Teaching by Principles:A Case Teaching Plan of ELT

Since the early 20th century, Chinese ELT teachers and researchers have been seeking the best method for ELT. Different methods have been introduced, tried out and found unsatisfactory. In teaching practice, many have come to favor that although no single ELT method can meet all teaching and learning needs, many ELT methods have valuable insights into ELT that should be drawn on. However, teachers need a set of principles to adapt their teaching procedure to the specific circumstances. This paper, through a case teaching plan, presents how to apply varies teaching methods to design teaching plan under the guide of teaching principles.     

Form or Content?——A dilemma in teaching EFL writing

In the 1970s, the EFL profession generally began abandoning grammar-based methodologies in favor of approacheswhich focused on communication as the goal of language learning. Affected by this trend, the process approach to writing (asopposed to writing as a product) was introduced. Yet EFL. teachers themselves are faced with some obstacles when applying thetheory. This article analyzes some factors that hinder students from focusing on content when writing, and suggests in conclusionthat teachers should not be too impatient; rather, they should take students' level into consideration and allow students to have atransitional stage to get themselves prepared.     

REFLECTION ON TEACHING

Do you reflect on your teaching by recalling the situation, thinking of what you should have done it instead, and then evaluating it globally? As teachers, we should often reflect on our teaching so that we can improve it. In this article well talk about reflection on teaching. Ⅰ. What does it mean to reflect on one's teaching? In the early twentieth century, John Dewey recognized the fact that most people and most teachers do not know how to use reflection as a tool for changing their classrooms, their lives and our societies.     

With Tools and Strategies Teachers Use in Online Courses： A Mexican Public University Case

The rapid development of ICT （information technology and communication） in the last two decades has changed society substantially as a whole. For higher education institutions, the external environment pressure to incorporate ICT in their educational and administrative processes has forced them to invest in resources for infrastructure and training. In addition, teachers have found that they can use technology in their teaching, but lack of full knowledge of how to use it effectively from a pedagogical point of view. The incorporation of new education modalities depends largely on the contextual variables prevailing in the institution and teachers. In UABC （Autonomous University of Baja California）, the early days of online education go hack to 1996, so the study period was from 1996 to 2009. An online survey was designed to fmd out the teachers＇ backgrounds and involvement in online education, their experience as online teachers, and the tools and practices used. Of 97 teachers who were identified with some experience in online teaching, 70% responded to the Survey （68）. It was found that the highest percentage （33%） of teachers who responded the survey started teaching online between 2003 and 2006. 56% of teachers have been teaching between one and five online courses. On the other hand, most teachers recognized that 30%-79% of the content of their courses were online based. The most popular learning management system used is moodle followed by blackboard in teachers＇ preference. In general, teachers expressed using the three main communication tools of online education： forums, chat and e-mail, favoring the use of e-mail. The communication slrategies teachers often use in their courses promoted student-student and student-teacher interaction. In their evaluation strategies, most said that they used self-assessment, rubrics and to a lesser extent online exams and co-evaluation. The results show that most teachers who have been involved in online education in UABC campus have expressed havi     

The Influence of Macro and Micro Contexts on Teaching and Learning in the Classroom

This paper is based on three observations and independent thinking of the classroom teaching of the author’s colleagues.It attempts to examine how macro and micro contexts affect teaching and learning in the classroom.The author focuses the discussion on three aspects:(i)the present EFL contextual setting in China;(ii)the influence of the evaluation system on both teachers and students;(iii)his own beliefs as a teacher.Finally,he comes to the implications that teachers should often reflect on their teaching by means of observing other teachers’teachings;In order to bring more effective teaching and learning to the class,Teachers should change their class from a teacher-centered one to a students-centered one.     

Evaluation of a Contemporary College English Listening Textbook for Second-year English Major Students at University Level

The role of textbooks,as one important channel between teachers and students,has always aroused scholars’interests,but what indeed are the roles of textbook for students and teachers? This paper aims to evaluate a listening textbook that is used by English major university students in China.Three research questions are proposed which are:(1) What are the students’per ceptions about the listening textbook? (2) What are the teachers’opinions about the listening textbook? (3) To what extent do students and teachers perceptions match? In order to answer these three research questions,questionnaires were designed for both students and teachers to obtain the data.This study is supported both qualitatively and quantitatively.The data of this research suggested that both students and teachers have found advantages of this listening textbook,which they may find helpful for their learning and teaching,but they are also not satisfied with some aspects of the textbook,which they think need further improvement.The students’and teachers’opinions to some extent have reached some agreement about the textbook,but students may not be so enthusiastic about the textbook,while the teachers may show much reliance on the text book.This study has its limitations,but it also provides some insights for teachers and textbook writers.     

