railway line.
文摘This paper reports findings from a longitudinal qualitative study that investigated the use of children's literature for Taiwan Residents University English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students' reading. During the course of their sophomore year, 17 students participated and each student held two to seven individual reading sessions, to which they brought a self-selected children's picture storybook or children's novel they had finished reading on their own and orally read it to the researcher. Their oral reading and the discussion of each book with the researcher were audio recorded. To gain insight into the reading progress, these oral data were categorized and analyzed in terms of mispronunciation patterns, misunderstanding of vocabulary, misinterpretation of sentence or passage, and researcher's guidance. General findings of the 17 participants were presented in three categories: (1) vocabulary acquisition, (2) common comprehension problems, and (3) common pronunciation problems. Further analysis of two motivated students who read five to seven books revealed that (1) these two EFL learners gradually developed conscious awareness of their own pronunciation and comprehension errors and (2) they progressively acquired better competence to apply the pronunciation tips and reading comprehension techniques provided by the researcher during previous sessions. These findings and corresponding implications are discussed and further research suggestions are made.