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<正> THERE has been a trend among language teaching journals in recent years to bring out themed issues,which deal with one particular area testing, for example, or classroom management in depth. A glance at the contents page of this issue of Teaching English in China will reveal no such single theme. In fact, you are more likely to be struck by the articles' diversity. They come from all over China from Xinjiang in the north to Yunnan in the south, from the capital Beijing as well as remote provincial townships. They range over a wide field, taking in classroom research and methodology, issues in EAP, teacher training, educational technology, and the development of ELT materials and coursebooks.
1998年01期 5页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 16K] [下载次数：17 ] |[阅读次数：41 ] |[引用频次：0 ] <正> John Hilton-First Secretary (Cultural) and British Council English Language Officer in China since January 1995. MA (Cantab) PG Dip(Leeds) MSc Applied Linguistics (Edinburgh). Has been involved in ELT in the developing world continuously since 1967 and has worked in Cyprus, Nigeria, Sri Lanka,Spain, and much of francophone Africa. He has been a teacher, teacher-trainer, project designer and project manager.His overall interests are in communication(and English in particular) as an essential element of development, and the role and function of professional networks in the improvement of the English teaching precession.
1998年01期 6-7页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 35K] [下载次数：17 ] |[阅读次数：37 ] |[引用频次：0 ] -
<正> This is the first issue of the magazine produced by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press (FLTRP). I speak with excitement and awe. With excitement my collegues and I are happy that Cultrual and Education Section of British Embassy to China entrusted us the publiscation of Teaching English in China, which is the sole whole-English language teaching magzine in China and is priviledged in China's English teaching profession. With awe we realize that it is now OUR responsibility and duty to carry on the glorious history as one of the most authorative English academic magazine in China into the future.
1998年01期 8页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 20K] [下载次数：16 ] |[阅读次数：39 ] |[引用频次：0 ] <正> For many years, Chinese students have been noticed to be doing remarkably well in some English tests concerning listening and reading skills,such as TOEFL(USA) and GRE(USA). But in some other English tests which focus more on speaking and writing skills,e.g.TSE (Test of Spoken English, USA),BEC (Business English Certificate, GB) and some real communication situations, they are found to be much less proficient. In the meanwhile, many university graduates, who had already learned English for
1998年01期 9-14页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 109K] [下载次数：131 ] |[阅读次数：57 ] |[引用频次：3 ] -
<正> When you get this issue, I believe the first question you will ask would be, "Why does it come out late?" Now let me tell you why. As you may have known, TEIC has been handed over to FLTRP and during the transaction there have been some chaos, which is a quite common phenomenon during any transaction, isn't it? All the contributions have been mixed up and I have to sort them out. I can't publish an article which has appeared in the previous issues, can I?
1998年01期 14页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 16K] [下载次数：14 ] |[阅读次数：30 ] |[引用频次：0 ] <正> An analysis of the problems Chinese universities face when they try to develop reading courses for English for Academic Purposes. Two contrastive ideas about EAP are discussed, and some suggestions on preparing EAP materials and training teachers on their use are put forward.
1998年01期 15-20页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 107K] [下载次数：89 ] |[阅读次数：45 ] |[引用频次：1 ] -
<正> Group work is a widely adopted activity in the oral English class, and certainly boasts a number of advantages. However, problems may occur in the organization of group discussions and the reports afterwards. This paper puts forward some suggestions for solving these problems.
1998年01期 21-23页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 55K] [下载次数：93 ] |[阅读次数：55 ] |[引用频次：0 ] <正> Correcting students' composition errors has always been an unrewarding and time consuming task for English teachers. However, 'pair response' can involve both the students' and the teacher's joint efforts in dealing with errors. It is argued that pair response can reduce the incidence of errors and provide a chance for the learners to learn from each other. Suggestions for using this teaching technique are also provided.
1998年01期 24-26页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 58K] [下载次数：37 ] |[阅读次数：38 ] |[引用频次：2 ] -
<正> The intensive reading class should focus on students' reading problems and the techniques they need to become efficient readers. A model of reading technique training, including attack skills at the word, sentence and discourse level, is presented.
