英语学科教育学

behaviorism
A theory of psychology which states that human and animal behavior can and should be studied only in terms of physical process, without reference to mind. It led to theories of learning which explained how an external event (a stimulus) caused a change in the behavior of an individual (a response),
objects:
To develop integrated personality, to establish a curriculum system balancing consistency and difference, to realize the integration of the knowledge system and to carry out multi-cultural education.
Basic Concepts of English Language Educology
Introduction to English language educology; The study of education and its relation to language
educology; Language acquisition/learning theories; A brief survey of English teaching models.
what do you think you can learn from this course?
The importance of English subject educology
To enable us to systematically master the general laws of English education;
Teaching Chapter 7 Classroom Practice Chapter 8 English Testing Chapter 9 Teacher Training in English Language Teaching
Discussion
Did you ever be a teacher or have any teaching experience? How do you teach?
Behavioristic view of language acquisition: language development is the process of habit formation, and the result of a set of habits.
Language acquisition/learning theories
Specific objects
Concepts: FL / SL/TEFL/TESL Foreign language: a language which is not the native language of large
numbers of people in a particular country or region, is not used as a medium of instruction in schools and is not widely used as a medium of communication in government, media, it is typically taught as school subjects for the purpose of communicating with foreigners or for reading printed materials in the language. Second language: a language that plays a major role in a particular country or region though it may not be the first language of many people who use it. TEFL: teaching Engnlish as a foreign language, used to describe the teaching of English in situations where it is a foreign language. Curriculum: An overall plan for a course or The total programme of formal studies offered by a schoolor institutioin, as in the secondary school curriculum
To enable us to identify the difficult nature of English subject education.
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. InvolБайду номын сангаасe me and I learn.
Chapter one
English subject learning:
learning is an important means of fitting into the society, seeking self-actualization and striving for self-perfection, is to develop integrated persons.
Empiricism: (All knowledge comes from experience and practice, ultimately from our interaction with the environment through our reasoning or senses.) environmentalist theory (an organism’s nurture, or experience is of more significance to development) The neo-behaviorist S-R learning theory: knowledge is the product of interaction with the environment through stimulus-response (S-R) conditioning. Nativism: language acquisition is innately determined and that we are born with a built-in device which predisposes us to acquire language and predisposes us to a systematic perception of language around us. Chomsky’s innatist language acquisition theory
Introduction to English language educology
The definition of “educology” and “subject educology” Research objects
general education
cognitive competence
Assessment/Testing
Assessment:
a systematic approach to collecting information and to making inferences about the ability of a student or the quality or success of a teaching course on the basis of various sources of evidence. It may be done by test, interview, questionnaire, observation, etc.
Testing:
one of the various means of assessment, a way to collect information through formal and standardized form.
Means-ends model:
an approach to curriculum development ot to teaching in which a distinction is made between ends and mens and which generally employs a cycle of planning activities involving
The structure of this course
Chapter 1 Basic concepts of English Language Educology Chapter 2 Survey of the History of English Teaching Chapter 3 English syllabus Evaluation and Design Chapter 4 Teaching of Different Language Skills Chapter 5 Learners’ Variables in English Teaching Chapter 6 Cultural Awareness and English Language
the development of the personal and social
Professional competence
Cognition:
the various mental processes used in thinking, remembering, perceiving, recognizing, classifying, etc.
To enable us to solve the problems which are difficulties for English education at special levels;
To explore and promote the theory of English curriculum and teaching;
How do you think of this course? Is it necessary for you?
How do you think of this phenomenon: in middle schools, a lot of English teachers don’t know any theories of English education, yet they still teach well.
English subject teaching:
To realized students’ overall development; to lay emphasis on individualized learning; to help students. Learn knowledge positively, actively and independently, and to form a knowledge structure with their own individualized characters.