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<正> This paper briefly accounts a course called"AGuide to English Learning Strategies",conducted bythe authors for the English major freshmen at theiruniversity.Its main goal was to raise the learners'"awareness of strategy use"and help the learnersmake better use of some learning strategies.It tackledsome common problems which often make Chineselearners of English less efficient in their learning.Sug-gestions are put forward in the course evaluation,concerning making it more practical and beneficial forthe learners.
2000年04期 2-5页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 101K] [下载次数：56 ] |[阅读次数：0 ] |[引用频次：1 ] <正> This paper describes a one-term experiment con-ducted in the author's English major class from Sept.1999 to Dec.1999.The project is intended to encour-age students'autonomy,and to train students how toacquire various skills in language learning and com-munication.The project provided students withenough space to exert their autonomy and attained itsdesired goals.The beneficial effects show in three as-pects:The centre of teaching and learning shifts fromthe teacher to the students;given autonomous learn-ing environment,students can learn more effectively;and students can acquire all round abilities.
2000年04期 6-9页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 96K] [下载次数：114 ] |[阅读次数：0 ] |[引用频次：8 ] -
<正> E-mail-assisted language teaching is at the fore-front of the advances in educational tools in EFLteaching.But is it possible to create EFL communica-tive environment by E-mail and Internet in Chineseuniversities?Can we totally adopt CA by E-mail andInternet in Western countries into Chinese universi-ties?It is evident that Completely transferring it toChinese educational context is irrational and will ulti-mately fail.Thus,success depends on reconciling E-mail-assisted EFL teaching with traditional Chineseapproaches.This paper is designed to make perspec-tives on this reconciliation,and presents some disad-vantages of using E-mail and Internet in teaching.
2000年04期 10-14页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 115K] [下载次数：29 ] |[阅读次数：0 ] |[引用频次：3 ] <正> This paper presents a study of the effect of cultur-al background on TOEFL scores.It proceeds from therelation between culture and language,then illus-trates with actual questions from various sections ofTOEFL tests how American cultural background exertsa remarkable influence on TOEFL scores,and con-cludes with revelations with regard to English teachingin this country.
2000年04期 15-19页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 123K] [下载次数：51 ] |[阅读次数：0 ] |[引用频次：0 ] -
<正> ELT is an organic process that is influenced by avariety of factors.These break down into two types:explicit,which is objective and the other is implicit,which is subjective.This paper argues that subjectivefactors are subordinated to objective ones.Of the lat-ter,the Society factor,followed by the Subject andStudent factors in importance,is the central one thatdetermines the teaching process.
2000年04期 20-24页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 219K] [下载次数：27 ] |[阅读次数：0 ] |[引用频次：0 ] <正> The linguistic interference of one's mother tonguealways poses an obstacle to his or her learning of for-eign languages and teachers should try their best to dis-cover means to overcome this.This paper analyzes theforms and causes of Chinglish,which is created byadult Chinese learners of English through their moth-er-tongue interference.After a contrastive study ofsome linguistic features between Chinese and English,the author lists ten common forms of Chinglish,il-lustrated with examples from his own teaching prac-tice,and points out their respective causes and somepossible measures to eradicate them.
2000年04期 25-28页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 96K] [下载次数：1279 ] |[阅读次数：0 ] |[引用频次：14 ] -
<正> This essay discusses the ways of cultivating learners'writing competence in teaching reading—helpinglearners get a general idea and better understand thestructure as well as the writing techniques and at thesame time arousing their interest in writing and devel-oping their writing skills.By detailed explanationthrough analysis of the relationship between readingand writing and then taking the texts in College Eng-lish as examples,an effective learning style is vividlyintroduced to learners.
2000年04期 29-33页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 108K] [下载次数：140 ] |[阅读次数：0 ] |[引用频次：11 ] <正> The skill of Listening with comprehension is anessential part of communication and basic to ESL/EFL learning.Prediction is also a key process in un-derstanding spoken language.This article intends tooffer a definition for prediction in ESL/EFL listening,examines its foundations,draws some insights into itsnature,and illustrates how to develop and employprediction in pre-listening and while-listening stages,also how to‘repair’prediction in the post-listeningstage,in an attempt to help listeners achieve the goalof better understanding.
2000年04期 34-38页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 126K] [下载次数：55 ] |[阅读次数：0 ] |[引用频次：2 ] -
<正> Correction is provided in the oral language class-room to help learners identify problematic areas,re-formulate rules in their minds,so speak more accu-rately.However,many correction techniques seem tofrustrate and intimidate rather than enlighten.Thisarticle reviews current correction techniques.It thendescribes how certain features of the cloze procedurecan be adapted into a simple correction procedure ef-fective in eliciting self-and peer-correction from stu-dents.
2000年04期 39-42页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 104K] [下载次数：37 ] |[阅读次数：0 ] |[引用频次：1 ] <正> This paper explains,with concrete examples,that the non-verbal barriers also obstruct students'correct understanding of listening materials,and ana-lyzes the problems resulting from students lack of cul-tural knowledge of the target language.Suggestionsare offered to help students have a better understand-ing by introducing the origin of English words,intro-ducing the cultural traits of native speakers,theircustoms and introduce the relative cultural knowledgeto promote students'comprehension of the target lan-guage.
2000年04期 43-46页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 92K] [下载次数：134 ] |[阅读次数：0 ] |[引用频次：1 ] -
<正> At present,microteaching is being adopted bymany colleges in training English teachers.This paperpresents the functions,characteristics,writing ofteaching plans and the"mirror function"of mi-croteaching to improve the quality of training Englishteachers.
2000年04期 47-50页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 96K] [下载次数：110 ] |[阅读次数：0 ] |[引用频次：0 ] <正> Research shows teachers'speaking less so involvesstudents more.So English teacher talk determines tosome extent whether the teaching is successful or not.After giving a brief introduction to teacher talk inEnglish class,this paper analyzes the possible factorsthat affect teacher talk.It then suggests some im-provements of teacher talk in order to better our teach-ing methodology.
2000年04期 51-54页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 113K] [下载次数：737 ] |[阅读次数：0 ] |[引用频次：21 ] -
<正> Modern English is an international language inthe world.Besides Great Britain,English is spokenas first language in 39 countries.These countries arelocated in different regions with different naturalfeatures,history development and cultural character-istics.Thus,English used in these different regionscarries its own regional character—forming Englishregional varieties.The main English regional varieties are:BritishEnglish,American English,Canadian English andSouth African English.Canada is a rich country inNorth America with its own characteristics,which of
2000年04期 55-58页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 96K] [下载次数：44 ] |[阅读次数：0 ] |[引用频次：0 ] <正> Tag questions are a distinctive feature in spokenEnglish,but seldom used by the non-native speakers.Studies show that tags are employed by native speakersmainly to express their interactive and interpersonalmeaning.In this paper,the writer explores the natureof tag questions,mainly their interactive and inter-personal functions in daily coversation.Suggestionsare made with regard to the teaching of tags in theclassroom.
2000年04期 59-64页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 141K] [下载次数：98 ] |[阅读次数：0 ] |[引用频次：0 ] -
<正> Articles must abide by the following rules,or they will be automatically rejected.1.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 who do not receivesuch a letter within six months of sending in their articles are free to contribute them to other journals or publica-tions.3.No royalties will be paid to the authors of published articles.4.Authors must send by snail mail a paper copy,which must fulfill the following criteria:1)weriten all in 12-point font size.
2000年04期 65页 [查看摘要][在线阅读][下载 17K] [下载次数：15 ] |[阅读次数：0 ] |[引用频次：0 ] 下载本期数据