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Teaching English As A Foreign Language In China: A Unit Plan For Educators, Yun Xie
Teaching English As A Foreign Language In China: A Unit Plan For Educators, Yun Xie
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The ultimate goal of English learning is to enable students to communicate in English.
However, English education in China ignores the importance of English communicative ability. The problem lies in the teaching method, that is, solely adopting the Grammar Translation Method; the teaching model, only the “teacher-centered” teaching model is adopted for teaching, thus students do not have enough opportunities to practice spoken English; moreover, the teaching materials lack authenticity, practicality and content of target culture.
These three problems were explored as three themes in this field project and provided a unit plan on how to improve these problems. This …