简介:Thefoundationofanyteachingprogramshouldbetheneedsofthestudents.Asyllabuscanbesuccessfulonlyifitmeetstheneedsoftheparticulargroupofstudentsforwhomitisintended.However,closeneedsanalysishasbeenabsentinsomeEnglishclasses.ThepresentstudyaimedtosolvetheproblemofthepossiblemismatchbetweenEnglishlearnersandteachersespeciallyintheintensiveEnglishtrainingclass.ToidentifytheEnglishstudents’needsinanintensiveEnglishtrainingclass,thequestionnairesdesignedbytheresearcherwereadministeredtothestudents.ItwasfoundthattheEnglishteachingwouldbebasedonrealcommunication.Finally,thetentativesyllabuswasdesignedforEnglishteachingbasedontheresultoftheneedanalysis.
简介:Thispaperexaminestheapproachusedbymiddleschoolteacherstoteachingtextsandarguesagainstthetraditionalpracticeofexploitingtextsjusttoteachgrammarandvocabulary.Amorebalancedapproachispresented,involvingallfour-languageskills,concentratingonoutputaswellasinput,andtrainingstu-dentstoextractrelevantinformationfromtexts,makingthemmoreefficientreaders.
简介:IntroductionFormanyyears,listeningcomprehensionhasbeentakenforgrantedasacourseandhassimplybeencontinuousandconstantlisteninggiventothestudentsregardlessofthestrategiesemployed,thestagesneededtoachievethegoalandtheappropriatenessofthematerials.Teachersteachtheirstudentslisteninginthewaytheythemselvesweretaught.Thisempiricalperspectiveofteaching,whichlacksasufficientlyscientificbasis,hasbeenchallengedinrecentyearsbyevidencefrompsycholinguisticresearch.Thisinfluentialfieldofstudyhasprovidedmanyfreshinsightsintothenatureofthehumanmindandbroadenedourviewoflanguageteaching.
简介:Physicaleducationteachersplayanimportantroleinhelpingstudents'developmentofthemotorskillsneededtobephysicallyliterateindividuals.Researchsuggeststhatteachermadeinstructionaldesigndecisionscanleadtoenhancedmotorskilllearning.Afterpresentingamodelofevidence-basedresearchthispaperpresentsinformationthatwillhelpteachersplanandexecutelessonsdesignedtoimprovestudents'motorskills.Variablesthatimpactmotorskilllearninginphysicaleducationincludingtime,typeofpractice,content,presentationandorganizationalstrategies,andstudentskilllevelarepresentedanddiscussed.Abriefsectiononstudentattitudes,theirrelationtomotorskilllearningandtophysicalliteracyisincluded.Motorskillsareneededforphysicallyliteratepeopletoenjoylifelongphysicalactivity.Physicaleducationteachersandthedecisionstheymakecontributetostudents'learningandwhetherthegoalofphysicalliteracyismet.
简介:“Menandwomenalmostseemtobefromdifferentplanets,speakingdifferentlanguagesandneedingdifferentnourishment.”(JohnGray2004)RememberthatthetitleofJohnGray’sbook,MenArefromMars,WomenArefromVenusisametaphororconceit-wedon’treallycomefromdifferentplanets.Thoughmenandwomenshareacommonsocialspaceorenvironment,theyaredifferentinmanyaspects.Genderdifferenceisoneoftheimportantfactorswhichaffectlanguagelearning.Formanyyears,EnglishteachershavesuchkindoffeelingthatgirlsarebetterthanboysinEnglishstudy.
简介:IntroductionItisgenerallybelievedthatasaresultoftheirfutureprofessions,non-EnglishmajorsinnormaluniversitiesarelessmotivatedthanthoseinotheruniversitiestolearnEnglish,letalonesportsmajorsinateachers’university.Sincegraduation,IhavebeenteachingstudentsinthePhysicalEducationDepartmentofNorthwestNormalUniversity,andIhavefoundthattheyaredifferentfromstudentsinotherdepartmentsinmanyrespects.Thus,therearespecialproblemsinteachingthem.However,IhavetrieddifferentwaystoovercometheirproblemswhileactivelyinvolvingstudentsinlearningEnglish,andpresentthesebelow.
简介:Thearticlemainlydiscussesthenecessityofleading-ininEnglishclassandgivessomeeffectivemethodsofLeadinginonhowtoimprovestudents’learningenthusiasm.
简介:IntroductionVocabularyisoneoftheindispensablecomponentsofthelanguagesystem,andresearchershavefoundthatthereexistsacloserelationshipbetweenvocabularyandothercomponentsinalanguagesystem.However,vocabularyisthoughttobethemostdifficultcomponentoflanguageknowledgeforalearnertograsp.Gorman(1979)pointedoutthattherewasevidenceshowingthatasstudentsbecomemoreproficientinasecondlanguage,problemscausedspecificallybysyntacticalvariationbecomelesssignificant(citedinCrowandQuigley,1985:499).Thatistosay,vocabularybecomesamajorprobleminthe