教师节

尊师重教是我国的优良传统,每年的9月10日就是我国的教师节。为什么把这天定为教师节呢?Sept.1is the first day ofschool.新学期新气象!一开学就是教师节,不仅让老师们心情放个假,还能让我们在新学期一开始就学会尊敬他们。When did we start to celebrate this day asTeachers’Day?It was in1985.快算算,到今年我们共庆祝了多少个教师节?我国历史上出了不少有名的教育家,其中最有名的莫过于孔子老先生了。在孔子之前,学校都是官府兴办的。只有当官的或者是有钱人的孩子才能上学。Kids from poorfamilies couldn’t go to school.Confucius wasthe first person to open a school in China.教师是一个神圣的职业,在各个国家都受到很高的尊重。Many countries have a dayfor teachers,but the dates of the Teachers’Day are all different.各国教师节的庆祝活动五花八门,一起...     

An Investigation into Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety of English Learners in Chinese Higher Education

The paper attempts to explore the current situation of English learners’ speaking achievements and their speaking anxiety in Chinese higher education. Through reviewing the previous researches, it is possible to find out that: 1) there is a negative relationship between speaking anxiety and speaking performance; 2) most teachers have noticed the negative impact of speaking anxiety on their students, yet they have not adopted efficient strategies to solve the problem; 3) both teachers and students rely more on academic strategies than cognitive or affective strategies. Then, some proposed suggestions are made to English teachers and learners.     

大试验(英文)

You might have never heard of the CERN laboratory,but this is all about tochange.On10th September 2008 the most powerful scientific experiment ever attempted willtake place at this quiet research centre nearGeneva on the border of France and Switzer-land.Buried underground,the Large HadronCollider(LHC)is about to be switched on.In laymen‘s terms,it is a kind of time ma-chine that could open a window on how theuniverse appeared in the first few microsec-onds of its existence.     

Views on Learning to Teach

Learning is not only the need for students, but also for teachers, especially for the teachers who want to have a professional development. This article focus on the understanding of learning to teach and hopes to give some suggestions to the teachers who didn't find way to learn to teach.     

Changing school culture： From deficiencies to strengths An intervention study about school culture

This research project focuses on the question： Which effects do teachers＇ attitudes have on students＇ academic self-concept and students＇ competences？ The study is informed by the theoretical perspective that competences and individual skills can be improved especially when students and teachers are confident about the possibility of change of these variables and when teachers make this explicit as a central theme. In our intervention study, we investigate whether a change in the teaching and learning setting （moving from a focus on deficits to a focus on strengths） is able to enhance students＇ academic self-concept and students＇ competences, even across domains.     

使用手机可能引起高血压

In many areas, there‘s going to be a lot of experimentation before you figure out how to take full advantage of(充分利用) what the highway oflets. And the classroom is a fantastic(极好的) example of that. Clearly, with the highway, we can have teachers who specialize in bringing the subject to light, sharing their ideas about how to make a subject, engaging with all the other teachers and students throughout the world.     

环球采风(英文)

Grandparents Day Grandparents Day was celebrated on 9th September in the US and in October in the UK in 2012.Grandparents are important to children in so many ways.They have patience and time when parents are busy.They have stories to tell and interesting games to play.Children need them from time to time.In America,National Grandparents Day began in 1978.In the UK     

The Difference between Female Characters May and Ellen—Read The Age of Innocence Pure feeling

As the masterpiece of Wharton,The Age of Innocence mainly concentrates on women’s fates in the strict restraint of the New York society.In the novel,Wharton portrays two contrasting female characters—May Welland and Ellen Olenska,who are regarded as the most progressive ones among the female figures she has ever created.Scholars,both domestic and abroad,have studied this novel from a raft of perspectives.Most of them have explored the feminist ideas,the conventions of upper-class society,and the protagonist Newland’s perplexity which are embodied in the novel.However,this paper aims to examine the divergences between two female figures—May and Ellen.The exploration of their divergences makes it clear that May is an ideal woman of the 19th century New York while Ellen is an ideal woman of modern society.     

