王蔷主编的《英语教学法教程》第二版-unit1.pdf

Unit1LanguageandLanguageLearning

Aimsoftheunit

Inthisunitwewilldiscusssomegeneralmattersaboutlanguage

learningandteaching.Wearegoingtodiscussfivequestions

onparticular:

1.Howdowelearnlanguage

2.Whatarethecommonviewsonlanguage

3.Whatarethecommonviewsonlanguagelearning

4.Whatarethequalitiesofagoodlanguageteacher

5.Howcanonebecomeagoodlanguageteacher

1.1Howdowelearnlanguages

Machofhumanbehaviorisinfluencedbytheirexperiences.The

waylanguageteachersteachintheclassroomistosomeextent

influencedbythewaytheylearnedlanguages.Thisis

especiallytrueinforeignlanguageteaching.Beforewediscuss

languagelearningtheories,letusfirstreflectonourown

languagelearningexperience.

Task1

Belowisalistofinterviewquestionsonhowpeoplelearna

foreignlanguage.Inthefirstcolumn,writedownyourown

responses.Theninterviewthreeotherstudentsinyourclass

andentertheirresponsesintheothercolumns.Discussyour

findingsingroupof4anddrawsomeconclusion.

YouST1ST2ST3

1.Howmanyforeignlanguagescanyouspeak

sofar

2.Whendidyoustartlearningtheforeign

language(s)

3.Howdoyoufeelaboutlearningaforeign

language

4.Whatdifficultieshaveyouexperienced

inlearning

5.Whichskilldoyoufindmoredifficult

tolearn

6.Haveyoufocusedonknowledgeorskills

Why

7.Whydoyoulearntheforeignlanguage(s)

8.Doyouconsideryourselfasuccessful

learnerWhy

9.Whatareyourmostcommonlearning

activities

10.Doyoulikethewayyoulearnedthe

foreignlanguage(s)

Fromtheabovetask,youmayhavefoundthat1)peoplestarted

learningaforeignlanguageatdifferentages;2)peopl