Study on PAD and flipped Classroom Applied to College English Teaching--Take College English Viewing,Listening and Speaking Ⅰ For Instance

PAD(presentation,assimilation and discussion) and flipped classroom mix the advantages of PAD and flipped classroom,PADand flipped classroom separate the period of a teacher's teaching and students' interaction,allowing students to assimilate the knowl-edge they learned in one week,this teaching mode considers different groups of students.A result of a recent teaching experiment showsthat this teaching mode can allocate class time more efficiently and equally to each student to practise oral English.Students are moreconfident,more willing to participate and show more interest in oral class.

Critique of Viewing, Listening and Speaking Coursebook(New Horizon College English)

This paper is a tentative application of the foreign pedagogical theories into the evaluation of the Chinese mainstream college English textbook Viewing, Listening and Speaking(New Horizon College English, 2ndedition). Targeting the present imperfection, the paper also proposes respective suggestions for the further improvement of the coursebook.

Application of Student-centered Learning Approach to English Listening and Speaking Class in Vocational Schools

Student-centered learning approach is focused on the students' demands and interests.Applying student-centered approach puts forward higher requirement to English teachers.This article first analyzes the theory of student-centered learning approach and compares teacher-centered approach with it.Based on the research information and teaching experience,the author summarizes four strategies about how to apply student-centered learning approach to English listening and speaking class in vocational schools.

Ways to Improve English Listening and Speaking Skills

With the fast development of science and technology, English is becoming more and more important. Concerning English learning, we should focus our attention on listening, speaking, reading, writing and translating. Comparatively speaking, listening and speaking skills are more practical. But how to improve these skills? Everyone knows that the only effective way to improve language skills is to use the language. In reality, however, we know that there are many reasons why people don’t want to speak in another language——they are afraid of making mistakes, they can’t express their real meaning easily, they are shy, they are afraid people will laugh at them. We feel this way sometimes, but if you are sure that you really want to improve your English, try some of the suggestions that have been made here.

Problems with College Students' English Listening and Speaking and Their Solutions——from the Perspective of Sociolinguistics

This study surveyed what problems and puzzles college students have in English speaking and listening. A questionnaire survey was conducted among 157 English-major students in South-Central University for Nationalities. The result suggests that they seemed to be very anxious in communicating in English. Their problems are analyzed from the perspective of sociolinguistics and traced back to the way they are taught. This study calls for awareness of the current problems in college English listening and speaking course and provides solutions to them.

Study on the Correlation between Teaching Effectiveness and Task-based Teaching Method in College English Listening and Speaking

Teaching effectiveness has been discussed widely both in the theoretical studies and the practical teaching contexts. Teachingeffectiveness as a general teaching concept should be manifested based on a practical method. This study begins with the analysesof the effectiveness of English listening and speaking class and the task-based teaching method. It focuses on probing the positivecorrelation between teaching effectiveness and task-based teaching model in College English listening and speaking class. Throughanalyzing and comparing the important indicators of teaching effectiveness and task-based teaching model, the favorablecorrelation between the two can be verified. In conclusion, a few important factors of designing and conducting tasks in Englishlistening and speaking class are highlighted in order to substantially guarantee and enhance teaching effectiveness.

An Analysis on English Listening and Speaking Difficulties and Influential Factors for Senior High School Students

Nowadays English is more regarded as a"practical tool of communication"than the"knowledge to be tested".In this way,the ability of English listening and speaking will be more and more valued.But many people claim that Chinese students are learning"mute's English",which means that the average level of English listening and speaking abilities of Chinese students is still a bit low.So it is necessary to study the difficulties of high school students'listening and speaking in English and the influen-tial factors of it.This study is on the base of a research about the difficulties in English listening and speaking in a class of a key se-nior high school in Beijing.And there is a further study about the factors about the difficulties and the influential factors.This study aims to make students'needs for English in new situation be seen and to give a direction to English education.Through the study,findings can be drawn.For the difficulties for senior high school students in improving their abilities of English listening and speaking,the main difficulties are vocabulary,grammar,pronunciation,fears and culture.For the factors influencing their ability of English listening and speaking,the main factors are individual interest and effort and language environment.