How Information Communication Technology(ICT) can Support College Language Teachers in the Bilingual Context

While the increasing development of modern information technology, the globalization is becoming an obvious feature on educational situations. Therefore, mastering some necessary bilingual competencies will present essential meaning for educators. In the case of language teachers who teaching in the ethnically plural countries, for instance, China, the United States, language teachers have to face to various difficulties on the process of teaching in the bilingual class. Currently, the advanced technology is gradually being applied into language teaching, and then provides a series of advantages on improving the quality of language teaching. Firstly, the essay will analyse the barriers which exist in the language class, which in the level of Chinese university. Secondly, it will systematically describe how ICT can help language teachers to solve difficulties on teaching and display diverse innovative technological tools of language teaching.     

About the Investigation of Art Students’English Study

English study is becoming more and more important.However,art students have weak English level on average.Thus,it’ s a problem for students and teachers to improve the quality of English study.In this article,it analyses the reason for the weak English level and the responding strategy.What’ s more,it encourages students to study actively and advocates teach ing based on art knowledge.     

Elementary Teachers＇ Perceptions About Implementation of Inclusive Education

The Disabilities Education Act was introduced in June, 1997 in the Turkish Education System. The Act states that schools have a duty to educate children with disabilities in general education classrooms. All children with disabilities should be educated with non-disabled children at their own age and have access to the general education curriculum. The philosophy of inclusive education aims at helping all children learn in regular classrooms. Children learn at their own pace and style within a nurturing learning environment because schools are important places for children to develop friendships and learn social skills. Children with and without disabilities learn together and from each other in inclusive classes. On the other hand, when children attend classes that reflect the similarities and differences of people in the real world, they learn to appreciate diversity. The aim of this study is to examine the perceptions of teachers about implementation of inclusive education in elementary schools. In order to collect data for this study, a questionnaire which consisted of eight open-ended questions was developed and administered to 66 elementary school teachers. The teachers worked at primary schools and taught 1-5 grades. They were asked to write their opinions and experiences about the implementation of inclusive education in the elementary schools. Primary school teachers generally have a positive attitude about inclusive education and its philosophical and psychological foundation. However, they express that they encounter some difficulties in implementing inclusive classrooms. A crowded classroom is a main obstacle to obtain desired objectives in educational activities. The levels of students＇ disability are related to effectiveness of classroom management. The effectiveness of inclusive education depends on not only the teachers＇ quality but also the school administrators＇. Some superintendents assess the effectiveness of teachers in inclusive and regular classrooms in the same way.     

The Effects of Emotions between Teachers and Students

"Effects of emotions between teachers and students"is the core problem in the essay.According to the core problem,concerned books are used to supply with theory base.At the second stage,practice is applied.Then a conclusion is drawn that teachers’emotions have strong effects on students,on their emotions and study.Therefore,finding ways for teachers to influence students with positive emotions is necessary.     

An Analysis of Teacher Questions in EFL Classroom

In EFL teaching environment, classroom is the main place where language acquisition occurs. In the classroom, teacher question is viewed as an important constituent of teacher talk. Teacher questions also give impetus to classroom interaction. The quantity and quality of teacher questions have a great influence on learners. However, in China, few aspects of the research on teacher questions have been discussed in some relevant articles. This paper attempts to analyze the characteristics of teacher questions from two aspects: display questions and referential questions. Moreover, it explores the relationship between teacher question and student output. Finally, according to the survey results in this paper the researcher gives some implications and guidance to English teachers.     

Initiating Interaction in the EFL Class

In recent years,with the renewal of English textbooks of all levels,the traditional grammar-translation method is out-of-date in the EFL class.In order to meet the challenges of our age,more and more teachers have cast their eyes on the communicative use of language,which compels them to create opportunities for genuine interaction in the classroom.Interaction,according to Brown(1980,p.159),is "the collaborative exchange of thoughts,feelings,or ideas between two or more people resulting in a reciprocal effect on each other." As the core of communication,interaction is a very important word for current language teachers,who are responsible for providing the stimuli for continued interaction in the era of communicative language teaching.The significance of interaction in EFL class mainly lies in its contribution to the active teaching of grammar,the initiating of students’ intrinsic motivation and the improving of their communicative competence(c.c.).In this article,I will elaborate on why and how I initiate interaction by providing a 100-minute lesson plan in an attempt to connect theory with practice.