Teaching is an art as well as a science. With the reform of English teaching, teachers come to get a comprehensive understanding of the new notions and methodologies on English language teaching. However, how to apply the theories to practice successfully as well as the effects on the application deserves serious consideration. We need to look for a way to improve the standard of English teaching effectively. This essay aims to analyze some of the undesirable problems in English teaching and help teachers acquire the effective approaches to solve these problems they inevitably encounter.
What is an excellent English class? It is neither simple accumulation of thousands of English words and phrases, nor endless sentence pattern drills, let alone the boring repetition. It should be full of humanity, culture, and affectivity, that is to say, the teacher should give his or her students a precious gift—the strong desire to learn.
Key words: English teaching disadvantages the improvement of standard of teaching
Contents
ABSTRACT…………………………………………………………….Ⅰ
摘要…….………………………………………………………….…Ⅱ
ⅠIntroduction
1.1 The Context of This Essay…………………………….….1
1.2 An Overview of Contemporary English Language Teaching
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Ⅱ Four Undesirable Problems in English Classroom…...5
2.1 A Notice to Cramming Education……………………….…5
2.2 The Formation of Dumb English……………………….…..9
2.3 The Reform of Traditional Pedagogy……………………16
2.4 The Acquisition of Learning Competence……………....19
Ⅲ Views on Language and Language Teaching………….…..23
3.1 The Instrumental View………………………………...…...23
3.2 The Structural View………………………………...……...23
3.3 The Functional View…………………………………....…..23
3.4 The Interactional View……………………………………24
3.5 The Experiential Cognitive View……………………..... 24
3.6 The Innatist View…………………………………………..24
Ⅳ Theories and Approaches on Language Learning
and Teaching………………………………………………..25
4.1 Theories……………………..……………………………....….25
4.2 Approaches………………………………………………….…..29
Ⅴ Practices in FLT…………………………………………….….40
5.1 Auditing Class……………………………………………..….40
5.2 Practice in Real-world English Classroom…………..… 41
Ⅵ Conclusion…………………………………………………….43
Reference ………………………………………………………...44
Appendix ……………………………………………………...…..47
Acknowledgement……………………………………………….……. 50
