The genre-base pedagogy is based on genre and genre analysis theories. It provides a new direction to improve the teaching effect of College English reading and writing. This paper analyzes the notion of genre, highli...The genre-base pedagogy is based on genre and genre analysis theories. It provides a new direction to improve the teaching effect of College English reading and writing. This paper analyzes the notion of genre, highlights genre analysis and genre-based pedagogy for its advantages in language teaching, clearifies the relationship between reading and writing, and then presents a sample class which adopts genre-based pedagogy to textbook-based College English reading and writing instruction.展开更多
While teaching college English classes, the author discovers that many non-English major students have difficulty inreading and writing. They are unwilling to read English material and have poor reading strategies. As...While teaching college English classes, the author discovers that many non-English major students have difficulty inreading and writing. They are unwilling to read English material and have poor reading strategies. As for writing, they are trained todeal with all types of exams, imitating fixed sentence structures. Thus, the author adopts production-oriented approach(POA) anddesigns tasks that combine reading with writing so that students read with a purpose and write with authentic language.展开更多
Whether to adopt the meaning-oriented or form-oriented approach in EFL teaching has been in hot academic debate in the past decades. This paper investigates the literature contribution on these two methods, attempts a...Whether to adopt the meaning-oriented or form-oriented approach in EFL teaching has been in hot academic debate in the past decades. This paper investigates the literature contribution on these two methods, attempts an integration of the two,and introduces a teaching experiment of EFL reading and writing at China Agricultural University.展开更多
As an attempt to seek more reliable and valid methodology to enhance traditional college reading classes in China,the paper aims to explore an instructional approach named Collaborative Strategic Reading(CSR) based on...As an attempt to seek more reliable and valid methodology to enhance traditional college reading classes in China,the paper aims to explore an instructional approach named Collaborative Strategic Reading(CSR) based on the analysis of current college reading instructions,the suitability of CSR applied in authentic teaching context as well as pedagogical recommendations attempted to present practicable concept for college reading instructions.展开更多
English writing has been a weakness in College English teaching and learning in China.Some disparities are noticed by comparing the ways English writing are taught in US and Chinese universities.It is from these diffe...English writing has been a weakness in College English teaching and learning in China.Some disparities are noticed by comparing the ways English writing are taught in US and Chinese universities.It is from these differences that Chinese teachers can draw inspirations for improving English writing instruction and students' writing ability.展开更多
文摘The genre-base pedagogy is based on genre and genre analysis theories. It provides a new direction to improve the teaching effect of College English reading and writing. This paper analyzes the notion of genre, highlights genre analysis and genre-based pedagogy for its advantages in language teaching, clearifies the relationship between reading and writing, and then presents a sample class which adopts genre-based pedagogy to textbook-based College English reading and writing instruction.
文摘While teaching college English classes, the author discovers that many non-English major students have difficulty inreading and writing. They are unwilling to read English material and have poor reading strategies. As for writing, they are trained todeal with all types of exams, imitating fixed sentence structures. Thus, the author adopts production-oriented approach(POA) anddesigns tasks that combine reading with writing so that students read with a purpose and write with authentic language.
文摘Whether to adopt the meaning-oriented or form-oriented approach in EFL teaching has been in hot academic debate in the past decades. This paper investigates the literature contribution on these two methods, attempts an integration of the two,and introduces a teaching experiment of EFL reading and writing at China Agricultural University.
文摘As an attempt to seek more reliable and valid methodology to enhance traditional college reading classes in China,the paper aims to explore an instructional approach named Collaborative Strategic Reading(CSR) based on the analysis of current college reading instructions,the suitability of CSR applied in authentic teaching context as well as pedagogical recommendations attempted to present practicable concept for college reading instructions.
文摘English writing has been a weakness in College English teaching and learning in China.Some disparities are noticed by comparing the ways English writing are taught in US and Chinese universities.It is from these differences that Chinese teachers can draw inspirations for improving English writing instruction and students' writing ability.
