Yuxin

My Teaching Philosophy In the 1970s, a ‘sociolinguistic revolution’ happened, where the emphasis given in linguistic to grammar was replaced by an interest in ‘language in use. Hymes (1970) paper ‘ on communicative competence’ was mentioned, with its exploration of the notion of ‘the appropriate’ as a dimension important in language studies. When I came to the Undergraduate University, these classes mainly focus on the basic knowledge of the language. Until I was in my junior year, I began to learn some knowledge of teaching. At the same time, I read some books such as introduction to Foreign Language Learning and Teaching by Keith Johnson, a course in language teaching method by Wangqiang, and so on. By a period time of learning, I find the communicative teaching method is helpful for my teaching in the future.  In China, what many English teachers do in the classes is to help students get a grade in the exam. So many students including myself find their spoken English is poor whe...

The Way to Climb the Mountain of a Qualified Teacher After the National College Entrance Examination, I choose English education as my major in the University. The reason why I choose this major is that I don’t want to learn math anymore. But when I begin to learn this major, I find it was not as easy as I imagined. The first difficulty I meet was to remember the general introduction of English-speaking countries. At the beginning of learning the course, I can’t even remember the names of so many countries. Then I found a map of English-speaking countries. It’s easy for me to remember names and locations according to a map. This also builds good basics for the preparation of the Graduate Entrance Examination.     During the process of preparing for the Graduate Entrance Examination, I read a lot of books about the culture of English-speaking countries and some pedagogical theories. This knowledge is really meaningful for me, which is not only useful for my exam but also useful...