The Principles of Developing Speaking Skills in Classrooms

Introduction Speaking is intuitively the most important of all the four skills inforeign language learning.However,speaking is regarded as the mostdifficult micro-skill of the four.Classroom-based speaking practicenormally focuses on mechanically practisi…     

Poetic Principles and Practice : Edgar Allan Poe“The Raiven”

The article deals with Edgar Allan Poe's essay" The Poetic Principle", where the explanation of the Poe's theory will be discussed. The formulation of the theory always raises the question of its applicability, especially on the part of its originator, therefore, the purpose of this article will scrutinise to what extent Edgar Allan Poe stuck to his own principles. The method of comparative analysis will be applied.     

“The Secret Is Out”说课设计

高中英语教学应当既重知识又重能力,尤其是阅读能力。英语教材是英语语言输入的首要途径,因此,阅读课既不能上成语法（包括词法和句法）讲授课,也不能不教语法,而应坚持以旧带新、先泛读后精读、由浅入深的原则,采用知识讲授与能力训练穿插进行的方法来组织。同时,还要以课文为依托进行英语文化教学。     

The Cambridge Approach to Speaking Assessment

Introduction Direct tests of speaking (and writing) have always beenstandard practice in Cambridge examinations for assessingboth first (L1) and second (L2) language proficiency andCambridge ESOL has a long experience of ‘direct’ speakingassessment.Although some writers have claimed that perfor-mance tests date back only to the middle of the 20th century(McNamara 1996, Lowe 1988), it is worth noting that thevery first UCLES English language proficiency examina-