My-views-on-English-Language-Teaching

MyviewsonEnglishLanguageTeachingAbstractTheultimategoalofforeignlanguageteachingistoenablethestudentstousetheforeignlanguageinworkoflifewhennecessary.Thusweshouldteachlanguageinthewaythatisusedintherealworld.Butthebasicpreconditionisthatlearnermustbeinterestedinforeignlanguage.Inmyopinion，duringtheEnglishlearningprocess，“interestisthebestteacher”.Butmanystudentsdon’tliketolearnEnglish，thereasonisthattheyarenotinterestedinEnglish.Therefore，asuccessfullanguageteachermustknowhowtoraisestudents’interestinlearningEnglish，makethemenjoylearningEnglish.Inaddition，thelanguageteachingmethodisveryimportant，itmustrenewcontinuously，teachersshouldusethevividanddiverseteachingmethodtoorganizestudentstoparticipateinextensivelanguagepracticeactivities，soastoimprovestudents’studyenthusiasm.Keywordseffective;dominant;initiative;stimulate;enthusiasm中图分类号：G424文献标识码：ADOI：10.16400/j.cnki.kjdkz.2015.04.056I.IntroductionAsweknow，formanyyearsEnglishteachinginChinaisalwaysinthetrendof“highinput，lowoutput”，thisisnotharmonious.Theresultisso-called“dummyEnglish”.Inmyopinion，thereasonisthatwecouldn’tarrangethelearninginscientificway.However，atpresent，therearemanyproblemsexistinginEnglishteaching.Oneofthebiggestproblemsisthatmanystudentsdon’tlikeEnglish.Thisisaseriousproblem.AsanEnglishteacher，themostimportantskillistomakestudentsenjoylearningEnglish.Therefore，ifEnglishteacherswanttoarousestudents’interestinEnglish，theyshouldprovidethegoodopportunity，createanactiveclassroomatmosphere，causestudents’interestandthedesireoflearningknowledge.Interestisthekey，therearemanyapproachestoarousestudents’interest.Now，letmesaysomethingabouttheeffectivelanguageteachingsystemindetail.II.Thenecessityandimportanceofarousestudents’interestinEnglishteaching.Englishisalanguage，unlikeothersubjects.TheaimofEnglisheducationistocommunicatewithothers.Andinthemoderntime，theQuality-orientedEducationisputtedintopractice.Ontheotherhand，manystudentsdon’tlikelearningEnglish.Theythinkitisveryboringandhatememorizinglargevocabularies，sentencesanddifficultphrases，sotheylosetheinteresttoEnglishdayafterday.Inmypointofview，interestisthekey，interestcanmakeusenergeticandgiveusthepowerfuldrivetogainnewknowledge，includingEnglish.Ifonecanprofitbysomething，heorshewouldbeinterestedinthatthing.There’snodoubtthatstudyingEnglishisveryprofitable.Becauseitisnotonlyakindofforeignlanguage，butalsoakindoftooltolearnadvancedknowledge.Thestudents’interestinthestudyinghasaffectedthestudyresultdirectly，ifstudentslosetheinterestinEnglish，theycannotproducethemotiveofthestudy.Therefore，Englishteachersmusttrytheirbesttomakethewholeclassactiveandattractive，stirupstudents’studyingpotential，helpstudentschangetheconceptfrom“Makemelearn”to“Iwanttolearn”.ThisisthebeginningofsuccessintheEnglishteaching.III.Breakthroughthetraditionallanguageteachingmethodandformthenewteachingmethodbasedontheprincipleofscience，thismethodcanarousestudents’interestinEnglisheffectively.1.Someproblemsexistinginthetraditionalteachingmethod.Formanyyears，wehavefoundthatthetraditionalteachingmethodisdifficulttoenablestudentstocommunicatefreelyandexpresstheirideasclearly.MostofEnglishteachersfollowthetraditionalmethod，letmetakethe“dialogueteaching”forexample：studentsreadthedialogueandnewwordsafterteacher;teacherletstudentsrecitethetextsandtranslateitintoChinese，orexplainedsomedifficultpoints.Asaresult，mostofstudentscannotmakethemselvesunderstoodandcommunicatefreelyinthedialogue.TraditionalwaysofteachingEnglisharedominatedinso-calledtextbookswithalotofgrammarandreadingmaterials.Themethodonlyputemphasisonreadingandlistening，neglectspeakingandwriting.AsHarmersuggests：“Oneskillcannotbeperformedwithoutanother.Itisimpossibletospeakinaconversationifyoudonotunderstandlistening，andpeopleseldomwritewithoutreading----eveniftheyonlyreadwhattheyhavejustwritten”.（Harmer，1991，52）Thediagrambelowshowshowallfourskillsarerelated.（Byrne，1991，8）：SpokenLanguage：Understanding，SpeakingReceptiveSkills：Understanding，ReadingProductiveSkills：Speaking，WritingWrittenLanguage：Reading，WritingWecanseefromabove，thefourbasicskillsshouldbetaughtinclusivelyratherthanseparately.Thisiswhythetraditionalteachingwayisnoteffectively.AsByrnesays，theintegratedskillsactivitiesareveryimportant，forexample：a）Teachersshouldprovidemuchmoreopportunitiesforstudentstoparticipateinactivitiesnaturally;b）Pairandgroupworkactivitiescallforavarietyofskillssimultaneously，inordertoinvolveallthelearners;c）Studentsseemtolearnbetterwhentheyengagedinactivities.（1991，130）So，asanEnglishteacher，weshouldgetstudentsengagedinthecommunicativeactivitytofinishtheteachingtask，studentsareverygladtolearninthisway，thismustbeeffectiveteachingway.2.Strengthenthetask-basedlanguageteaching，makestudentsunderstandtheimportanceoflearningEnglish.Thepsychologyresearchshowingtheneed---motive---targetprocessisthemainfactorthatproducesapersons’initiativebehavior.Ifapersonhastheneed，thenhecansetupthemotive，andhasthemotivethencanestablishthetarget.Therefore，apersonhastobeawareofthetarget，thisstudybehaviorcanbecomeakindofbenef