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(3)Embragalleffectiveteagmethodsandteiquesthatdevelopstudents’languageskillsandpreheies。WiththemethodologicalflexibilityoftheCBIapproach,avarietyofteagmethodsandteiquescorporatedieagoft-areaknowledge。Suchideasofquestioput-driventeabeieagtoes’iheirstudy。Activitieslikedissaihsolowork,pairworkandteamloyedtois’parti,boosttheiri,aheircreativity,developingtheirlanguageskillsandgeneralqualitieswhiletheyareavolvedinthelearningofdisaryknowledge。

g,ZhaoandLi(2008)putforwardaninnovativeCBIcurriculumflishmajorssupportedbycoreskill-orientedcoursesasisiable2below。ThisproposalisiheguideliheaofthegeivesofEnglishasaspecialtystipulatediionalCurridalsoofstudeerests,itiveabilities,languageprofidtheirstageoflanguagelearning,plustheacademicbadoftheEnglishfaculty。

Table2。InnovativeCBICurriculumSupportedbyCoreSkill-OrientedCourses

Table2showsthatthenewcurricorporatesalargemoduleoftbasedcuidedbythephilosophyofCBI。IthastrahealcurriculumasisshowninTable1,bi-BasedoduleandtheSkill-Orientedoduletoexpas’disarykhesametimetheirlanguageskills。Moreover,allthet-basedvofbotht-areakheEnglishlatentiontobothdlaaddressestheproblemseofknooorpreheiesofEnglishmajorsandoffersaneroachtostudents’practiceeskills,anexpansionoftheirdisaryknowledge,aheirpreheies,andaheirmulti-culturalawareness。

theperformaswellastheSOIamongEnglishmajorsintheesetext?Towhatdegreedoesitihedevelopmentofstudents’Englishlanguageskillsandtheirknowledgedevelopmentiareas?Togiveaheeffectsofthereform,aypiglishteastitutionwasduswerthesequestions。

3。Resear

3。1CaseDes

Aquasi-experimentwasdutheEofDaliayuages(DUFL),whieofthemorethan1,000Esihan1000higherinstitutionsina。ThedepartmentmaydifferfromEsiutionsinmanyways,butitbearsablaermsofthegeives,faculty,students,aionalresources。AllthedepartmeheguidaionalcurriculumtoturnoutpositetypeEnglishgraduates。Theirfacultiesaremainlyposedofteachersmajierature。AllofthemenrollstudentsfrommiddlesderthesameedualsystemwithimprovedEnglishlanguageproficyaftera’sreformaotheoutsideworldaofEionina。Therefore,anempiricalstudyinthisinstitutionmaynotonlyhelpuhispartistitution,butalsohelpuaiaryEnglishteastitutionsingeneral。

3。2Partits

&itsoftheexperimeactclassesofEnglishmajrade2007intheEofDUFL,wherefourclasseswereassigheexperimentalgroupaherfourtothetrolgroup。Thestudentsweresimilarinmanyways:allofthemwereEnglishmajors;theywerefromdifferentprovincesofawiththemajorityofthemfromLiaoningProviheysharedthesameedualbadinthatallofthemfiheirhighschooledudertheguidaioionstandardsaedintotheuhroughthenatioraion;allclasseshadthesamegeeagobjectivesstipulatediionalCurriculum;allclasseshadthesameeaghours;alltheteacherswerequalifiedEnglishteachersmajinEnglishlaerature;therewashardlyanydiffereofthefacilitiesavailableoncampus。

Thediffereheseclasseswereasfollows。Ofthefourexperimentalclasses,threewereadmittedintotheuyaspartofthesedaryratinggroup。Theyreceivedlowersthepreheioraionsinese,English,soaturalsdtheyoorintheirEnglishlanguageaswell。TheotherexperimentalclassboastedrelativelyhighEnglishlanguageprofidicatedbythefactthattheywereadmittedintotheuyaspartgroup。However,allthefourthetrolgroupwereadmittedintotheuyaspartgroup。Itwassafetoassumethatthe107studerolgroupweresuperiortothe130studentsialgroupintheirEnglishlanguageprofidacademidation。

