Breathe New Life into English Teaching:A Book Review of Using Corpora in the Language Classroom

The present article provides a critical review of Randi Reppen's impressing book Using Corpora in the Language Classroom.It's argued that Randi Reppen's book,despite a few slight flaws,has a strong practical orientation and is a laudable effort to make English language teachers to realize the importance and practicality of bringing corpora into classroom in digital age.The book is particularly worthy of reading for those language teachers(especially beginner teachers) who want to breathe new life into their English teaching.

The Impact of Classroom Evaluation on Chinese Learning Motivation:A Comparative Study of Oral Feedback and Written Comments

Classroom evaluation plays a critical role in shaping students’learning experiences,influencing not only their academic performance but also their motivation and engagement.In the context of primary Chinese language learning,oral feedback and written comments are two prevalent evaluation methods.This paper explores how these different types of feedback impact students’motivation,learning outcomes,and participation.By comparing the immediacy of oral feedback with the systematic nature of written comments,this study seeks to provide insights into how educators can utilize classroom evaluations more effectively to foster motivation in Chinese language learners.The findings indicate that both feedback methods have unique strengths,and a balanced approach may optimize learning outcomes.

The Application of Input Theory to English Classroom Teaching

Early in the 1980s,Stephen Krashen has proposed a comprehensive and overall Input Theory that explains how the second language is acquired.It is still very referential to present English classroom teaching.In this essay,applications of Input Theory to English classroom teaching are developed from six aspects,involving the nature of second language acquisition,comprehensible input and so on.

A Brief Analysis About the Function of the Communicative Approach -- It Can Lighten Classroom Anxiety in Foreign Language Teaching

Classroom Anxiety is very common and to some extent it influences students＇ achievements in foreign language learning. So, how to solve this problem in order to help students have a good performance in foreign language learning is a very urgent issue. According to the writer＇s study, communicative approach is an effective method to deal with it.

The Role of Input, Interaction and Output in Second Language Learning

This article mainly talks about the role of input,interaction,and output in the second language acquisition.Input is believed as a trigger for learners’language learning.And the process from input to output is interaction.Through interaction,language learners can negotiate the meaning with the interlocutor and narrow down the gap between the target language and their own.All the hard work made in interaction is to produce output,which includes three functions:noticing function,hypothesistesting function,and metalinguistic function.Some teaching examples are shown to testify the hypothesis and its function in the process of second language acquisition.

On the Pronunciation of ELT Teachers in China as a Source for Language Contact and Language Input

在外语教学中,教师发挥着越来越重要的作用。因此,对外语教师的要求也随之提高。这一点已经得到了证实。作为语言沟通和语言输入的来源,外语教师的标准发音给教学带来了很大作用。因此,应当对外语教师进行培训,然后挑选合格者任职。这样,才能教会学生标准的语音语调,促进语言的正确运用。

The Theoretical Analysis of Communicative Language Teaching From the Perspective of Input, Output and Interaction

The study is to explore the underlying concepts that Communicative Language Teaching is based on. It mainly considers the developments in research focusing on the notions of input, output and interaction that have influenced this approach.

Discourse Analysis of the Language Classroom in China

This study attempts to answer the following questions: What is the nature of the classroom discouse of the traditional secondary English class in China? How is it different from that in the intervention lessons when the text-based teaching method is applied? And what theories inform the current secondary English curriculum,textbook and teaching practices?

A Study on the Importance of Language Input in Second Language Acquisition(SLA)

Input theory as a theoretical foundation in language teaching plays an important role in SLA.Though a wealth of re⁃search has been done by linguists to demonstrate the importance of language input in SLA,little has been written about the type and amount of language input for successful SLA,especially its processing model while acquiring a second language.This paper first discusses the Krashen’s input hypothesis in language learning,and then an introduction to Chaudron’s processing model of in⁃put is made.In the final part,the author explains the acquisition process based on word acquisition and grammar acquisition and concludes that in the process of acquiring a second language,the language learners reconstruct a new cognitive model by taking in consistent comprehensible language input.

