Teaching materials for local primary school English
PEP
Examined and approved in 2012
Examined and approved in 2001
To students ……这本书为你们准备了许多有趣的对
话，故事，歌曲，还有你们喜欢的游戏 和活动。你们会发现原来学英语是一件 很开心的事……要记住，别害羞，大胆 地说，大声地唱！
A Course in English Language Teaching
instructor: Amy Guo
An open question for discussion
1. What makes a good English teacher ? Try to identify as many qualities as possible of your best English teacher P7 ethic devotion： professional qualities： personal styles: School mottos: 诚真笃教，博学致用: Sincere, diligent, learned, practical
The National English Curriculum
What to teach in English class How to teach English?
Unit 4-5: lesson plan and classroom management
(includes) Unit 6-8: Teaching of language components (pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary) Unit 9-13: Teaching of language skills (listening , speaking, reading, writing) Integrate all areas of the above Unit 14: moral learning
Unit 1 (exercises) Language and Language Learning
1. Which is not the views of language? A. structural view B. functional view B. C. interactional view D. behaviorist
School mottos
Harvard: Truth Stanford University: The wind of freedom
blows. Байду номын сангаасalifornia: Let there be light!
Information-knowledge-wisdom-philosophy
An overview of the book and the relationship between each chapter
本书概述及各单元的关系
Unit 1-Unit 3 : views on language and language learning communicative principles and taskbased language teaching
Unit 1 Language and Language Learning
1. Views on language 2. Structural view 3. (phonology, morphology, syntax) 4. Functional view 5. (a means for doing things) 6. Interactional view 7. (a communicative tool)
Learner differences Unit 15:Assessment in language teaching (to find out what students already know and
can do rather than what they do not know and cannot do) Unit 16:Learner differences and learner training Teaching resources Unit 17:Using and creating resources (available and hidden) Textbooks Unit 18:Evaluating and adapting textbooks
2.Views on language learning Behaviourist theory (stimulus- response-reinforcement: repetition) Cognitive theory (students are asked to think: language competence enables learners to produce language) Constructivist theory (meaning is constructed based on learners’ own experiences and what they know)
Socio-constructivist theory (interaction and engagement in a social context based on ZPD and scaffolding) 3. Qualities of a good language teacher Ethic devotion Professional qualities Personal styles 4. Teacher’s professional development Stage1: language development Stage 2: learning-practice-reflection