- Neville Grant;
<正> Recently,I was standing in the corridor of a middle school,and I heard the following ex-change between a student and a teacher who,like so many teachers these days,was hurrying,ina harassed sort of way,from one classroom to another,her arms filled with exercise books andother educational paraphernalia."Excuse me,Miss!"said the student."I don't quite understand the third conditional!""Good question!"replied the teacher."Why don't you look it up in the grammar notes at theback of the book?"Saying which,she swept off to her next class.The question arises:was this teacher a good teacher,or a bad teacher?I hope that we shall inthe course of the next hour or so seek to establish an answer to this question!
1999年04期 2-10页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 163K] [下载次数：71 ] |[阅读次数：0 ] |[引用频次：1 ] <正> Teacher talk is of crucial significance to the ELT classroom.However,little research hasbeen carried out on teacher talk.This paper discusses the types of teacher talk,analyzes the vari-ous factors affecting teacher talk,and puts forward some suggestions to make teacher talk moreeffective and efficient.Teacher talk (TT) is of crucial significance for all classrooms,particularly the ELT class-room,because in the ELT classroom,language is not only the objective of the course,but also themedia to achieve the objective.Both the organization of the classroom and the process of acquisi-tion are achieved through TT.Whether an ELT class is successful or not depends to a large degreeon the effectiveness of TT.However,not many professionals in China have realized the impor-tance of TT.Little research has been carried out on TT.(Wang Yinquan,1999:54) The papercasts away a brick to attract jade.
1999年04期 11-16页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 99K] [下载次数：459 ] |[阅读次数：0 ] |[引用频次：7 ] -
<正> The English Teaching Guideline for the nine-year compulsory education of full-time Sec-ondary school points out that:"the aim of English teaching for secondary school students is to letstudents master the basic knowledge of English language and the prelimanary ability to use Englishby the rutine practice of listening,speaking,reading and writing.To encourage students for deepinterest in the English study,and adaPt themselves to a good habit for further study,and developthe imagination and self-teaching ability."In order to meet the requirement,we must better sev-eral aspects as what should be taught,the timing arrangement,the teaching sequence arrange-ment,the improvement of teaching method in class.Among which,the reforming of teachingmethod is the key step.
1999年04期 17-19页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 47K] [下载次数：69 ] |[阅读次数：0 ] |[引用频次：1 ] <正> It is commonly experienced by teachers that they meet silent learners in speaking class,especiallyin an EFL setting at the tertiary level in China.This paper attempts to diagnose the problems inthe current curriculum,curriculum materials and teaching methods used to teach the productiveskill of speaking,which are supposed to be the direct cause of students in"losing their voices",Itbegins with a brief description of the teaching and learning situation in a teachers' college which isalso typical at other tertiary levels as well.Concrete examples of modification to the teaching ofthe skill are provided with the hope to give back"voices"to the silent students in speaking class.
1999年04期 20-25页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 106K] [下载次数：66 ] |[阅读次数：0 ] |[引用频次：0 ] -
<正> This paper analyses the factors causing the lack of learning motivation of non-English majors,re-garded as one of the crucial reasons leading to the inefficiency of college English teaching in Chi-na.It also puts forward corresponding ways to motivate non-English majors to study English.
1999年04期 26-30页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 83K] [下载次数：92 ] |[阅读次数：0 ] |[引用频次：4 ] <正> The first possible difficulty an English teacher may encounter in his or her endeavor to make Eng-lish class more communicative may be students' reluctance to participate.But there are reasonsbehind this seeming reluctance.Based on a recent survey,the paper analyzes students' participa-tion psychology and both the subjective and objective factors,which may affect students' activeparticipation in class.The writer of the paper believes that getting students started is the initialstep towards active learning and fruitful teaching.It is proposed that efforts made to get studentsinvolved should focus not only on forms of activities but also on their contents,on skill integra-tion and on establishing cooperative relationships between teacher and students and among stu-dents.
1999年04期 31-35页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 87K] [下载次数：111 ] |[阅读次数：0 ] |[引用频次：1 ] -
<正> With more and more importance being attached to communicative competence,both teachers andlearners have become aware of how essential listening as a language skill is for communication.However,traditional listening classroom seems to have failed to help learners become effectiveand successful listeners both in and out of the classroom.Many learners have associated listeningcourses with pain and boredom and often complain that they benefit little from listening lessons.That explains to some extent why many learners' listening ability stagnates and remains at ele-mentary level although their other skills like reading,writing even speaking are advancing steadi-ly.This article aims to have a close look at the problems confronted by teachers in the traditionallistening classroom and,in the meantime,tries to give a brief introduction to an approach to im-proving the teaching of listening by incorporating pre-listening,while-listening and post-listeninginto an integrated listening class.
