An integrated method for teaching English theoretical courses  

作　　者：LIU Hui MA Xiao-mei 

机构地区：[1]Department of Foreign Language, City College of Xi ＇an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi 710018, China [2]School of lnternational Studies, Xi ＇an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi 710049, China

出　　处：《Sino-US English Teaching》2009年第10期33-38,共6页中美英语教学（英文版）

摘　　要：The theoretical courses are very important for the students in the postgraduate phase because the students must have a good command of the theories and principles of the field to do their own research later. However, the issue of how to teach English major graduates theoretical courses effectively is the big headache both for teachers and students of English to tackle. The paper aims to introduce an integrated method of teaching English theoretical courses adopted by a teacher in Foreign Language School of Xi＇an Jiaotong University who taught ETTM course （English Teaching Theory and Methodology course）. And the method has employed the collaborative learning strategy and through a survey conducted among the students attended the course, and we find that the method has gained some effective teaching results. And the author of the paper also hopes that more attention should be paid to the probing better ways of teaching theoretical and specialty courses to English major graduates.

关 键 词：POSTGRADUATE task-collaboration English theoretical course 

分 类 号：H31[语言文字—英语]