Individual differences in foreign language learning have long been the concern of linguists and language teachers. Researches on this subject have been carried out in schools, universities and other educational instit...Individual differences in foreign language learning have long been the concern of linguists and language teachers. Researches on this subject have been carried out in schools, universities and other educational institutions and great achievements have been made. As it is, there are many individual differences which affect the learning of foreign languages, such as intelligence, aptitude, motivation, personality, attitude,展开更多
Grammar is a tool in language learning and it should be taught communicatively. In teaching grammar, it is very important to teach students how to use tense accurately, meaningfully and appropriately in communication....Grammar is a tool in language learning and it should be taught communicatively. In teaching grammar, it is very important to teach students how to use tense accurately, meaningfully and appropriately in communication. This paper discusses the ways how tense is taught in the book and makes some suggestions where the use of target tense isn＇t fully explained.展开更多
In this paper, the author demonstrates that among a host of methods and approaches, Communicative Language Teaching （CLT） is most effective in teaching lexical part of the language system. And how to teach vocabular...In this paper, the author demonstrates that among a host of methods and approaches, Communicative Language Teaching （CLT） is most effective in teaching lexical part of the language system. And how to teach vocabulary in a communicative classroom effectively is well illustrated.展开更多
Students’ individual differences pose a challenge to language teachers and influence the way in which a foreign language is learned. We are therefore invited to consider the role of our students’ personalities,motiv...Students’ individual differences pose a challenge to language teachers and influence the way in which a foreign language is learned. We are therefore invited to consider the role of our students’ personalities,motivation and cognitive styles in the language classroom. LANGUAGE teaching would be much easier if all students were alike. The number of instructional decisions would be greatly reduced; teaching methods would be rather simpler; lesson designs would not have to be modified; teachers would not have to consider alternative procedures; teacher-student展开更多
Some Chinese learners of English, even though with a good command of English grammar and a large vocabulary, still make mistakes in writing sentences with respect to lexical combination and semantic well-formedness.Th...Some Chinese learners of English, even though with a good command of English grammar and a large vocabulary, still make mistakes in writing sentences with respect to lexical combination and semantic well-formedness.This paper aims to prove that there exist collocation differences across languages and discusses their effect upon English vocabulary teaching. It introduces the types of collocation and explores the factors that trigger cross-linguistic differences in collocation. We suggest that great attention to collocation be given in English vocabulary teaching.展开更多
文摘Individual differences in foreign language learning have long been the concern of linguists and language teachers. Researches on this subject have been carried out in schools, universities and other educational institutions and great achievements have been made. As it is, there are many individual differences which affect the learning of foreign languages, such as intelligence, aptitude, motivation, personality, attitude,
文摘Grammar is a tool in language learning and it should be taught communicatively. In teaching grammar, it is very important to teach students how to use tense accurately, meaningfully and appropriately in communication. This paper discusses the ways how tense is taught in the book and makes some suggestions where the use of target tense isn＇t fully explained.
文摘In this paper, the author demonstrates that among a host of methods and approaches, Communicative Language Teaching （CLT） is most effective in teaching lexical part of the language system. And how to teach vocabulary in a communicative classroom effectively is well illustrated.
文摘Students’ individual differences pose a challenge to language teachers and influence the way in which a foreign language is learned. We are therefore invited to consider the role of our students’ personalities,motivation and cognitive styles in the language classroom. LANGUAGE teaching would be much easier if all students were alike. The number of instructional decisions would be greatly reduced; teaching methods would be rather simpler; lesson designs would not have to be modified; teachers would not have to consider alternative procedures; teacher-student
文摘Some Chinese learners of English, even though with a good command of English grammar and a large vocabulary, still make mistakes in writing sentences with respect to lexical combination and semantic well-formedness.This paper aims to prove that there exist collocation differences across languages and discusses their effect upon English vocabulary teaching. It introduces the types of collocation and explores the factors that trigger cross-linguistic differences in collocation. We suggest that great attention to collocation be given in English vocabulary teaching.
