On Senior English Teaching Adaptability to The New Curriculum Reform.docVIP

On Senior English Teaching Adaptability to The New Curriculum Reform 　　Abstract: The Educational Ministry promulgated the ‘Full-time General High School English Curriculum Standards’ in 2003. How to adapt to the change better has become the research topic for every teacher. This article aims to explore some specific strategies to improve teachers’ adaptability to the new reform through a brief analysis of the real teaching and learning situation and the probable reasons for the current English teaching. 　　Keywords: Senior English teaching ；Adaptability； New Curriculum Standards 　　With the rapid development of both economy and society, education has been placed in a more important position. Since 2003, the Ministry of Education launched a new round of curriculum reform. It has made some great changes in terms of new ideas, new standards, new teaching concepts and methods, new teaching materials as well as new assessment methods.. 　　However, in reality, the implementation of the New Curriculum Standards has confronted many difficulties due to some reasons, making it hard for the teachers and students to adapt to the new reform. 　　Firstly, In the process of real teaching practice, the explanation of language points and grammatical structures still take up most of the class time. Secondly, some of the teachers still present their lessons by keeping themselves as the center of teaching. Thirdly, although most of the teachers have a good command of English, there are few teachers anticipating any researches about teaching .In addition, some of the teachers have little knowledge of managing a class and don’t know many theories about teaching. Fourthly, not all the teachers can get enough effective chances of receiving training. Fifthly, nowadays, a great number of students are concerned about the ways that can help them to get high marks in the future examinations. Besides, many teachers mentioned that a great many of students could not freely and fluently express the