英语学科教学论

英语学科教学论
A course in English Language Teaching---Key Points
Unit 1. Language and Language Learning
Views on language learning: behaviourist theory, cognitive theory, constructivist theory, socio-constructivist theory.
Unit 2. Communicative Principles and Task-based Language Teaching
1. Task and Exercise
2. PPP model
3. Analyzing teaching and learning activities using principles of CLT and TBL
Unit 3. The National English Curriculum
1. Main aim of English language teaching described in the National English Standard
2. Components of the English teaching objectives in the National English Curriculum
3. Performance standards for Level 2, Level 5 and Level 7
Unit 4. Lesson Planning
1. Principles for good lesson planning
2. Components of a lesson plan
3. Understanding of Teaching aims
4. Understand of Stages and Procedures
Unit 5. Classroom Management
1. The role of the teacher
2. The most common student groupings
3. Dealing with spoken errors
Unit 6. Teaching Pronunciation
1. Our realistic goal of teaching pronunciation
2. Understanding of aspects of pronunciation such as
intonation, liaison, loss of explosion, stress, and articulation. Designing pronunciation teaching activities according to specific aspect of pronunciation.
Unit 7. Teaching Grammar
1. Different ways of presenting grammar in the classroom.
2. Designing mechanical practices and meaningful practices
Unit 8. Teaching Vocabulary
1. Denotative meaning and connotative meaning of a word
2. Receptive and Producative vocabulary
3. Ways of consolidating vocabulary
4. Vocabulary learning strategies
Unit 9. Teaching Listening
1. Factors to be considered when designing an effective listening task
2. Listenning difficulties encountered by students. Solutions for these difficulties from the teacher
3. Designing listening activities for pre-listening, while listening and post listening stages
Unit 10. Teaching Speaking
1. Common features of spoken language
2. Characteristics of a successful speaking tasks
3. Types of speaking activities, especially information-gap activities
Unit 11. Teaching Reading
1. What do effective readers do?
2. Models for teaching reading: Bottom-up model, T op-down model, and Interactive model.
3. Teaching activities can be done in pre-reading, while reading and post reading
Unit 12. Teaching Writing
1. A process approach to writing
2. Designing writing tasks
Unit 15. Assessment in Language Teaching
1. Understanding of Testing, Assessment and Evalution
2. Knowing who will involve the assessment of students
3. Methods for assessment
Unit 16. Learner Differences and Learner Training
1. 8 different types of learners
2. Intelligences Gardner proposed。