The role of the English learner facilitator in developing teacher capacity for the instruction of English learners     

Felice Atesoglu Russell 《Teachers and Teaching》2017,23(3):312-331

As a field, we have a limited understanding and a dearth of empirical research concerning the role of high school instructional coaches focused on English learners (ELs). This paper examines one EL facilitator’s work as an instructional coach and resource for supporting mainstream content teachers as they learn to meet the needs of adolescent ELs in one high school. This analysis is grounded within an examination of the influence of school structure and organization on the EL facilitator’s work and her role as a resource. Drawing on sociocultural learning theory, as well as literature on teacher leadership and instructional coaching, case study data from a year-long qualitative research project are analyzed. Implications for research, policy, and practice are discussed.  相似文献   

Meeting the Great Challenge: What Growth-Oriented Writing of the 1960s and 1970s can Teach Us about Uniting the Individualistic and Social Aims of English Education     

Cori McKenzie 《Changing English: An International Journal of English Teaching》2017,24(1):91-102

This study explores the relationship between two values that sit at the heart of English education: a commitment to democratic citizenship and a commitment to fostering students’ personal growth. Some scholars have argued that these values are often at odds and the ‘great challenge’ of the field is to unite the individualistic and social goals of English education. The study explores the commensurability of these aims by considering the way they were united in the growth-oriented practitioner writing composed in the decade after the Anglo-American Seminar on the Teaching of English in 1966. To conduct the study, I examined English Journal articles written between 1968 and 1978 to see if articles that emphasised students’ personal growth also attended to the goal of democratic citizenship. The analysis shows that while it may be rare for advocates of the personal growth model to attend to students’ development as citizens, these goals are not inherently incompatible. I conclude with closing remarks on what this study suggests about how the field might meet the ‘great challenge’ of uniting the individualistic and social aims of English.  相似文献   

Nonnative English-Speaking Professors’ Experiences of English-Medium Instruction and Their Perceived Roles of the Local Language     

Jeongyeon Kim  Bradley Tatar 《Journal of Language, Identity & Education》2017,16(3):157-171

This study examines the experiences of nonnative English-speaking faculty instructors teaching subject courses in English-medium instruction (EMI) at a Korean university and reveals the perceived roles of the local language in the context. The data consist of questionnaire responses of 91 Korean professors and qualitative interviews with 15 who had answered the questionnaires. Findings showed that the participants perceived the local students’ performances and the amount of interaction between local and international students negatively. Their perceived need for the local, Korean language correlated negatively with the interaction between Korean and international students. In the qualitative interviews, the local language in the EMI context, despite the full-fledged EMI policy being implemented top down, was represented as crucial for social and instructional purposes and for their own time management. These perceived roles were found to be associated with their multiple identities, as instructors and researchers, required and practiced in the context. The findings are discussed to provide information on how to support an EMI policy for internationalization of higher education, especially in non-English-speaking societies.  相似文献   

建立大学非英语专业英语口语测试体系：任务型口语测试     

邬易平 《美中教育评论》2007,4(6):40-43

英语口语测试作为衡量学生英语口语交际能力的手段和检测学生语言知识掌握程度的指南针，受到英语教学界的广泛关注。为提高大学非英语专业学生的口语教学质量和学习效果，需要进一步探讨任务型口语测试理论和方法，以促进大学非英语专业学生任务型口语测试体系的建立。  相似文献   

大学英语教学与跨文化交际教学     

冯芳英  罗震山 《南宁师范高等专科学校学报》2006,23(3):49-51,55

本文论述了跨文化交际教学与英语教学的相互关系,阐析了跨文化交际教学在英语教学中的重要性,进而介绍了跨文化交际教学导入的基本原则、内容和方法。  相似文献   

学习风格理论与高职高专英语教学     

李刚 《桂林师范高等专科学校学报》2006,20(1):99-102

介绍学习风格的概念、类型、特点和因素,论述学习风格理论对高职高专英语教学的指导意义,在此基础上分析高职高专英语教学现状,对不同类型的学习风格提出相应的英语教学建议。  相似文献   

“全球化”与“本土化”——谈英语普及过程中的文化应对   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

朱莉 《黑龙江教育学院学报》2008,27(6):180-182

在文化“全球化”的背景下,我国英语普及的趋势有目共睹。正当英语发挥积极社会作用的同时,英语在一定程度上表现出来的“语言霸权”特征和随之而来的西方文化对中华本土语言和民族文化形成了强大的冲击。如何顺应“全球化”,保护“本土化”,正确看待英语普及的现象,寻求语言与文化的和谐统一,成为英语教学界值得探讨与研究的重要课题。  相似文献   

高职英语听力多媒体课件的设计与实现     

朱锦晶 《湖州职业技术学院学报》2005,3(4):87-89

在计算机及网络硬件飞速发展的今天，信息技术教育的条件不断成熟。而CAI课件只有与建构主义相结合时，才能构造出符合学生心理的教学环境，调动学生学习的积极性，提高教学质量和教学水平。在建构主义学习理论的指导下，设计并实现高职英语听力多媒体CAI课件的开发。  相似文献   

大学英语写作教学中的语篇衔接性词块训练     

黄学静 《滁州学院学报》2010,12(4)

"语篇衔接词块"这一概念取自词块的研究和语篇衔接研究的结合点,指的是篇章内标记不同句际关系的衔接词。大学非英语专业本科生的作文中普遍缺少表示衔接关系的词块,致使文章结构松散,逻辑不清。因此,在教学中,教师应当有目的有系统地将语篇衔接性词块训练融入教学中,不断提高学生的英语作文写作水平。  相似文献   

促进大学生自主学习英语的教学策略探讨   总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5  

周晓玲 《高教论坛》2005,(4):89-92

随着当前形势的发展变化,社会对大学生的英语水平提出了更高的要求。本文指出,为了切实提高大学生的英语实用能力,应当改变长期以来过于注重教师的主体作用的传统英语教学模式,确立以学生为主体的教学理念,实施促进大学生自主学习英语的教学策略。  相似文献