[英语学习]unit 3 The National English Curriculum.pptVIP

The National English Curriculum 3.1 A brief history of foreign language teaching in China Foreign language teaching before 1978 Starting from the early 1900s --- not achieve very much 1949-1965 Russian---the predominant foreign language Early 1960s--- transfer from Russian to English due to the diplomatic breakdown between China and the former USSR. 1966-1976 the Cultural Revolution--- a much more decentralized situation of foreign language teaching, as materials were developed by some local schools or agencies. There was only a sporadic teaching of foreign language, mainly English. The materials were usually simple and often contained political elements. In the early 1970’s, schools resumed teaching and English replaced Russian as the required foreign language in secondary schools and was later formally restored into the national curriculum in 1978. The development of ELT since 1978: Restoration Rapid Development Reform Innovation 3.1 A brief history of foreign language teaching in China A phase of restoration (1978-1985) The issue of the national syllabus by MOE in 1978: Aims and requirements: the focus was on the study of basic phonetics and grammar, as well as a certain amount of words. Students should be able to read simplified reading materials on general topics with the help of dictionaries and were expected to develop a preliminary ability in listening, speaking, writing and translation. Time allocation: 656 hours Textbooks were published by PEP, the only recognised publisher then under the State Education Committee to publish textbooks for schools in China. Teaching method: audiolingualism Two parts in each lesson: Oral and written drills of sentence patterns Reading texts to be learned through grammar-translation The grammar of the textbooks followed the graded sequence of tenses and other grammatical items advocated by Zhang Daozhen in A Practical of English Grammar which was based on Soviet practices prevalent in the PRC during the 19