Unit-1-教学法.pptVIP

A Course in English Language Teaching Introduction: 1. contents A. Unit 1, 2, 4, 5;Omit Unit 3 B. Unit 6, 7, 8 (Language Knowledge) C. Unit 9, 10, 11, 12 (Language Skill) D. Unit 13 (Integrated skills) one unit during two or three periods How to teach English in primary or middle school means A. lecture B. discussion C. mini-teaching ( six groups) D. video Unit 1 Language and Language Learning Contents： Views on language Views on language learning Important qualities of a qualified English teacher How to become a good language teacher 1.Views on language Structural view (结构主义）： Functional view (功能主义）： To do things with language: to express your love: 1. I love you. 2. Choose me. Marry me. Let me make you happy. Interactional view (交际理论）： 1. The function of communicating; To establish and maintain social relations with other people 2. appropriateness 2. Views on language learning General division: 1.Process-oriented theories: focus on how the mind organizes new information habit formation, induction, making inference, hypothesis testing and generalization 2. condition-oriented theories: emphasize the human and physical context the number of students, the kind of input learners receive, and the atmosphere Behaviorist theory(行为主义）： emphasis: 1) Language can be learned during three major stages including stimulus, response and reinforcement. It is just like training an animal to do things. 2)It is first put forward by Skinner. 2. result: the audio-lingual method (视听教学法） Language is learned by constant repetition and the reinforcement of the teacher. Cognitive theory(认知主义）: 1. emphasis: 1) In language learning , learners should be asked to think rather than simply repeat. With the knowledge of grammatical rules, they are able to produce language. 2) It is Noam Chomsky’s opposition to Skinner’s behaviorist theory.