This essay is to help TESOL teachers to think about their importance of being the cultural mediators and how to be good mediators as well.Firstly,in this article,some concepts about language,culture and the connection...This essay is to help TESOL teachers to think about their importance of being the cultural mediators and how to be good mediators as well.Firstly,in this article,some concepts about language,culture and the connections between them are intro duced.Then it explores why it is important for English teachers to view themselves as cultural mediators and in what way they are cultural mediators.Finally,the study reflects on the situation in a tertiary teaching context.展开更多
Throughout the history of the listening comprehension teaching at home and abroad, the research mainly focus on the correlation of the learner's English listening proficiency and their self-efficiency. Scholars li...Throughout the history of the listening comprehension teaching at home and abroad, the research mainly focus on the correlation of the learner's English listening proficiency and their self-efficiency. Scholars like Alisa J.Bates, Penny Ur. and Widdowson, H. G. have claimed the significance of teacher's role in listening comprehension. For the purpose of proving the necessity of the teacher's role in listening comprehension, based on the analysis of the features of classroom listening comprehension,this paper presents the teacher's role before class, in class and after class. Meanwhile, during the teaching process, teachers and learners are revealed in two way interactive relations and the pedagogical process is the result of the bilateral interaction of the two sides.展开更多
The article discusses issues related to listening autonomy including the definition of listening and autonomy.The foster of listening involve the collaborated effort of the listening teacher and student.Meanwhile thre...The article discusses issues related to listening autonomy including the definition of listening and autonomy.The foster of listening involve the collaborated effort of the listening teacher and student.Meanwhile three specific ways to improve listen ing autonomy are presented-keeping a listening diary,extensive listening and forming a listening online community.展开更多
How to teaching and learning listening in an effective way, which perplexes not only teachers but also students. The paper introduces some practice in author's routine teaching in order to improve our listening an...How to teaching and learning listening in an effective way, which perplexes not only teachers but also students. The paper introduces some practice in author's routine teaching in order to improve our listening and learning.展开更多
Language and culture are closely related to each other. Language teachers, who introduce culture through the language teaching activities, are the most important cultural mediators for students in their language learn...Language and culture are closely related to each other. Language teachers, who introduce culture through the language teaching activities, are the most important cultural mediators for students in their language learning process. This essay is to help TESOL teachers to think about their importance of being the cultural mediators and how to be good mediators.展开更多
The English departments of many colleges have now beenequipped with what is called listening room where the teacher,by operating a machine,lets the students listen to taped English anddo exercises such as question-ans...The English departments of many colleges have now beenequipped with what is called listening room where the teacher,by operating a machine,lets the students listen to taped English anddo exercises such as question-answering and retelling ideas orstories.Such teaching or teachers often find the students dull orslow in learning anything.And an analysis of the teaching methodwill show that this dullness of the students is unavoidable or,one might say,well-grounded.展开更多
In this article,the writer aims at emphasizing the significance of English listening in postgraduates’English Language Teaching and English Language Learning.The writer tries to solve the problems related to postgrad...In this article,the writer aims at emphasizing the significance of English listening in postgraduates’English Language Teaching and English Language Learning.The writer tries to solve the problems related to postgraduates’English listening and improve their Listening ability by providing many practical issues,effective strategies and different managing approaches.展开更多
This essay mainly focuses on the feedback move in IRF(initiate- response- feedback) to investigate the characters and functions of teacher feedback in different class types through classroom observation. The research ...This essay mainly focuses on the feedback move in IRF(initiate- response- feedback) to investigate the characters and functions of teacher feedback in different class types through classroom observation. The research finds that(1) teachers in different class types prefer to adopt evaluative feedback and use more positive feedback.(2) the proportion of each feedback is different in listening and speaking, reading and writing class. The implications are that English teachers in senior high school should adopt different feedback flexibly and consider what kind of feedback is more likely elicit the students' output in different class types.展开更多
In recent years, in our country, a new upsurge of learning foreignlanguage has appeared along with the deepening of reform and theflourishing of construction of China’s socialist modernization. Englishis mostly learn...In recent years, in our country, a new upsurge of learning foreignlanguage has appeared along with the deepening of reform and theflourishing of construction of China’s socialist modernization. Englishis mostly learned here because it has now become a popular language inthe world, people in many countries often communicate with each otherin English. Many native English-speakers come to China as teachers,展开更多
I was standing in front of a fresh classof third graders on the first day of school.I saw the usual excited,expectant faces...except for one boy.He’d taken a desk inthe back of the room near the door,as if toprepare ...I was standing in front of a fresh classof third graders on the first day of school.I saw the usual excited,expectant faces...except for one boy.He’d taken a desk inthe back of the room near the door,as if toprepare for a quick escape.His hair hungover his eyes.*Not that I could see hiseyes,because he was staring down at thedesktop.His clothes were too big for his*scrawny frame.*Other than what I saw,I didn’t know more than his name:Ryan.He struck me as the sort of student展开更多
文摘This essay is to help TESOL teachers to think about their importance of being the cultural mediators and how to be good mediators as well.Firstly,in this article,some concepts about language,culture and the connections between them are intro duced.Then it explores why it is important for English teachers to view themselves as cultural mediators and in what way they are cultural mediators.Finally,the study reflects on the situation in a tertiary teaching context.
