简介:ThispaperisaboutthedesigninganddescriptionofanadultspokenEnglishcourse.TeachingChineseadultlearnersspokenEnglishoftenposesagreatdifficultybecauseoftheirheterogeneousEnglishlevel.Yetwithcarefulplanningandresearchitcanbeasuccessfulstory,too.First,theobjectiveofthecoursemustbeset.Second,aninterviewmustbecarriedouttofindouthowwidetherangeofEnglishabilityis.Third,atextbookthatcanfulfiltheobjectiveandmeettheEnglishlevelofthelearnersmustbeselected.Fourth,ateachingmethodthatwillhelpthelearnersworkfromcontrolledexpressiontoguidedexpressionandeventuallytofreeexpressionmustbedeveloped.Last,butnottheleast,teacherfeedbackisofvitalimportanceinteachingadultlearners.andinprovidingsuchfeedbackreformulationhasprovedtobeeffective.
简介:IntroductionFormanyyears,listeningcomprehensionhasbeentakenforgrantedasacourseandhassimplybeencontinuousandconstantlisteninggiventothestudentsregardlessofthestrategiesemployed,thestagesneededtoachievethegoalandtheappropriatenessofthematerials.Teachersteachtheirstudentslisteninginthewaytheythemselvesweretaught.Thisempiricalperspectiveofteaching,whichlacksasufficientlyscientificbasis,hasbeenchallengedinrecentyearsbyevidencefrompsycholinguisticresearch.Thisinfluentialfieldofstudyhasprovidedmanyfreshinsightsintothenatureofthehumanmindandbroadenedourviewoflanguageteaching.
简介:ThisarticlereviewstheliteraturesaboutspokengrammarofEnglishandtheimplicationinspokenEnglishteaching.TheaimsofthestudyweretosurveytheviewsonspokengrammarinEnglish(SGE)teachingofresearchers,andtodeterminetheimportanceofSGEteachingaswellastheefficientwaystoteachSGE.ThedifferencebetweenwrittenandspokengrammarwasidentifiedandthelinguisticfeaturesofspokenEnglishthatwereanalyzedwerefromtheCambridgeGrammarofEnglishCorpus.FindingsfromthisstudycouldraisetheEnglishlanguageteachers’awarenessofteachingSGEandhelpteacherstoidentifyappropriatestrategiestofacilitatethelearningofspokenEnglishbyChineselearners.