Business English-Viewing, Listening ＆ Speaking is a practical course for business English majors. Cooperative learning is the teaching mode mainly based on the group work. The author applied the cooperative learning ...Business English-Viewing, Listening ＆ Speaking is a practical course for business English majors. Cooperative learning is the teaching mode mainly based on the group work. The author applied the cooperative learning in the teaching for 10 weeks. The action research attempts to investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of cooperative learning through teaching practice, questionnaire, interview, and classroom observation. The results show that cooperative learning can improve the learning behavior, and facilitate the students＇ communicating skills展开更多
This research used case study data to provide a picture of how school teachers in China are attempting to implement a task-based approach in language learning classrooms. Specifically, the task-based instruction as im...This research used case study data to provide a picture of how school teachers in China are attempting to implement a task-based approach in language learning classrooms. Specifically, the task-based instruction as implemented by four Chinese EFL teachers were investigated through classroom observations. An adapted version of the COLT (Communicative Orientation of Language Teaching) observation scheme was used for data collection. The finding of this research indicates that teachers and their beliefs towards TBLT are the key factor contributing to the implementation of TBA. Based on this significant finding, the researcher provides recommendations for the EFL teachers in China.展开更多
基金This research is supported by 山东省高校人文社科研究项目 （Research Project of Humanity and Social Science in Colleges and Universities of Shandong Province J 15WD26） 滨州学院教学研究项目 （Teaching Research Project of Binzhou University BYJYZD201305, BYJYWZ201337）.
文摘Business English-Viewing, Listening ＆ Speaking is a practical course for business English majors. Cooperative learning is the teaching mode mainly based on the group work. The author applied the cooperative learning in the teaching for 10 weeks. The action research attempts to investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of cooperative learning through teaching practice, questionnaire, interview, and classroom observation. The results show that cooperative learning can improve the learning behavior, and facilitate the students＇ communicating skills
文摘This research used case study data to provide a picture of how school teachers in China are attempting to implement a task-based approach in language learning classrooms. Specifically, the task-based instruction as implemented by four Chinese EFL teachers were investigated through classroom observations. An adapted version of the COLT (Communicative Orientation of Language Teaching) observation scheme was used for data collection. The finding of this research indicates that teachers and their beliefs towards TBLT are the key factor contributing to the implementation of TBA. Based on this significant finding, the researcher provides recommendations for the EFL teachers in China.