文摘Throughout the history of the listening comprehension teaching at home and abroad, the research mainly focus on the correlation of the learner's English listening proficiency and their self-efficiency. Scholars like Alisa J.Bates, Penny Ur. and Widdowson, H. G. have claimed the significance of teacher's role in listening comprehension. For the purpose of proving the necessity of the teacher's role in listening comprehension, based on the analysis of the features of classroom listening comprehension,this paper presents the teacher's role before class, in class and after class. Meanwhile, during the teaching process, teachers and learners are revealed in two way interactive relations and the pedagogical process is the result of the bilateral interaction of the two sides.
文摘The article discusses issues related to listening autonomy including the definition of listening and autonomy.The foster of listening involve the collaborated effort of the listening teacher and student.Meanwhile three specific ways to improve listen ing autonomy are presented-keeping a listening diary,extensive listening and forming a listening online community.
文摘How to teaching and learning listening in an effective way, which perplexes not only teachers but also students. The paper introduces some practice in author's routine teaching in order to improve our listening and learning.
文摘Language and culture are closely related to each other. Language teachers, who introduce culture through the language teaching activities, are the most important cultural mediators for students in their language learning process. This essay is to help TESOL teachers to think about their importance of being the cultural mediators and how to be good mediators.
文摘The English departments of many colleges have now beenequipped with what is called listening room where the teacher,by operating a machine,lets the students listen to taped English anddo exercises such as question-answering and retelling ideas orstories.Such teaching or teachers often find the students dull orslow in learning anything.And an analysis of the teaching methodwill show that this dullness of the students is unavoidable or,one might say,well-grounded.
文摘In this article,the writer aims at emphasizing the significance of English listening in postgraduates’English Language Teaching and English Language Learning.The writer tries to solve the problems related to postgraduates’English listening and improve their Listening ability by providing many practical issues,effective strategies and different managing approaches.
文摘This essay mainly focuses on the feedback move in IRF(initiate- response- feedback) to investigate the characters and functions of teacher feedback in different class types through classroom observation. The research finds that(1) teachers in different class types prefer to adopt evaluative feedback and use more positive feedback.(2) the proportion of each feedback is different in listening and speaking, reading and writing class. The implications are that English teachers in senior high school should adopt different feedback flexibly and consider what kind of feedback is more likely elicit the students' output in different class types.
文摘In recent years, in our country, a new upsurge of learning foreignlanguage has appeared along with the deepening of reform and theflourishing of construction of China’s socialist modernization. Englishis mostly learned here because it has now become a popular language inthe world, people in many countries often communicate with each otherin English. Many native English-speakers come to China as teachers,
文摘I was standing in front of a fresh classof third graders on the first day of school.I saw the usual excited,expectant faces...except for one boy.He’d taken a desk inthe back of the room near the door,as if toprepare for a quick escape.His hair hungover his eyes.*Not that I could see hiseyes,because he was staring down at thedesktop.His clothes were too big for his*scrawny frame.*Other than what I saw,I didn’t know more than his name:Ryan.He struck me as the sort of student
