Teaching the Non-Chinese Speaking Students Origami to Improve Their Interest and Concentration in Learning Chinese Language

The difficulties in learning Chinese faced by non-Chinese students are the subjects of concern in the education sector, especially in writing Chinese characters. We write the characters with strokes and dots, more or less strokes or dots will represent different words and different meanings. Students found these very complicated and confused, thus it leads them to lose their motivation and interest in learning Chinese language. From the beginning of the 1990s, I began using origami as one of the activities to promote the teaching of Chinese in the state school in Melbourne Australia with remarkable results. Program got widely reported by Medias. In 1995, I got the ＂National Excellence in Teaching Awards＂. After I took up the position as the curriculum development officer in University of Hong Kong in 2007, I worked closely with the teachers and students using origami as the theme base learning in Chinese. It helps to increase their understanding of the radicals and parts, so as to improve their confidence in writing Chinese characters.

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.

Exploring the Internal and External Factors that Influence Chinese EFL Students' Speaking Performance: A Case Study

This case study on one Chinese EFL learner examined both the internal and external factors that affect Chinese EFL learner's speaking performance. Three interviews and three tests have been conducted in the whole process, and the findings revealed:(1) interference from first language is the most influential factor that hinders speaking performance;(2) learner attitude significantly affects speaking performance;(3) learning strategies and practicing help improving performance.

On Cultivating the Speaking Ability of the Vocational Colleges’ Students

How to cultivate the speaking ability of the students in the higher vocational colleges based on constructivism.

How to Improve the Speaking Ability of College Students in China

With the advent of economic globalization,the increasingly fierce competition of the world has put forward a higher demand on people’s English competence.recently,the speaking ability of Chinese college students has become a heated discus sion which is well worth our attention.

The Discussion of Relativity of Teaching Public Speaking and Teaching Spoken English to Students

In recent years,public speaking has become more important and useful for undergraduate students.Many colleges and universities have opened the public speaking course and have achieved much success.In this paper,we first emphasize the importance of communication by public speaking,and let students become interested in public speaking.Secondly,we have studied the relativity of spoken English and public speaking;we have found obviously both have strong relation when students study in the class.Finally,we discuss the method we used and the experience we had in English spoken class.

Overview of Students' Attitudes towards Non-native English Speaking-Teachers

It is reported that non-native English Speaking Teachers’knowledge and performance are subordinate to Native English Speaking Teachers’and students hold a negative attitude towards non-native English Speaking Teachers.The paper explores students’attitudes towards both groups of teachers from previous studies,suggests school administrators not rush to employ Native English Speaking Teachers before considering students’attitudes and recommends non-native English Speaking Teachers to enhance English proficiency,capitalize on pedagogical skill,interpersonal skill and personal qualities for effective teaching.

Effects of Smartphone on College Students in English Speaking Class

Smartphones have become increasingly popular during the past recent years. Although these gadgets are useful and convenient, a majority of students(whether they are higher learning students or low level students) are becoming more and more dependent on them. The aim of this study is to find out the reason why college students are addicted to cell phone and the impact of mobile phone abuse on their academic performance as well as propose feasible solutions for teachers to motivate learners to take an active participation in English speaking class by adopting advanced mobile phone technologies to improve learning efficiency.

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.

How Can Group Work Improve Speaking Skills of Chinese EFL Students?

This paper is to explore the validity of group work in improving Chinese learners’English-speaking skills.It starts with briefly investigating the current situations concerning the teaching of conversational English in Chinese context.Then a literature review about group work is presented.Finally,a great deal of tentative advice on how to implement group work activities in a spo⁃ken class will be recommended to Chinese EFL teachers.

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.

Investigating the Difficulties in Speaking English for Academic Purposes --A Case Study of an Overseas Chinese Student

This paper investigates an overseas Chinese student to explore the difficulties and causes which overseas students have in Academic Speaking. It firstly reviews the related research literature and forms a conceptual framework for this case study. Secondly, a semi-structured interview methodology is adopted. Finally, it finds out the speaking difficulties for academic purposes are closed related with cross-cultural problems, learning strategies, and linguistic causes.

The Strategies on the Chinese College Student＇s English Listening and Speaking Ability Based on MOOC

English is now, as a universal language, the main tool for communication among people all over the world. The English listening and speaking ability is the key to it. But the status-quo of Chinese student＇s English listening and speaking ability is disappointing. This paper tries to analyze the necessity of improving their English listening and speaking ability and put forward some strategies on it based on MOOC which includes teaching online and teaching offline.

Toward a Realization of Teaching Principles in Oral English Class:Helping Student Set up Confidence in Speaking English

Speaking is a productive skill which is completely living in the en-couragement of communicative efficiency.Comparatively Chinesestudents are quiet and shy.One of the reasons is that they don’t haveadvantage in speaking.They are afraid of making mistakes.

How to Motivate Students to Speak English

Just think of all the different conversations we have in one day and compare that with how much written communication we do in one day. Which do we do more of?. In our daily lives most of us speak more than we write,yet many English teachers still spend the majority of class time on reading and writing practice, almost ignoring speaking and listening skills: Do you think this is a good balance? If the goal of our teaching English is truly to enable our students to communicate in English,then speak- ing skills should be taught and practiced in the classroom.

Improving Student's Listening and Speaking Ability through Warm-up stage

“The main aim of learning a language is to learn to communicate inthat language.”1(Jane willis,1981)Therefore,the main aim ofEnglish teaching is to develop the students’ability to use the language,i.e.to develop their mastery of the four basic skills:listening,speaking,reading and writing.

Should Students Be Encouraged to Speak Indigenous Dialects Instead of Mandarin?

Recently, a change in the Chinese textbooks used in Shanghai＇s pri mary schools triggered a buzz on the Internet. In the second-gradeChinese textbook published hy Shanghai Educational Publishing House, ＂tuaipo＂ was changed to ＂laolao.＂ These two terms have the same meaning, both referring to one＇s maternal grandmother. In most regions of south China, including Shanghai.

Opinions on College Students' Improving English level

This thesis includes three aspects: discuss the necessity of improving English level, analyze the present situation of students' level, propose some methods to improve English level. Its aim is to encourage college students to improve their English level as possible as they can for the purpose of social development.

Tips for Successful Public English Speaking

Aiming to help university students do well in public English speaking competitions, this paper offers seven suggestions from choosing the subject to delivering the speech.