1998年01期 27-36页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 174K] [下载次数：47 ] |[阅读次数：41 ] |[引用频次：0 ] <正> Some suggestions on how to encourage students to take an active part in oral communication activities in the intensive reading class. 1. Introduction A common complaint among teachers today is that "My students won't talk. " To avoid the frustrations of a non-communicative conversation class, teachers should work at setting up the students for "real" com-
1998年01期 37-39页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 48K] [下载次数：34 ] |[阅读次数：34 ] |[引用频次：0 ] -
<正> This paper offers college teachers practical advice on how to encourage their students to develop effective study skills through previewing their reading texts before class. The advantages and disadvantages of such an approach are also discussed.
1998年01期 40-43页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 74K] [下载次数：36 ] |[阅读次数：50 ] |[引用频次：0 ] <正> Introduction Low efficiency of verbal memorization and high frequency of vocabulary testing in various examinations which are necessary to graduation,job-finding and overseas academic pursuit looms as a big headache for college students. Some language teachers and memory researchers have been seeking panaceas for effective retention of lexical input and development of retrieval techniques for ages; however, cure-alls prescribed by them sometimes cannot generate satisfactory results in tackling lexical complexity for Chinese English
1998年01期 44-48页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 84K] [下载次数：79 ] |[阅读次数：61 ] |[引用频次：0 ] -
<正> This paper introduces the background of the English curriculum changes in China's middle schools, and analyses the major reasons for the significant gap between the expectations of the curriculum designers and the teachers' implementation of the new materials.
1998年01期 49-53页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 102K] [下载次数：55 ] |[阅读次数：24 ] |[引用频次：0 ] <正> This paper presents some practical language awareness activities, and discusses ways of implementing them in the tertiary ELT classroom. 1. Sample language awareness activities in vocabulary learning LANGUAGE awareness, as an approach, can be applied in all aspects of English language study: phonol-
1998年01期 54-59页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 118K] [下载次数：59 ] |[阅读次数：36 ] |[引用频次：0 ] -
<正> Students' individual differences pose a challenge to language teachers and influence the way in which a foreign language is learned. We are therefore invited to consider the role of our students' personalities,motivation and cognitive styles in the language classroom. LANGUAGE teaching would be much easier if all students were alike. The number of instructional decisions would be greatly reduced; teaching methods would be rather simpler; lesson designs would not have to be modified; teachers would not have to consider alternative procedures; teacher-student interaction
1998年01期 60-66页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 160K] [下载次数：72 ] |[阅读次数：39 ] |[引用频次：0 ] <正> This paper investigates the relationship between what teachers provide as feedback on students' written compositions and what their students think of and do with this feedback. Teachers' feedback patterns, students' strategies for handling teacher's feedback, and students' preferences for teacher's feedback are analyzed, and finally some suggestions for both the learning and teaching of writing are offered.
1998年01期 67-75页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 199K] [下载次数：149 ] |[阅读次数：42 ] |[引用频次：5 ] -
<正> The responses to a cultural awareness questionnaire administered to foreign teachers and Chinese students are analysed. A number of reasons for cross-cultural conflict and their implications for English language teaching are discussed, and the components of a possible cultural orientation course presented.
1998年01期 76-82页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 145K] [下载次数：140 ] |[阅读次数：59 ] |[引用频次：1 ] <正> Research indicates that the factors which influence students' listening comprehension include certain phonetic phenomena,such as weak forms, linking, elision, assimilation, rhythm and intonation. This paper puts forward some suggestions for ensuring that phonetics classes are of practical use in the development of listening comprehension.
1998年01期 83-87页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 87K] [下载次数：84 ] |[阅读次数：48 ] |[引用频次：0 ] -
<正> Anxiety plays a significant role in language learning. This article analyzes the negative effects of anxiety, explores its sources, and proposes a number of strategies for reducing learner anxiety in the language classroom.
1998年01期 88-93页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 122K] [下载次数：179 ] |[阅读次数：39 ] |[引用频次：0 ] <正> This paper examines some of the major theories that underpin ELT practice, with particular reference to the kind or feedback teachers give their students. Examples of classroom discourse are critically analysed, and an improved model for promoting students' communicative competence is presented.
