In recent years, English application ability is becoming one of the qualities required in international communication, and meanwhile, in order to increase competitiveness, people need the support of a higher degree, so more and more people begin to study English.
Education is useful, because understanding the world is useful. The art of education is to teach people how to use knowledge. The practical principle, which is geared to the needs of market, society and the employment demand of students, the English education combine the normative education with professional flexibility, to put the teaching & learning for the practical usage as the goal, the practical content learning as the orientation, training students the ability of practical application.
This paper consists of three parts. The first part describe the present situation and a few thorny issues in English practical teaching, the second part focus on the overview of the practical principles, the last part introduce some practical methods applied in Wall Street English teaching for everybody to learn and reference.
Keywords: adult English, practical principles, English education, practical teaching methods, English education policy, Wall Street English,
Contents
AbstractI
ContentsI
Introduction1
1. The present situation and several thorny issurs in adult English education 2
1.1 The shortness of culture-rich learning enviroment2
1.2 Teaching material seperate from real life2
1.3 Lack of learning initiative2
1.4 Teachers' teaching method needs to be improved2
2. The Overview of the practical principle.3
2.1 Practical Approach3
2.2 Whiteheadian Ideology3
2.3 Practicality aimed at Linking Theory and Practice3
3. Some practical methods applied in Wall Street English teaching4
3.1 A study plan based on your correct starting level4