Memetics confirms the importance of recitation and imitation in college English teaching.Starting with the explanation of the replication cycle of language memes,this paper discusses how to use the memetic perspective...Memetics confirms the importance of recitation and imitation in college English teaching.Starting with the explanation of the replication cycle of language memes,this paper discusses how to use the memetic perspective in college English listening and speaking teaching,effectively transform the input language information into language output,and improve the classroom effect of college English listening and speaking teaching.展开更多
Introduction What is listening? The ability to listen to English effectively is very important. As Underwood (1989) indicates: "listening is the activity of paying attention to and trying to get meaning from some...Introduction What is listening? The ability to listen to English effectively is very important. As Underwood (1989) indicates: "listening is the activity of paying attention to and trying to get meaning from something we hear. To listen successfully to spoken language, we need to be able to work out what speakers mean when they use particular words in particular ways on particular occasions, and not simply to understand the words themselves".展开更多
The aims of language teaching course are to achieve the four’languageskills’:Listening,speaking,reading and writing.And the most importantone is list:ening.Most learners will spend much time in listening to the fore...The aims of language teaching course are to achieve the four’languageskills’:Listening,speaking,reading and writing.And the most importantone is list:ening.Most learners will spend much time in listening to the foreign languagethan in producing it themselves.They must understand what is said展开更多
The traditional teaching model of "playing recordings-doing exercises-checking answers" cannot meet the demand of teaching English listening nowadays.The author finds that students are much more willing to l...The traditional teaching model of "playing recordings-doing exercises-checking answers" cannot meet the demand of teaching English listening nowadays.The author finds that students are much more willing to learn when they are taught with the anchored instruction,which basically comprises 4 steps:create a situation;propose tasks;study independently and cooperatively;evaluate the study results.This teaching model arouses the students' interests in learning and makes them more positive,active and cooperative in learning.展开更多
Listening has been considered as the most important language skill by many researchers but in Chinese context it has been overlooked for years.The Foreign Language(FL)listening problems gradually reveal when students ...Listening has been considered as the most important language skill by many researchers but in Chinese context it has been overlooked for years.The Foreign Language(FL)listening problems gradually reveal when students attend to the Listening Course in universities or colleges.This paper at first illustrates the importance of listening in foreign language learning and provides a discussion on the top-down and bottom-up processes with the analysis of Anderson's three-model of language comprehension[9]as well as the factors affecting listening comprehension in Foreign Language in general,aiming at the illustration of the necessity on one of the bottom-up processes-the Spoken Word Recognition(SWR).The analysis of two issued official guiding documents for Chinese university students and the current situation of English listening teaching in Chinese universities are followed,providing a general background on English listening teaching in Chinese context.Three possible foreign language listening problems and their causes are proposed,followed by the pedagogical suggestions to EFL learners who are improving their listening skills and instructors who are advancing their teaching procedures.展开更多
Listening comprehension,a long-neglected area in English language teaching,was not taught as a separate course in our schools until the early 1980s.“Yet ithas been estimated that of the time adults spend in communica...Listening comprehension,a long-neglected area in English language teaching,was not taught as a separate course in our schools until the early 1980s.“Yet ithas been estimated that of the time adults spend in communication activities 45per cent is devoted to listening,only 30 per cent to speaking,16 per cent to read-ing,and a mere 9 per cent to writing.”Listening can and ought to be taughtapart from speaking;it has its peculiar problems.There’s just as much activity展开更多
With more and more importance being attached to communicative competence,both teachers andlearners have become aware of how essential listening as a language skill is for communication.However,traditional listening cl...With more and more importance being attached to communicative competence,both teachers andlearners have become aware of how essential listening as a language skill is for communication.However,traditional listening classroom seems to have failed to help learners become effectiveand successful listeners both in and out of the classroom.Many learners have associated listeningcourses with pain and boredom and often complain that they benefit little from listening lessons.That explains to some extent why many learners’ listening ability stagnates and remains at ele-mentary level although their other skills like reading,writing even speaking are advancing steadi-ly.This article aims to have a close look at the problems confronted by teachers in the traditionallistening classroom and,in the meantime,tries to give a brief introduction to an approach to im-proving the teaching of listening by incorporating pre-listening,while-listening and post-listeninginto an integrated listening class.展开更多
Films are a very effective medium for language teaching,especially in teaching listening and speaking. This paperdiscusses the advantages of using films in teaching that course tonon-English majors. Finally the author...Films are a very effective medium for language teaching,especially in teaching listening and speaking. This paperdiscusses the advantages of using films in teaching that course tonon-English majors. Finally the author introduces someworkable ways of using films in aural-oral classes.展开更多
Introduction For many years, listening comprehension has been taken for granted as a course and has simply been continuous and constant listening given to the students regardless of the strategies employed, the stages...Introduction For many years, listening comprehension has been taken for granted as a course and has simply been continuous and constant listening given to the students regardless of the strategies employed, the stages needed to achieve the goal and the appropriateness of the materials. Teachers teach their students listening in the way they themselves were taught. This empirical perspective of teaching, which lacks a sufficiently scientific basis, has been challenged in recent years by evidence from psycholinguistic research. This influential field of study has provided many fresh insights into the nature of the human mind and broadened our view of language teaching.展开更多
After noting the difficulty of teaching the skill of listening in China, the paper reports on an English by radio project at the author’s university, and suggests the reasons for its success. Problems in the teaching...After noting the difficulty of teaching the skill of listening in China, the paper reports on an English by radio project at the author’s university, and suggests the reasons for its success. Problems in the teaching of listening in China THE development of listening skills for non-English majors receives some emphasis in Chinese universities nowadays. More authentic British and American recorded materials are being included. But listening展开更多
文摘Memetics confirms the importance of recitation and imitation in college English teaching.Starting with the explanation of the replication cycle of language memes,this paper discusses how to use the memetic perspective in college English listening and speaking teaching,effectively transform the input language information into language output,and improve the classroom effect of college English listening and speaking teaching.