1998年01期 94-101页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 176K] [下载次数：184 ] |[阅读次数：36 ] |[引用频次：9 ] -
<正> The introduction of an oral performance test for Chinese college students at Band Four is proposed. The current CET-4 test and the qualitative problems associated with it are analysed, and the possible positive backwash of such an innovation is explored.
1998年01期 102-106页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 95K] [下载次数：37 ] |[阅读次数：44 ] |[引用频次：0 ] <正> An analysis of Communicative English for Chinese Learners(CECL)Book Ⅳ,Unit 3, 'Entertainment'. Following an evaluation of the existing unit, the author explores ways of making the unit linguistically and culturally more challenging for both the teacher and students, in order to achieve an intercultural, communication-based model of language teaching.
1998年01期 107-119页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 268K] [下载次数：75 ] |[阅读次数：101 ] |[引用频次：0 ] -
<正> After noting the difficulty of teaching the skill of listening in China, the paper reports on an English by radio project at the author's university, and suggests the reasons for its success. Problems in the teaching of listening in China THE development of listening skills for non-English majors receives some emphasis in Chinese universities nowadays. More authentic British and American recorded materials are being included. But listening is
1998年01期 120-123页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 73K] [下载次数：47 ] |[阅读次数：55 ] |[引用频次：0 ] <正> This paperlanalyzes why the language laboratory still has an important role to play in ELT in China. Two methods of incorporating lab-based courses into a communicative framework, involving classroom interaction patterns and task-based listening materials, are suggested, and a model lesson applying these two methods is presented.
1998年01期 124-130页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 128K] [下载次数：26 ] |[阅读次数：47 ] |[引用频次：0 ] -
<正> This paper briefly describes the development of computer assisted instruction(CAI) abroad and in China, lists the advantages of CAI and deals with its application in English learning. Some suggestions about how to make better use of CAI in ELT are also given.
1998年01期 131-134页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 76K] [下载次数：87 ] |[阅读次数：71 ] |[引用频次：1 ] <正> This paper examines the possibilities for and implications of integrating problem-solving software into the foreign language classroom, and offers a one-hour lesson plan with the use of a piece of problemsolving software as an example.
1998年01期 135-140页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 109K] [下载次数：24 ] |[阅读次数：51 ] |[引用频次：0 ] -
<正> The advantages and possible limitations of using video in ELT are examined, and some suggestions for maximizing its value are put forward. 1. Introduction SINCE the 1980s, there have been significant developments in the field of English language teaching ELT) in China, the most remarkable of which is the integration of educational technology into ELT.
1998年01期 141-144页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 81K] [下载次数：31 ] |[阅读次数：36 ] |[引用频次：0 ] <正> In the Chinese classroom, formal lectures have traditionally been preferred because they are considered both erudite and authoritative. In teacher training, however, a variety of teaching modes should be considered and selected against a number of evaluative criteria.
1998年01期 145-149页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 100K] [下载次数：24 ] |[阅读次数：31 ] |[引用频次：0 ] -
<正> This article reports on an on-going teacher development project in Chongqing University. The project, run by the College of Foreign Languages, is aimed at promoting professional development among its teachers, particularly new teachers, by adapting the reflective model of teacher development. It outlines the project framework and discusses the impact of the project on the teachers involved.
1998年01期 150-154页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 88K] [下载次数：60 ] |[阅读次数：39 ] |[引用频次：0 ] <正> An analysis of the value of classroom observation for both the teacher being observed and the observer. 1. Introduction I have been a teacher for nearly two years. I did not like classroom observation until a week before. It hasbeen teaching practice on an advanced teacher training course that has made me change my mind. Now I want to be observed when I have difficulties or want to try something new. Here I shall discuss the value
1998年01期 155-157页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 63K] [下载次数：128 ] |[阅读次数：43 ] |[引用频次：0 ] -
<正> Teaching English in China (TEIC) is a journal aimed at all those who are professionally involved or interested in the field of teaching English as a foreign language in China. The readership includes those who teach at primary or secondary schools and in colleges and universities across the countries. Thus TIEC is concerned with all the factors that influence the development of ELT in China, whether these be practical issues or theoretical issues that are relevant to it.
1998年01期 158-160页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 58K] [下载次数：14 ] |[阅读次数：37 ] |[引用频次：0 ] 下载本期数据