简介:TheskillofListeningwithcomprehensionisanessentialpartofcommunicationandbasictoESL/EFLlearning.Predictionisalsoakeyprocessinun-derstandingspokenlanguage.ThisarticleintendstoofferadefinitionforpredictioninESL/EFLlistening,examinesitsfoundations,drawssomeinsightsintoitsnature,andillustrateshowtodevelopandemploypredictioninpre-listeningandwhile-listeningstages,alsohowto‘repair’predictioninthepost-listeningstage,inanattempttohelplistenersachievethegoalofbetterunderstanding.
简介:IntroductionTeachingpractice(TP)isanessentialcomponentoftheEnglishcourseatTeachers’collegesinChina,inwhichnewrecruitsareprovidedwithaplatformtoputwhattheylearninthetrainingprogrammeintopractice.Theradicalchangefromlearnertoteacherusuallymeansadifficultbeginningfortrainees,althoughtheyhavefirst-handexperienceoflearningEnglishasaforeignlanguage.Facingatextbook,ofwhicheachlessonconsistsofseveralcomponents:newwords,sentencepatterns,text,grammar,andexercises,theyarerequiredtoworkoutlessonplanswhichwillensuretheachievementoftheteachingobjectives.
简介:InthetenyearssincethepublicationofKrashen’stheoryonsecondlanguageacquisition(SLA),theroleofcomprehensibleinput(CI)inthelearning/acquiringofalanguagehasreceivedconsiderableattention(Krashen,1982,1985;Ellis,1991,1992;Long,1983,1985).Asaresultofthesestudiesresearchersnowagreeonthefollowingpoints.Exposuretoalanguagedoesnotleadtoacquisition;thepersonalaccountsofsomanylanguagelearnerswhohavespentmanyyearsinacountryorwhohavelistenedtoendlesshoursofradioandtelevisionwithoutbeingabletounderstandorspeakthelanguageattesttothisfact.
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简介:Inviewofthemajordefectofthetraditionalteachercorrection,thispaperintroducesanewap-proachtoerrorcorrection—grouperrorcorrection,inwhichlearners’roleinlearninglanguageisgreatlyin-creased.Grouperrorcorrectioncanbeusedtocorrecterrorsinstudents’oralwork,groupworkandwrittenwork,bothinclassandafterclass.Halfayear’spracticeofgrouperrorcorrectionshowsthatithelpsincreaselearnerinvolvementintheteachingandlearn-ingprocess,stimulatelearnermotivationinlearningtheforeignlanguage,raisethelearners’awarenessoferrors,facilitatelearners’learningoftheforeignlan-guage,relievetheteacher’sburden,andhelpstheteachermakebetterteachingplans.Errorcorrectionisanenormouslycomplexpro-cess(Ellis,1994,p585).Asforwhichisthemostef-fectivemethodtocorrecterrors,researchershavenotreachedanagreement.Thereforemoreeffortsneedtobemadeinthisfield.