ABSTRACT
This paper analyzes the disadvantages of traditional cramming teaching methods to elicit heuristic teaching and then introduces its advantages. The paper discusses the problems by consulting materials and conducting a survey on non-English majors in our university from the aspects of teacher, textbook, student and teaching approaches, suggesting some corresponding solutions. Finally the paper introduces some principles and models of heuristic teaching in the hope of offering some help to college oral English teachers by wonderful lead-in, witty suspense setting, to-the- point comments and brief summary to get students fully involved and make their minds well activated.
Key words:heuristic teaching ; problems and solutions;principles and models
Contents
1.Introduction 2
2. The social factors and background of heuristic teaching 3
2.1 The disadvantages of traditional cramming teaching methodology 3
2.2 The origin of heuristic teaching 4
2.3 The superiorities of heuristic teaching 6
3. Problems of current college students’ oral English 7
3.1 The problems of college students’ oral English 8
3.2 The survey of our university students 9
4. Application of heuristic teaching in oral English teaching 11
4.1 The solutions to the problems 11
4.2The principles of heuristic teaching in oral English 13
4.3 The main models of heuristic teaching 14
5.Conclusion 16
Acknowledgements 17
References 18