The Essential English Teaching and the Speculative Ability Cultivation in English Major_英语毕业论文.docxVIP

The Essential English Teaching and the Speculative Ability Cultivation in English Major　　Abstract. The Essential English is an important compulsory course for the English majors and also one of the important language practice course， even the key courses to help students learn to adapt to their professional learning. And its teaching is the basic for students to study language well. But， at present， the basis of professional English teaching in English language skills training focus on imitative memory and ignore the cultivation of students’ ability of speculation， innovation and problems analyzing， eventually leading to English major students’ serious shortage in thinking and knowledge structure， cultural background information and so on. And， considering the social demand of talents， the employers need now is no longer talents with only English skills， but talents with broad knowledge and good speculation， so English professional teaching should attach importance to the cultivation of speculative ability. In this thesis， Essential English and speculative ability are briefly introduced. And based on this， the cultivation of speculative ability in Essential English teaching of English majors is emphasized. 　　Key words： essential English， professional English， speculative ability， principle， methods 　　1 Overview on Essential English 　　1.1 The Definition of Essential English 　　As a compulsory comprehensive skills course for the English majors， Essential English are setting four terms， generally for six credits. Its name “Essential English” experienced the following period in our country. Before1980， “English intensive reading” in our country college English major course mainly adopt the grammar translation method and audio-lingual method for the teaching. The grammar translation method pays attention to words memorizing and grammar rules analyzing， but ignore the social interactional function of language. The audio-lingual method is based on the behaviorism theory， on