简介:InanEFLclass,writingforarealaudiencecanbringaboutmanyinherenteducationalbenefits.However,thisisoftenne-glectedbymanylanguageteachers.Thispaperreportsonthere-sultsobtainedfromusingawritingforarealaudienceprojectinanIntensiveReadingcoursefornon-Englishmajors.Studentsinthisprojectwroteletterstotheirpartnersinthetargetlanguageandsharedinformationwitheachother.Theauthorfoundthattheprocessofwritingforarealaudiencecannotonlyhelpstu-dentspracticeusingthetargetlanguagebutalsocanencouragethemtoovercomewritingapprehension.
简介:ESPteachersteachingEnglishformixedsubject-specialistgroupsmeetproblemssuchasselectingteach-ingmaterials,dealingwiththesubjectmatter,andteachingmethods.TheexperienceintheATTSR(AdvancedTeacherTraininginSpecialistReading)projectmaybeareferencepointforcolleagueswhomeetwiththesameproblems.Inthispapertheauthorwillsuggestmethodstosolvetheseproblemsintrainingthisgroup:usingdifferentsubjects
简介:Thispaperdescribesaone-termexperimentcon-ductedintheauthor’sEnglishmajorclassfromSept.1999toDec.1999.Theprojectisintendedtoencour-agestudents’autonomy,andtotrainstudentshowtoacquirevariousskillsinlanguagelearningandcom-munication.Theprojectprovidedstudentswithenoughspacetoexerttheirautonomyandattaineditsdesiredgoals.Thebeneficialeffectsshowinthreeas-pects:Thecentreofteachingandlearningshiftsfromtheteachertothestudents;givenautonomouslearn-ingenvironment,studentscanlearnmoreeffectively;andstudentscanacquireallroundabilities.
简介:任务型教学是一种有利于学生自主学习、主动发展的教学方式,同时又是培养学生与人合作和创新精神的学习过程。Project板块实际上是一种课题型任务,要求教师引导学生进行探究性学习,把英语听、说、读、写的训练从课堂内拓展到课堂外。通过Project板块教学的有效实施,学生们分析和解决问题的能力也可以得到培养。
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