This essay is going to have an in-depth analysis of the Collaborative Strategic Reading, a four-step reading comprehension strategy popular in the Western classrooms. It will start with some brief introduction about t...This essay is going to have an in-depth analysis of the Collaborative Strategic Reading, a four-step reading comprehension strategy popular in the Western classrooms. It will start with some brief introduction about this instructional approach in company with its theoretical rationale and research evidence for its effectiveness of improving learners' reading competence. Focused on the previewing skill, the first step of the reading instruction, a modified lesson plan is designed in the Chinese high school setting, followed by justification of the major elements of the plan, and some practical implications.展开更多
Based on the multiliteracies framework proposed by New London Group,this paper puts forwards a 90-minute lesson plan for An Integrated English course which includes situated practice,overt instruction,critical framing...Based on the multiliteracies framework proposed by New London Group,this paper puts forwards a 90-minute lesson plan for An Integrated English course which includes situated practice,overt instruction,critical framing and transformed practice,aiming to provide teachers with a new perspective to design lesson plans with multiliteracies pedagogy in this new era of media English language teaching.展开更多
Due to the development of international trade,an increasing number of Africans immigrated to Guangzhou in China.At the same time,most Chinese locals’impressions of Africans come from media,friends and family,which co...Due to the development of international trade,an increasing number of Africans immigrated to Guangzhou in China.At the same time,most Chinese locals’impressions of Africans come from media,friends and family,which could result in stereotyped stories(Byram,1997,p.36).Under this circumstance,the paper designs and analyzes a lesson plan which aims at challenging university students’stereotypes of the Africans in Guangzhou.Through the analysis,some suggestions are proposed to facilitate the conduct of the similar culture class and the limitations are outlined.展开更多
This paper sets forth a tentative model of lesson planning for the writing module at the vocational education level,with argumentative essay writing as an illustration.First,it presents a summary account of the contex...This paper sets forth a tentative model of lesson planning for the writing module at the vocational education level,with argumentative essay writing as an illustration.First,it presents a summary account of the context where the course structure and learner needs are addressed.It,then,provides an overview of the lesson plan in terms of classroom processes,strategies and purposes.Finally,the paper proceeds to the theoretical and empirical justification of the lesson plan through recourse to earlier research findings.The model is intended to be implicational for writing teachers to prepare each lesson as an indispensable pre-instructional process.展开更多
Organizing pair work,group work and individual work Task 1 Work in groups and discuss the forms of organization you often use with classroom ac-tivities.Do you use pair work and group work a lot?Why and why not?When d...Organizing pair work,group work and individual work Task 1 Work in groups and discuss the forms of organization you often use with classroom ac-tivities.Do you use pair work and group work a lot?Why and why not?When do you use pair work or group work?When展开更多
Teachers' lesson planning and preparation, which are the most important part of the job of teaching, are the beginning of teaching process. A class cannot be good or well performed without planning or preparation....Teachers' lesson planning and preparation, which are the most important part of the job of teaching, are the beginning of teaching process. A class cannot be good or well performed without planning or preparation. Referring to the five stages model of Dreyfus(1986) and considering the teaching context of middle schools, the researcher uses qualitative and quantitative methods to get and analyze the data from 96 English teachers in three Chinese middle school. The findings show that in teaching content planning, novice and some proficient teachers cares more about the knowledge and the teaching itself, but the expert teachers pay more attention to the students' abilities and development as well as the knowledge; moreover, the novice teachers are more likely to focus on the teaching aims and choosing of teaching aid. This study also has significance in contributing to the teachers' expertise in planning.展开更多
文摘This essay is going to have an in-depth analysis of the Collaborative Strategic Reading, a four-step reading comprehension strategy popular in the Western classrooms. It will start with some brief introduction about this instructional approach in company with its theoretical rationale and research evidence for its effectiveness of improving learners' reading competence. Focused on the previewing skill, the first step of the reading instruction, a modified lesson plan is designed in the Chinese high school setting, followed by justification of the major elements of the plan, and some practical implications.
基金This project is supported by Shanghai Foreign Language Education Pressresearch funds under grant(No.SK2018A1166)。
文摘Based on the multiliteracies framework proposed by New London Group,this paper puts forwards a 90-minute lesson plan for An Integrated English course which includes situated practice,overt instruction,critical framing and transformed practice,aiming to provide teachers with a new perspective to design lesson plans with multiliteracies pedagogy in this new era of media English language teaching.
文摘Due to the development of international trade,an increasing number of Africans immigrated to Guangzhou in China.At the same time,most Chinese locals’impressions of Africans come from media,friends and family,which could result in stereotyped stories(Byram,1997,p.36).Under this circumstance,the paper designs and analyzes a lesson plan which aims at challenging university students’stereotypes of the Africans in Guangzhou.Through the analysis,some suggestions are proposed to facilitate the conduct of the similar culture class and the limitations are outlined.
文摘This paper sets forth a tentative model of lesson planning for the writing module at the vocational education level,with argumentative essay writing as an illustration.First,it presents a summary account of the context where the course structure and learner needs are addressed.It,then,provides an overview of the lesson plan in terms of classroom processes,strategies and purposes.Finally,the paper proceeds to the theoretical and empirical justification of the lesson plan through recourse to earlier research findings.The model is intended to be implicational for writing teachers to prepare each lesson as an indispensable pre-instructional process.
文摘Organizing pair work,group work and individual work Task 1 Work in groups and discuss the forms of organization you often use with classroom ac-tivities.Do you use pair work and group work a lot?Why and why not?When do you use pair work or group work?When
文摘Teachers' lesson planning and preparation, which are the most important part of the job of teaching, are the beginning of teaching process. A class cannot be good or well performed without planning or preparation. Referring to the five stages model of Dreyfus(1986) and considering the teaching context of middle schools, the researcher uses qualitative and quantitative methods to get and analyze the data from 96 English teachers in three Chinese middle school. The findings show that in teaching content planning, novice and some proficient teachers cares more about the knowledge and the teaching itself, but the expert teachers pay more attention to the students' abilities and development as well as the knowledge; moreover, the novice teachers are more likely to focus on the teaching aims and choosing of teaching aid. This study also has significance in contributing to the teachers' expertise in planning.
