Unit 1 Language and language learning 英语教学法教材.ppt

Welcome!;Language and Language Learning;I. The Nature of Language;Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication.; 参见: 刘润清所著 《论大学英语教学》 Chapter 1;Ferdiand de Saussure(1857-1913 );Functional view: Language is a linguistic system as well as a means for doing things. Learners learn a language in order to be able to do things with it (use it). To perform functions, learners need to know how to combine the grammatical rules and the vocabulary to express notions that perform the functions. (P3);;Interactional view: Language is a communicative tool to build up and maintain social relations between people. Learners need to know the rules of a language and where, when and how it is appropriate to use them. (P3); Your view of language determines your way of teaching. ;Structural view– knowledge: vocabulary and grammar (sentence patterns) Functional view– communicative categories, communicative ability (to be able to communicate) Interactional view– to communicate appropriately (communicative strategies, cultural awareness, etc.);;Reflection;Reference Books: 1. Johnson, K. An Introduction to Foreign Language Learning and Teaching. 2000 Chapter 3. 2.束定芳、庄智象的《现代外语教学—理论、实践与方法》PP193-194. 3. Richards, J. Rogers, T.S. Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching. (《语言教学路子与方法》1986) 4. Howatt, A.P.R. A History of English Language Teaching. (《英语语言教学史》1984);III. Views on Language Learning and Learning in General; Behaviorist Theory (P5);3.1.1 Behaviorism;Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936); A nineteenth century Russian Ivan Pavlov’s experiments with dogs and other animals ;;B. F. Skinner (1904 - 1990);A mid-twentieth-century American B. F. Skinner ;Language is seen as a behavior to be taught. A small part of the foreign language, such as a structural pattern, is presented as a stimulus, to which the learners responds, for example, by repetition or substitution. This is