文摘Introduction What is listening? The ability to listen to English effectively is very important. As Underwood (1989) indicates: "listening is the activity of paying attention to and trying to get meaning from something we hear. To listen successfully to spoken language, we need to be able to work out what speakers mean when they use particular words in particular ways on particular occasions, and not simply to understand the words themselves".
文摘The aims of language teaching course are to achieve the four’languageskills’:Listening,speaking,reading and writing.And the most importantone is list:ening.Most learners will spend much time in listening to the foreign languagethan in producing it themselves.They must understand what is said
文摘The traditional teaching model of "playing recordings-doing exercises-checking answers" cannot meet the demand of teaching English listening nowadays.The author finds that students are much more willing to learn when they are taught with the anchored instruction,which basically comprises 4 steps:create a situation;propose tasks;study independently and cooperatively;evaluate the study results.This teaching model arouses the students' interests in learning and makes them more positive,active and cooperative in learning.
文摘Listening has been considered as the most important language skill by many researchers but in Chinese context it has been overlooked for years.The Foreign Language(FL)listening problems gradually reveal when students attend to the Listening Course in universities or colleges.This paper at first illustrates the importance of listening in foreign language learning and provides a discussion on the top-down and bottom-up processes with the analysis of Anderson's three-model of language comprehension[9]as well as the factors affecting listening comprehension in Foreign Language in general,aiming at the illustration of the necessity on one of the bottom-up processes-the Spoken Word Recognition(SWR).The analysis of two issued official guiding documents for Chinese university students and the current situation of English listening teaching in Chinese universities are followed,providing a general background on English listening teaching in Chinese context.Three possible foreign language listening problems and their causes are proposed,followed by the pedagogical suggestions to EFL learners who are improving their listening skills and instructors who are advancing their teaching procedures.
文摘Listening comprehension,a long-neglected area in English language teaching,was not taught as a separate course in our schools until the early 1980s.“Yet ithas been estimated that of the time adults spend in communication activities 45per cent is devoted to listening,only 30 per cent to speaking,16 per cent to read-ing,and a mere 9 per cent to writing.”Listening can and ought to be taughtapart from speaking;it has its peculiar problems.There’s just as much activity
文摘With more and more importance being attached to communicative competence,both teachers andlearners have become aware of how essential listening as a language skill is for communication.However,traditional listening classroom seems to have failed to help learners become effectiveand successful listeners both in and out of the classroom.Many learners have associated listeningcourses with pain and boredom and often complain that they benefit little from listening lessons.That explains to some extent why many learners’ listening ability stagnates and remains at ele-mentary level although their other skills like reading,writing even speaking are advancing steadi-ly.This article aims to have a close look at the problems confronted by teachers in the traditionallistening classroom and,in the meantime,tries to give a brief introduction to an approach to im-proving the teaching of listening by incorporating pre-listening,while-listening and post-listeninginto an integrated listening class.
文摘Films are a very effective medium for language teaching,especially in teaching listening and speaking. This paperdiscusses the advantages of using films in teaching that course tonon-English majors. Finally the author introduces someworkable ways of using films in aural-oral classes.
文摘Introduction For many years, listening comprehension has been taken for granted as a course and has simply been continuous and constant listening given to the students regardless of the strategies employed, the stages needed to achieve the goal and the appropriateness of the materials. Teachers teach their students listening in the way they themselves were taught. This empirical perspective of teaching, which lacks a sufficiently scientific basis, has been challenged in recent years by evidence from psycholinguistic research. This influential field of study has provided many fresh insights into the nature of the human mind and broadened our view of language teaching.
文摘After noting the difficulty of teaching the skill of listening in China, the paper reports on an English by radio project at the author’s university, and suggests the reasons for its success. Problems in the teaching of listening in China THE development of listening skills for non-English majors receives some emphasis in Chinese universities nowadays. More authentic British and American recorded materials are being included. But listening
