《英语教学法教程》（王蔷）考研笔记.docx

Unit 1 language and language teachingWhat makes a good language teacher?Ethic devotionProfessional qualitiesPersonal stylesViews on language learning and learning in general:Process-oriented theories: concerned with how the mind organizes new information such as habit formation, induction, making inference, hypothesis testing and generalization.Condition-oriented theories: emphasize the nature of the human and physical context in which the language learning take place, such as the number of the students and the kind of input learners receive, and the atmosphere.How can one become a language teacher?It involves more factors and longer learning time, and may never be finished. PracticeReflectionGoal Stage 1Stage 2Stage 1: all English teachers are supposed to have a sound command of English.Stage 2: learning, practice and reflection.Learning:Learning from others’ experience (empirical knowledge gained through reading and observation)Learning the received knowledge (language learning theories, educational psychology, language teaching methodology, etc.)Practice Pre-service practice (pseudo practice)Real classroom practiceReflection: take on reflection seriously and keep reflection Goal: (do not have an end) one can never become a perfect teacher. There is always room for improvement.Unit 2 communicative principles and task-based language teachingWhat is communicative competenceLinguistic competenceKnowledge of language itselfPragmatic competence The choice of the vocabulary and structure depends on the setting, the relative status of the speakers and their relationship.Discourse competence The ability to understand or to express a topic logically and coherently by effectively employing or comprehending the cohesive marks, such as first, second.Strategic competence Searching for other means of expression, such as using a similar phrase ……Fluency the ability to link units of speech together with facility and without strain or inappropriate slowness or undue hesitation)CLT