1999年04期 36-40页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 93K] [下载次数：294 ] |[阅读次数：0 ] |[引用频次：10 ] <正> This paper focuses on providing effective feedback for the students in the writing process.Excessivemarking is defective as it reduces their motivation,whereas minimal marking is recommended as itimproves their inner drive for writing.In addition,there are other forms of feedback,such as peerfeedback,comments and face-to-face discussions.The students are required to act on the feedback totheir own advantage.It has been proved that the proposed correcting method is time-saving,chal-lenging and efficient.
1999年04期 41-45页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 89K] [下载次数：156 ] |[阅读次数：0 ] |[引用频次：23 ] -
<正> The teaching of reading in the EFL class in China is supposed to be the most important course forEnglish learners in colleges and universities because it is expected to fulfil two tasks:the develop-ment of reading skills and the development of language skills.The former set of skills is assigned tothe course called Extensive Reading,which is top-down oriented,and,like the top-down model be-fore 1980's,its emphasis on the language competence such as syntax and vocabulary often leads to"wild guessing"and misunderstanding.Another reading course,Intensive Reading,is supposed to beresponsible for the latter set of skills.This bottom-up manner of reading often results in word-to-word reading and also causes miscomprehension.The Holistic Model of Reading,as developed on thebasis of interactive models with particular concern over the Chinese learning environment,attemptsto combine the two courses into one and the result,as our studies show,turns out to be promising.
1999年04期 46-50页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 100K] [下载次数：104 ] |[阅读次数：0 ] |[引用频次：3 ] <正> One of the frequently heard complaints from TEFL teachers is that students are too passive inlearning the textbook used for the course of Comprehensive English,and that they seldom performcreatively in the class or in doing the homework assigned.The teacher may try very hard to stimulatethe students but still fail to see much progress.This situation has induced the author to design andcarry out an experiment in teaching the course of Comprehensive English.The experiment is aimedat proving the possibility that a larger and freer arena,arranged in a more interesting way can pro-vide a better chance for students to make use of their creative power in understanding and learningEnglish texts.The result is encouraging and proves the expectations of the author.The approachused in this experiment,however,should not be applied rigidly,but with a certain degree of flexibil-ity in terms of time arrangement,the texts to be used,the number of texts for a semester and thespecific forms of tasks.
1999年04期 51-55页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 91K] [下载次数：30 ] |[阅读次数：0 ] |[引用频次：0 ] -
<正> The author of this paper has recently carried out a survey on some minority students majoring inEnglish in Kunming,China.The survey,through interviews and a questionnaire,has found out thatthese minority students learn English somewhat differently from the majority Chinese students in thatthe minority students learn English as L3.So they have interference from not only Chinese (L2) butalso their local language (L1).The purpose of this paper is to offer some information on how the mi-nority students with a local language (L1) and Chinese L2,learn English as L3.
1999年04期 56-62页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 120K] [下载次数：56 ] |[阅读次数：0 ] |[引用频次：0 ] <正> 27 MARCH-31 MARCH 2000The joint IATEFL/British Council Scholarship offers three scholarships to attend the annual IATEFLconference which takes place in Dublin,Ireland from 27 March to 31 March 2000.The scholarships are co-funded by IATEFL and the British Council.IATEFL covers the costs for regis-tration,accommodation and food for four or five nights,and a year's individual membership to the Asso-ciation.The British Council provides a travel grant to cover travel and costs from China to the conferencesite.
1999年04期 63-64页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 32K] [下载次数：17 ] |[阅读次数：0 ] |[引用频次：0 ] -
<正> TEIC is an internationally recognised academic journal on English Language Teaching (ELT).ItsISSN number is 1005-538X.Articles must abide by the following rules,or they will be automatrically rejected1.Word limit per article:less than 3,000 words (less than 5 pages).2.Authors whose articles will be published in TEIC will receive a letter of acceptance.Contributors whodo not receive such a letter within six months of sending in their articles are free to contributed themto other journals or publications.
1999年04期 65页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 16K] [下载次数：13 ] |[阅读次数：0 ] |[引用频次：0 ] 下载本期数据