College English Teachers＇ Perceived Difficulties in Teaching Content-Based Courses and Opportunities for Their Knowledge Growth  

作　　者：FENG Rui-min 

机构地区：[1]Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China [2]Renmin University of China, Beijing, China

出　　处：《Sino-US English Teaching》2012年第8期1395-1403,共9页中美英语教学（英文版）

摘　　要：This paper explores three College English teachers＇ perceived difficulties in teaching content-based courses in the Chinese context and opportunities for their change in the knowledge base. Interviews and classroom observation were used to collect data. After coding and recoding of the audio data, the researcher found that College English teachers face the following difficulties： positioning of themselves, commitment to the course, students＇ expectation, the balance between language and content, and administrative support. Meanwhile, the experience of teaching content-based courses offered them an opportunity to increase their knowledge of the content, the learners, and educational values. Some implications for CBI （content-based instruction） in curriculum reform were put forward at the end of the paper.

关 键 词：CBI （content-based instruction） perceived difficulties knowledge growth 

分 类 号：TP391[自动化与计算机技术—计算机应用技术] G64[自动化与计算机技术—计算机科学与技术]