3。3Teachers

Boththeexperimentalgrouparolgrhtbyteaajlishlaerature。Bothgroupsofteachershadatleastfouryears’experieheEnglishlaoEnglishmajorsbeforetheytaughttheexperimentalandtrolgroups。Thetwogroupssharedteachersforskill-orientedcoursessuchasthelishdtheEnglishlistenieacherspartitheteagofCBIcourses。Theywereyouheteachersofthetrolgroup,sotheyhadarelativelyshorterexperienguageteag。TheyheldMAdegreeswithaterestsinEnglishlaudy,glishtranslation,andEnglishliteraturejustliketheotherteachers。Thetwogroupsofteacherswereparableingeneral,andotherdifferencescouldbeignoredasiioalstudies。

3。4Treatment

&alandtrolgroupssharedfourskill-basedEnglishpronun,Englishlistening,Englishspeaking,andEnglishwritiheydifferedinothercoursesoffered。Eleve-basedintroductorycourseswereofferedtotheexperimentalgroup,asisiable2。Eachweek,theexperimentalgrouphadfhoursofaprehensiveEnglishcourse,theobjedtofwhichweresimilartothebasiglishcoursewhichwasofferedtothetrolgroupforsixtoeighthoursperweek。Altogether16courseswereofferedtothestudentsialgroup。Withthesameteaghours,allthethetrolgroupwereofferedsixalskill-orientedpulsorycoursesofBasiglish,ExtensiveEnglishReading,EnglishListening,andEnglishSpeaking,allrunningthroughfourterms,andEnglishPronundEnglishGrammarrunningthroughthetwoacademicyearsrequiredbythenationalcurriculumasisiable1。

Allthecourseswereduclasseswiththeirteachersemployieiques。t-basedcourseswerenottaughtaslecturesbutahiioheskill-orientedlanguageclassesofthetrolgroup。Besidesteachers’presentations,therewerealsostudeioionsandanswers,groupwork,pairwork,etc。

3。5IsandData

Intheresearch,apre-testandapost-testwereemployedasisofdata。ThelanguageproficypartofthetestswasintheformofTEM-4,whosereliabilityandvalidityarereizedina。

&wasdugalltheeightintactSeptember2007,ingdi,listeningprehension,ar-vocabulary,readingprehensi。Inaddition,italsoiiple-choicequestioraphy,history,ayahedifficultyleveloftheEwasequivalenttothatofhighschoolgraduatesina。

&woyearsofinstrufollowiwodifferentcurricula,thepost-testwascarriedoutinJuly2009,inglisteningprehension,cloze,vrammar,readingprehensi。Inaddition,italsoineralkhegeography,history,dliteratureoftheU。S。,theU。K。,Australia,NewZealand,andada。Thedifficultylevelofthelanguageprofithepost-testwasbasicallythesameasthatofTEM-4,anationalEnglishproficytestflishmajorsfinishingtheirsedyearofuyedu。Thequestionsongeneralkakenfrrade8testsflishmajors,whichisanizedflishmajorsattheexitoftheflishprogramandboastsofaowledgedreliabilityandvalidityina。Thequestionsongeneralknowledgeedthegeography,historyandcultureofEnglish-speakingtries,buttheydidheknowledgeacquiredbytheexperimentalgroupinsut-basedcoursesasiuraluni,eseculture,EuropeaheBibleandCulture。

Iaest,allthequestioheformofobjectivemultiple-choicequestiofordidwriting。Toguarahereliabilityofthetestscores,didwritingweregradedbyfourandthreeexperieeachersrespectively。Thetotalscoreofthepre-testaestwereboth175points。

&sandDis

4。1PerformaheCBIexperimentalGrouparolGroup

4。1。1Pre-TestDataoftheExperimentalandtrolGroups

&estDataoftheExperimentalandtrolGroups(September2007)

Table3i,iheexperimentalgroupdidnotperformaswellasthetrolgroupinEnglishlanguageproficy。Therewasasignifitdifferealscoreoftheexperimentalgroupandthatofthetrolgroup(t=-3。359;p=。001

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