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AStudyoftheEffeteruflishMajorsintheesetext
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Abstract
Thisstudyfotheeffectsofthet-BasedInstru(CBI)flishmajorsintheesetext。Aquasi-experimentwasduEnglishteastitutiosasdataeativestudyigsbetteroutethanSkill-Orieru(SOI)indevelopinglanguageknowledge,languageskillsanddisaryknowledge,agthegeivesofthenationalcurriculummoreeffectivelythaionalSOI。ThefindingsthroositivelightohenationalcurriculumflishasaspedtheeduofEnglishmajorsina。
Keywlishasaspecialty;teru);SOI(Skill-Orieru);curriculum
1。Introdu
&ionalCurriculumflishasaSpeeseTertiaryInstitutioionalCurribriefhereafter),issuedin2000,stipulatesthatEnglishasaspecialtyistofosterinter-disarytalentswith“asolidmasteryofEnglishlanguageskills,breofkainamountofknowledgeidises,relativelystrongabilitiesandparativelyhighpreheies”(AdvisoryBoard,2000:1)。Toachievetheobjectivesofthiscurriculum,esetertiaryinstitutionshavemadeeffortstoadjusttheircurriculafortheupperdivision(thirdandfourthyears),butlittlehasbeeoadjusttheircurriculaforthelowerdivision(firstandsedyears)。TheNationalCurriculumisdomiheideaofSkill-Orieru(SOI)withskill-orientedEnglishcoursesagforover92%ofthetotalforthelowerdivisionandover67%duringthefouryearsraduateedu,leavinghardlyanyroomtoexpas’kentareas,espeotatthelowerdivision。ThecurriinatedbySOImayhelptoimprovestudents’languageskillsandtheiruehasitsdrawbawides’knowledge,expandingtheirdisaryknowledge,improviiveability,ftheircreativity,andenhangtheirlifeskills。Therefore,thecurriculumitselfmakesithardtoachievetheobjectivesithasstipulated。Aboutadecade’simplementationofthisskill-orientedcurriculumhasmadeitsstrengths,flawsaiveeffet。
Ioaddresstheproblemsofthetskill-orientedcurriculum,thisreseardedtoexamisofthet-BasedInstru(lowerdivisionEnglishmajorshasisohedevelopmentofstudents’languageskillsandaofkentareas。Asaoexploreanewcurriculum,theresearchmayhaveimportantimplisfortheeduofEnglishmajorsaofEnglishasaspea。
2。PreviousstudiesoionalCurridCBI
2。1skill-OrieruflishMajorsina
&udents’EnglishlanguageskillshaslongbeenaprincipalobjetheeduofEnglishmajors。TheNationalCurriculumstipulatesthatsupulsorycoursesasEnglishlistening,EnglishspeakiensiveEnglishreading,Englishwriting,Englishpronun,Englishgrammarandbasiglishmustbeofferedtofirst-andsed-yearEnglishmajorsiohelpstudehelanguageskillsoflistening,speaking,readingandwritingandlayasolidfoundatioudyattheadvaage(AdvisoryBoard,2000:2)。Toeheatoftheseobjeotonlysuchcoursesaslistening,speaking,reading,andwritingareskill-oriealsothecoursesofEnglishpronun,Englishgrammar,andbasiglishwiththeirclearobjectivesofdevelopinglanguageskills。Itisclearthattheguidingideabehiionofthecoursesisthefoflahroughskill-orientedcourses。ThepulsorycourseslistediionalCurriculumflishmajorsareshowninTable1(AdvisoryBoard,2000:3)。
&heCurriculumforLowerDivisionEnglishMajors
Table1iASurveyofEnglish-Speakingtriesistheoedcourse,ort-basedcoursetoputitteidthatitisofferedierm。Evenieastitutionsina,theobasedcourseisputofftillthethirdacademicyear。Table1alsoshowsthatskill-orientedpulsoryihecurriculumwithagreatemphasisonlistening,speaking,readingandwriting。ThecurriculumseemstobegreatlyiheideaoftheSkill-BasedSyllabusputforwardbyFar(2008:para。8):
Inthissyllabus,thetofthelaeavolvesaofparticularskillsthatmayplayaroleinusinglahoughsituationalsyllabusesbiioospecifigsoflanguageuse,skill-basedsyllabimergelinguistipetenun,vrammar,anddiscetheriypesofbehavior,suchaslisteningtospokehemaiingwell-fraphs,deliveriiveledsoforth。Thechiefrationalebehindskill-basedinstruistolearnthespeguageskill。Aaivemightbetodeveleneralpetehelanguage,learningoallyanyinformationthatmaybeavailablewhileutilizingthelanguageskills。
Toaexteskill-orientedcurriculumflishmajorsexertsapositiveiheimprovementofstudents’Englishlanguageskills,butitundoubtedlyhasitsdefehelpisacquire“asolidmasteryofEnglishlanguageskills,breofkainamountofknowledgeidises,relativelystrongabilitiesandparativelyhighpreheies”(AdvisoryBoard,2000:1)。Itisobservedbymanyteadresearchersthatgraduateswithamajlishhaveanarreneralkheyareweakiiking(Huang,1998:1;Ma,2005:8)。
HowglishasaspecialtyeffectivelyachievetheprincipalobjeprovingthelanguageskillsahepreheiesstipulatediionalCurrieresearchersbelievethatitisimpossibletoachievetheobjectivesifthefocusismerelyoiguageskillslikelistening,speaking,readingandwriting(Yang,2004:16)。Asaialapproagpopularityiries,lighteningtothereformoftheeduofEnglishmajors,asithasthestrengthskentareasandenhanguageskillsatthesametime(g,2007:37;g&Dong,2008:37;g&Gao,2009:22-27;Feng&Li,1995:85;Yang,2005:18)。
2。2dtheglishMajorsina
approachtoseguageteawhigisanizedarouorinformationthatstudentswillacquire,ratherthanaroundalinguisticorothertypeofsyllabus”(Richards&Rodgers,2001:204)。Havinginatedinada’sImmersirammefEnglishorFrenlaeaghasgainedpopularityandhasbeenwidelyusediyofdiffereihe1980s。FromitsearliestappliESP,EOP,andimmersirams,itisnowwidelyusedinK-12programsforESLstudents,iyfuageprograms,andinbusinessandvoalEELsettings(Richards&Rodgers,2001:207)。Itihtlearningandlanguageskillprawhichthefocusofteagisshiftedfruageitselftuagethrdisarykon,Sno;Wesche,1989:ix;StrykerandLeaver,1997:5)。Ithasthecharacteristicsofsubjectmattercore,theuseofauthes,learningofnewinformation,andappropriateospeeeds(Stryker&Leaver,1997:271)。DifferentCBImodelshavebeeifiedbysuchscholarsasRidRodgers(2001:205-207)despitedifferehedefinitionofmodels(dall&Tucker,1990:187;Kasper,2000:10;Feng&Li,1995:85;Met,2006:13-14)。
&he1980s,proposofCBIhavemaofindsupportforitintheoriesofSLA,instrualstrategies,aionalanditivepsychology(CoBaLTT,2010:para。12-20;Kasperetal。,2000:4-6)。
&ionofCBIhasbeenattractivetopraersandresearchersaswell。Infirstandseguagesettings,swerereportedofiddlesdprimarystriessuada,Britain,AmeridSingapore。InfuagesettieagofEnglish,Italian,Russian,ArabidesthroughsisillustratedbyStrykerandLeaver(1997:17-19)intrieslikeFinland,Spainanda。ToeiveappliofCBI,Strabe(1997:4-5)proposea“Six-T”approachtattentios,topics,threads,tasks,andtransitions,whichserveasaguidelihedevelopmentofCBImaterialsandlaeag。
Ina,theiofesestheCBIapproaditsapplihasbeeningsiiojournalarti1994。Sihen,anumberofpapershavebeenpublishedineseacademials。However,thestudyoftheappliofCBItotheeduofEnglishmajorswasaedareainahoughtheteagofdisaryknowledgeobeanissue。In1995,FengandLiraisedtheyofapplyingCBItotheteagofEnglishmajorsandt-basedcoursestoachieveabalahet-baseddskill-basedcourses(88),butthisarticlefailedtoarousemutioheionalcurriculumflishasaspecialtywasissuedin2000,somescholarslikeLiu(2000:12-17)raisedtheissueofitsiepulsorydisaryareas,butthisvoiedbyfavorableeionalCurriculum。ItisofewyearsthathaswitnessedagCBIstudiesioEnglishmaj(2005:1-35)reportedanempiricalstudyoftheappliofCBItotheteagofbusihEnglishasalaru,revealingitsstrengthsinimprovis’languageprofidimpartingkentareas。g,ZhaoandLi(2008:24-28)probedthefeasibilityofapplyingCBItotheeduofEnglishmajorsinthelowerdivisioedoythroughthestudyofoverseasliterature,reviewofCBIprathehistnteadquestionnairesurveysofteadstudentsiutions。dDong(2008:37-40)andXiaandg(2010:6-12)reportedtheirempiricalstudiesontheproblemsofEnglishmajorsaegiesinCBI。Xiaandg(2009:128-133)ductedacasestudyofteagat-basedtrodueriHistoryaherelaboratedoy,itspositiveimpaguagelearniieruaquaudy,g,LiuandDeng(2009:40-48)examios’readingprehensionofsubstitutingCBIcoursesfortheiriensiveEnglishreadingcthepositiveeffectsofotis’readingprehensionandexpandingtheirkentareas。dGao(2009:19-28)ductedaqualitativestudyandillustratedthepositiveimpactofthedevelopmentofstudents’languagelearning。Iudy,dZhao(2010:13-17)examis’feedbadgaisintotheimprovementofEnglishmajhtbyacurriculumthatiteagwithlaeag。
2。3TheGuidelinefor
&s,potentialsasofCBImakeitpromisingingthecurriinatedbyskill-orierudiningtheideaoftotheeduofEnglishmajorssoastoaiioandlahetresearulatedthefollowingguideliheCBIcurriflishmajorsinthelowerdivision:
(1)Breakihelimitatioionalcurriculumbysystematigt-basedcourses。WithoutgthegeivesorthetotalteaghoursspetheNationalCurriculum,thereformaimstobreakopeionsofacurriinatedbyskill-orieruinatingskill-orienteddtoi-basedcoursessystematitothecurriculumflishmajorssoastodeveleskillsaheirkentareas。
(2)Tappiialoft-basedcoursestodevelopstudents’languageskillsandkaneously。t-basedtodevelopstudents’languageskillsbyimparti-areakodevelopstudents’languageskillsaheirkentareasrequirestteadskilltraiedasanahEnglishasthelarudwithdisarykentasthemediumofsuguageskillstraining。