A Brief Analysis of Civil Aviation English Listening and Speaking Course in Teaching Mode Reform

With the enhancement of our country's comprehensive national strength, the unprecedented development of China's civil aviation provided more professional demand of civil aviation for society and also brought opportunities for vocational colleges in our country. This paper will takes Civil Aviation English Listening and Speaking course of flight attendants and aviation service majors in Chongqing Hailian Vocational for example. Several suggestions on civil aviation English teaching are put forward simply. It will discuss how to carry on the effective teaching of English curriculum reform.

Some Thoughts on English Teaching of Listening and Speaking in Middle School

In the modern world,English is becoming more and more important.This encourages Chinese people to work harder to learn English well.To study a foreign language,we should master four abilities:listening,speaking,reading,and writing.Of course,communication is the main aim of learning a foreign language for ordinary learners.So in English teaching,we should pay more attention to listening and speaking.But in fact,English teachers and students are all in an ocean of paper.Because this is the best way to get a good mark.Although we can not change current situation,we can change ourselves.As English teachers,we should continue to study the methods of teaching and try our best to create the environment of listening and speaking for students.Here I would like to introduce some useful methods to help students to improve their listening and speaking and raise their interest.

Using English Movies to Develop Students' Listening and Speaking Skills

This paper sets forth the advantages of English movies in helping English learners develop their listening and speaking skills. It al so provides the ways in which English movies are chosen and used to achieve the goal.

Teaching Listening and Speaking Through English Movies in Middle School

Howard Gardner pointed out that there are different kinds of intelligence in each person, including linguistic and visual intelli gence. Movie is a new medium for English language teaching. Because the visual element can be presented along with the Linguistic fea tures. This thesis focuses on using movies in language teaching. It explains why and how we can use English movies in teaching listening and speaking, and it also gives some suggestions and examples about how to use English movies in English language teaching.

The Efficacy of Multimodal Input on ESL Learners’Listening and Speaking Abilities

Language input in foreign language classrooms is no longer restricted to one particular mode of transmission,but it can be achieved by use of different modes.Multimodality or the combination of various modes has been applied to stimulate foreign language learning.The present paper aims to verify the effectiveness of multimodal input in language learning.It demonstrates the experiment conducted in two freshman classes in a university.The two classes used the same textbook supported by audio CD containing the recorded material.The experiment class,however,additionally has some visuals in listening classes to strengthen the linguistic input.The research lasted for one semester and findings from the study show that multimodal input has significantly improved the listening and speaking abilities of the students and also has positive impacts on the learners’attitudes towards language study.

Ways to Overcome Foreign Language Anxiety in Listening and Speaking for Middle School Students

Listening and speaking, being important components in English language learning, are affected by many factors,includ-ing one negative emotion, foreign language anxiety. This paper discusses the effects of foreign language anxiety on middle schoolstudents in English listening and speaking. It analyzes the causes of this anxiety in terms of teachers, students, schools, methodolo-gies and cultural background. The relevant teaching strategies are presented to reduce students' language anxiety and improvetheir listening and speaking.

A Listening and Speaking Lesson Design for EFL Undergraduates in China

Freshmen and sophomores in universities of China usually have Listening and Speaking class.A two-period listening and speaking lesson is designed by taking full use of the teaching material and taking the modern listening and speaking teaching theories into consideration.

Improvement of Students' Ability of English Listening and Speaking

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On How to Cultivate Listening,Writing,Speaking,and Reading Abilities in English Learning

This paper focuses on the relationships of the four basic abilities in English acquisition,namely listening,speaking,reading,and writing and puts emphasis on the discussion of how to acquire these four abilities.