1、Theories on English TeachingChen DaomingSchool of Foreign StudiesSouth China Normal UniversityYour common mailbox:Theories on English TeachingnDo you know how long this course will take?nDo you know what you shall do in the course?What you should donFull attendancenWriting reading reviews/learning l
2、ogsnA paper-based testCourse website&blognCourse website:http:/202.116.47.190/course_center/indexnChen Daomings teaching blog:http:/ name format:200705张三Chapter One Introductionn1.1 What is ETM?(pp.1-4)ETM is an autonomous discipline.Itnhas its own research contents,subjects,objectives and methodolo
3、giesnhas its own theories and characteristics(Fig.1&2)Figure 1相关学科理论（语言学、心理学、心理语言学、社会语言学、教育学等）教学研究环境M1M2M3教 学实 践教学目标、教学大纲与课程设置、课程大纲、教材教学原则（教学道路或称指导思想）相关理论研究者的活动领域应用语言学工作者的活动领域应用语言学工作者与外语教师共有或合作的领域外语教师的活动领域Figure 2Module 1:ApproachModule 2:MethodModule 3:TechniquesSourceDisciplinesTeachers area1.2 La
4、nguage and Language Learning1.2.1 What is language?(pp 5-7)-Language is systematic and generative.(rule-governed)SentencesPhrasesWordsSyllablesMorphemesPhonemesBottomTopLANGUAGEMorphology(words)Syntax(grammar)Phonology(sounds)Pragmatics(use)Semantics(meaning)I know.I know you know.I know you know I
5、know.The girl is a model.The girl over there is a model.The girl standing over there is a model.The girl who is standing over there is a model.The girl who is smiling is is a model.The girl who is smiling is a modelSNPVPNPSVPNPVNNNP VPDDWhat is language?nLanguage is a set of arbitrary symbols.(prima
6、rily vocal,but also visual)nLanguage is used for communication.nLanguage operates in a speech community or culture.nLanguage is human.nLanguage is acquired by all people in much the same way.Different English pedagogies are based on different theories on language and language learning.1.2.2 Language
7、 Learning and Teaching(pp.7-8)H.Douglas Browns“twenty-five-words-or-less”definition of learning:nLearning is acquisition or“getting.”nLearning is retention of information or skill.nRetention implies storage systems,memory,cognitive organization.nLearning involves active,conscious focus on&acting upo
8、n events outside or inside the organism.n-nLearning is relatively permanent,but subject to forgetting.nLearning involves some form of practice,perhaps reinforced practice.nLearning is change in behavior.nTeaching cannot be defined apart from learning.nTeaching is guiding and facilitating learning,en
9、abling the learner to learn,setting the conditions for learning.1.2.3 English as mother tongue,ESL,EFL(pp.8-9)English as mother tonguenUK,Ireland,nAustralia,NZ,nUSA,Canada,nBarbados,Jamaica,Trinidad(&Tobago),nGuyanaESL:nSouth Africa,nIndia,nSingapore,nThe Philippines,nNigeria,netc.EFL:nChina,etc.n(T
10、ESOL should give as much language input as possible.)1.3 Source Disciplines(pp.10-14)nEducation(unity of scientific spirit and ideological content,integration of theories and practice,visualization theory,suggestopedia,step-by-step theory,consolidation theory,teach-different-students-differently the
11、ory,methodology of educational measurement,etc.)nLinguistics(Structuralism,Transformational-generative Grammar,etc.)nPsychology(Behaviorism,Stimulus-Response theory,Cognitive Psychology,Guestalt theory,Psycho-linguistics)nPhilosophy(Materialist Dialectics,Philosophy of Language)Today we talked about
12、:nWhat ETM meansnLanguage and Language LearningnSource Disciplines of ETMAssignmentsnRead Chapter 1 and review what you learned today.nRead Chapter 2 and decide:nWhat are the 4 stages of FLT in the West?nWhat is the characteristic of each stage?Put it in short.nWhat is the present situation of English Teaching in China?See you next week!Your common mailbox:
