Reflections on College English Teaching

Reflections on College English Teaching

English is a language of Indo-European-Germanic-West Germanic branch, which consists of 26 letters. English letters originated from Latin letters. The so-called teaching reflection refers to teachers' re-understanding and reflection on education and teaching practice, so as to sum up experiences and lessons and further improve the level of education and teaching. I have sorted out my reflections on college English teaching, hoping to help everyone.

? From primary school to university, I have studied English hard for more than ten years, but I still can't speak it when I use it. This phenomenon of "deaf-mute English" is the distress of many contemporary college students. In order to change this phenomenon, the Ministry of Education has launched a practice-based college English teaching reform in recent years, and the principle of listening and speaking dominance has also been fully reflected in the reform of College English Test Band 4 and Band 6. In response to the reform of CET-4 and CET-6, the first set of college English textbooks "New Century College English Series" compiled by the Ministry of Education in 2007 was published in February last year, which means that college English textbooks will be completely changed. Then, as an important part of the college English teaching reform of the Ministry of Education, what changes will be made in the reform of the new generation of college English textbooks, and are there any shortcomings? What impact will college English teaching reform based on new textbooks have on students?

Three major changes in new foreign language textbooks

Emphasize listening, speaking, watching and speaking.

According to the College English Curriculum Requirements issued by the Ministry of Education, college English teaching has undergone major reforms from three aspects, including changing from the original emphasis on reading comprehension to the current emphasis on listening and speaking; Reform the current teaching mode and change the passive mode into personalized active teaching mode based on comprehensive application; Comprehensively improve college students' comprehensive English practice ability, so that China college students can basically understand English broadcasting, have simple English communication and have certain writing and translation skills when they graduate from college.

As a result, a new generation of college English teaching materials and software systems have also begun to "transform", emphasizing listening and speaking, from examination-oriented to practical and interesting. In the new textbook, more attention is paid to training students' listening and speaking ability and strengthening students' language norms, which is more interesting. The new textbook published this time focuses on developing learners' self-potential and cultivating students' comprehensive English application ability, especially listening and speaking ability. College English textbooks put forward the concept of "student-centered" in English teaching for the first time, focusing on cultivating students' listening and speaking ability. Moreover, the curriculum in the textbook is completely aimed at the new four or six grades after the reform. In the new questions of CET-4 and CET-6 after the reform, the proportion of listening part has increased from 20% to 35%. Not long ago, Zhang Yaoxue, Minister of Education of China, revealed that the Ministry of Education is designing a new CET-4 and CET-6, and the new test will increase the content of language practical ability and highlight the proportion of listening and speaking ability. "After four years, more than 60% of undergraduate graduates will have to solve the problem of English listening and speaking." Zhang Yaoxue said.

In order to better reflect the practicality, the content of the new textbook has also been "tailored" according to the actual feelings, thoughts and life experiences of college students, so that students can be more familiar with the connotation of western culture and adapt to the requirements of international communication. Teaching and writing resumes, scholarship application letters, making English web pages, learning to tell English jokes, being familiar with the ins and outs of western festivals and celebrations, and mastering the names and functions of important international organizations, all of which were not selected in the previous textbooks, have been written into the new textbooks this time.

Let students be interested in showing the beauty of language

It is worth mentioning that the newly published set of textbooks also has an "Enjoy English" section, which combines English education with students' interests for the first time, so that students can feel the beauty of English language through the textbooks while studying. In this regard,

Teacher Liang of the Department of Public Foreign Languages of Nankai University said with deep feelings that most students found English textbooks boring in the past, and there were indeed reasons such as the content of the textbooks being out of touch with the times, lack of interest and lack of English classics. The change in the concept of material selection in this new textbook is helpful to change the concept that students only use English as a language tool, so that students can truly appreciate the beauty of language when learning English. In addition to the signature, this edition of the article

Suggestion: British textbooks should also have Chinese flavor.

Associate Professor, Director of the Research Center of the English Teaching Department of Nankai University, agreed with the changes in the new textbooks. At the same time, Mr. Liang also put forward his own suggestions on the selection of the new generation of college English textbooks-appropriately increasing the introduction of English textbooks about China's local content. He said that with the deepening of cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, our students have more and more opportunities to deal with foreigners after graduation. There is a phenomenon that needs attention: Although many people can communicate with foreigners in fluent English, they often get stuck in introducing China's customs and traditional culture. This is because, at present, the selection of college English textbooks in China is all western, and we introduce western culture and customs to students, but there is nothing related to China at all. "For example, the Spring Festival is coming. What's the story of China's Spring Festival? How to explain the customs of eating jiaozi, setting off firecrackers and New Year's Eve? Few China students can explain themselves to foreign friends in English. Therefore, the new college English textbook should consider choosing the content about the cultural differences between China and the West, so that students can know how to introduce Chinese cultural customs in English, so as to avoid misunderstanding of language application in communication. "

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