英语专业毕业论文--A Glimpse into Language Teaching and the Application of Curriculum Elements.doc

A Glimpse into Language Teaching and the Application of Curriculum Elements Introduction With globalization going on and the world becoming ever smaller, foreign language learning has become an ever more pressing challenge for Chinese learners; hence the urgent need for appropriate foreign language teaching, or to put it exactly, English language teaching that enables good results and satisfactory effects. For years, Chinese scholars and educators have been endeavoring to figure out the most applicable, practical and feasible English learning and teaching ideology and methodology to this end. This essay will firstly offer a brief glimpse of the current situation of the English language teaching (ELT) in China’s universities together with some breakdown of the curriculum setup. Following this is a more specific exploration of methodology, one of six elements of curriculum. This part will trace the evolvement of methodology and its latest dynamics. Finally, some personal proposals concerning possible changes will be offered. A Brief Glimpse of the Current Situation of ELT in Universities Currently, Chinese students usually start to learn English starting from Grade 3 in primary school. For some, they may also start much earlier, say, at the age of 3, depending on their parents’ affordability and mindset(Hu Wenzhong,2007). They will continue with English learning throughout the six years at junior and senior middle schools. It is also compulsory to attend English courses at the first 2 years in university. As some students, fully aware of the importance of English, tend to keep learning English, generally a student may spend 12 to 14 years in learning English. Everyone knows quite well how important and useful a foreign language, especially and particularly English, is, but not everyone has a satisfactory or acceptable mastery of English after over a decade’s English learning. As university is, in most cases, the terminal of one’s schooling and the gateway, it has beco