English Teaching Methodology Course Description
Course Title: English Teaching Methodology
Course Prerequisites: Comprehensive English, Advanced English
Follow-up Course: Applied Linguistics
Credit: 2
Total Semester Credit Hours: 32
Lecture Hours: 22
Experiment/ Computer Hours: 10
Major: English
Course Description:
English Teaching Methodology is an optional course for Senior English students. Its objective is cultivate students’ professional competence of language instruction through designing activities across various levels of English teaching programs. By implementing classroom teaching methods, students should develop an understanding of basic principles of ELT, important factors of language instruction, and an awareness of the New National Curriculum Standard of English Teaching in China, in turn establishing a communicative perspective of language education and teaching. Through participating in practical teaching practice and applicable classroom observation, students will develop their reflective capacity and build relevant communicative skills in language instruction as guided by the New Curriculum Standard, which will form a solid foundation for their possible teaching career.
Textbooks and Course Materials:
1. 王蔷,程晓堂.英语教学法教程（第二版）. 北京：高等教育出版社，2006。
(Wang, Q. & Cheng, X. T. A Course in English Language Teaching (2nd Edition). Beijing: Higher Education Press, 2006)
2. Brown, H. Douglas. Teaching by principles: An interactive approach to language pedagogy. New Jersey: prentice Hall.，1994. (Original Edition)
3. Harmer, J. The practice of English language teaching. London: Longman, 1991. (Original Edition)
Written by: Yan Minfen