A Case Study on the Pattern of Classroom Discourse in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language

Based on the IRF(initiation,response,and feedback)classroom discourse structure model proposed by Sinclair and Coulthard,this research analyzes and studies the actual corpus of Chinese classroom teaching in Thailand,focusing on the structural model of teacher-student communication discourse,mainly from two aspects of teachers'feedback.On the one hand,it investigates whether IRF is fully applicable to Chinese classroom teaching and whether there are special situations to it.On the other hand,it attempts to summarize the discourse structure model of Chinese classroom teaching and explores the application of the research results in helping Chinese teachers improve their teaching quality in hope that constructive suggestions can be proposed for teaching Chinese as a foreign language.

Review of Studies of Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety

Anxiety is considered to be one of the key psychological variables as well as one of the important emotional factors that affect language learning. Taken into account that classroom is the main place in which Chinese college students learn English,it is of great significance to study students' language anxiety in the classroom environment. Based on the previous researches, this paper reviews the relevant studies in this area conducted at home and abroad.

The Study of Strategies in College English Translation Teaching from the Perspective of Input and Output Theory

Research on SLA gives highlights to English translation teaching. The second language acquisition is a cognitive process of understanding and outputting the second language by making use of strategies, which contains language input, learners' linguistic knowledge, and language output. This paper analyzes language input and output theory and then proposes that we should stress language input by practice and interaction and at the same time focus on the role of language output in college English translation teaching.

Communicative Language Teaching in the English Classroom

The communicative approach is very much in vogue at present both at home and abroad.This paper,while discussing the problems that exist in the English classrooms in China,focuses on the factors that influence the communication between people not only of different cultures but also of different genders,professions,and ages etc.And the author discusses the communicative language teaching methods in the English classroom.This paper analyzes the communicative approach mainly from three perspectives,linguistic,psycholinguistic,and the pragmatic perspective.And the author analyzes the factors that influence the communication between people mainly in classroom.

Sociocultural Theory on Interaction between Teachers and Learners in a Second Language Classroom

This article offers an overview of theoretical ideas and recent empirical research by referring to the interactive communication between teachers and learners in a second language classroom.Both the interaction of teacher-centered classroom and learner-centered classroom are reviewed within the context of sociocultural theory.The paper attempts to indicate the better effect of language learning can be achieved by complementing one another in the classroom of teacher-centeredness and learner-centeredness.

A Brief Look at Classroom Activities of Foreign Language Teaching

分别对热身、采访、猜疑、拼板、协同、讨论、模拟与角色扮演等七类外语教学课堂活 动进行论述,分析了它们在外语教学中的作用,并针对活动的操作提出了一些建议。

The Role of Output in Second Language Acquisition

Output is a major terminal action in second language acquisition.For this action scholars have carried out a great number of researches.Among them one of the most famous is Output Hypothesis.This paper mainly reviews Output Hypothesis and then examines its positive role in the process of second language acquisition(SLA).

Krashen's Input Hypothesis and Its Pedagogical Implications on Second Language Teaching

Krashen has developed the Input Hypothesis, which has deep influence on teaching method of second language. This thesis focuses on the Krashen's Input Hypothesis, which includes the following five hypotheses: the acquisition- learning hypothesis, the monitor hypothesis, the natural order hypothesis, the input hypothesis and the effective filter hypothesis. The thesis tries to explore the pedagogical implications of Krashen's Input Hypothesis on second language teaching in the aspects of the input quantity and input quality. The thesis tries to explore the most effective methods of second language teaching, in the hope that it will help to improve the efficiency of second language teaching.

Importance of Input and Interaction in Second Language Acquisition

Nowadays,SLA(Second Language Acquisition) is a hot topic and is attached great importance at both home and abroad.Input and interaction are taken as two very important factors have great impact on the learners' L2 acquisition level and quality.The former research on the above two factors is productive and a lot of research on the importance of input and interaction in SLA is being conducted.Krashen's Input Hypoth-esis and Long's Interaction Hypothesis are the two most influ-ential ones.This thesis first giv...