情景教学

The application of Situation Simulating in Junior English Teaching By Chen Shuangsheng People’s relationship is closer and closer than ever before. Languages from different places are required. Especially, English is playing a role as a global language in the world. Therefore, English has become a compulsory subject in most schools. However, English learning is hard work. One must make an effort to understand to manipulate English and to use it in conversation or written composition. Effort is required at every moment and must be maintained over a long period. The methods of learning English are discussed in many books. This paper shows the differences between English and other subjects. Then it concretely talks about situation simulating from some usual methods, and connects the method with textbooks and students. At last it draws a conclusion that a good method can help and encourage many learners to sustain their interest and work. As one of the basic required subjects in Chinese secondary school, English is different from other subjects because of its own features. We are living in different parts of the earth that are becoming more closely linked together than ever before. The rapid development of modern science and technology has narrowed the gap between one nation and another. Nations are becoming more interdependent with each other. English does play a role in international communication; and no other language is superior to it owing to its instrumental function. Moreover, it is a major foreign language learned by school students and is often a required course. Unquestionably, teachers must lay emphasis upon the training of the students. This peculiarity refers to social benefits in the future which outweigh individual gain and loss during or after schooling .It also aids in developing students’ intelligence, laying a foundation for further learning and practice. The advanced science and technology of a modernized country relies on a great number of high-level scientific and technological personnel. However, it is in the early school years that the foundation is laid. This also accounts for our government’s decision to offer English as a major subject in schools. At any time, though, only a small number of graduates could enter scientific and technological careers and have the opportunity to communicate in English with foreigners. No one knows who those students will be. Its uncertainty suggests that theoretically English, as well as other foreign language curricula has far-reaching benefits. Proceeded from the long-term effects of English teaching, it seems unsuitable to overemphasize the practical value of the subject of English in primary and secondary schools. Since a language is the means of communication and an intrinsic part of the culture to which it belongs, learning a foreign language implies a certain assimilation of English to absorb the culture of nation whose native language is English. Culture is generally composed of literature and art, ethics and philosophy, science and technology and even life style. Some of these are available in the development of our own culture, economy and politics, but some are not. For our sake, we must offer our students the advantages and shield them from the disadvantages. We must think of the possible benefits for our national interest. In other words, any language offered to school students should be beneficial to the safety and interest of our county. To meet the needs of foreign affairs, for example, we also offer some other foreign language besides English that are less widely used. Of course, the awareness of this kind should not be narrowly considered here to be the same as military or economic strength. Thus, we are supposed to be careful to select a foreign language as a subject for students and to compile its teaching materials. This peculiarity is chiefly concerned of developing teenagers’ intelligence and enhancing the whole nation’s culture and educational levels. As a means of international communication, English will broaden learners’ horizons to view the whole world from the right perspective beyond their own culture bounds, which raises their cognitive ability in a macroscopic way. With their knowledge widened, their intelligence will be developed. Having learned a foreign language, students will have more motivation to learn new things, to become more creative and be capable of serving society. With the sustained development of basic skills and moral qualities in an all-round way, the students will get benefited and acts better and better in all his life. It is obvious that English plays a great role in developing and polishing our national culture and traditions. For this reason, English in schools should be given more time than that of vocational training for special purposes. From the book a Bilingual Course of English Teaching Methodology written by Zhang Zhengdong and Huang Taishuan, we can find the concrete methods in English teaching are classified into twelve categories. They are:1)Intuitional method; 2)Logical reasoning; 3)Imitating and analogizing; 4)Situation simulating; 5)Question and answer practice; 6)Sentence making; 7)Integrating isolated language points with the whole material being learned; 8)Technique of fermentation; 9)Technique of rumination; 10)Eliminating difficulty; 11)Drills of form; 12)Teaching translation. 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