英语写作，水平 1基础写作 Fundamental Writing

Unit 4

What Is Wrong with English

Teaching in China?

温水一壶

Classroom management

We are going to do four things in our

classWatch an interesting priming courseware

A Sociological Report from the Preventive

Writing Hospital Professor’s lecture

Classroom discussion

Task description

An interesting priming courseware

Now let us watch an interesting priming

courseware so that we can move to

Professor’s Lecture more smoothlyA Report from the Preventive Writing

Hospital (External Factors)

Major points in Professor’s Lecture

In this lecture, we are going to talk

about the following three thingsIntroduction to the issue

Title elaboration

A suggested framework

IntroductionSome major problems of English teaching in

ChinaLess innovative approaches in teaching

Lack of updated materials

Ignorance of the social or market demands

Too many irrelevant exams

A sharp contrast between “test-oriented”

education and “competence-oriented” education

Title elaboration

A feasible way you can use to narrow down a topic

You may have some alternative choices by using the title elaboration approach As the times change, so does the professor-student

relationship in China. Do we need critical thinking and scientific training in

higher education? What does “a nice professor” mean to me? What is professorship? What is studentship?

A suggested framework

On the Professor-student Relationship

in ChinaIntroduction

A Cross-cultural Study of This Issue

Our Problems

Discussion

Conclusion

Classroom discussion

Here are some suggested questions for you to think about What do you think are the most important factors

influencing your English learning? Try to recall some bad experiences you have had with

your learning materials in English? Try to describe an ideal examination system you

would like to have in your English study. If possible, provide some feasible suggestions for reform for the current evaluation system as well.

Task description

If you still don’t have an interesting title, why not choose this one: What Is Wrong with English Teaching in China?

If you don’t know how to choose a good structural organization for your work, why not go back to the last part of the Professor’s Lecture for more information?

If you think you don’t have a strong argument in your essay, why not try the title elaboration method to improve the quality of your writing?

Summary

In this unit, we haveappreciated another interesting story from the

Preventive Writing Hospitalexamined the issue from a holistic perspective learned a feasible way to narrow down a topic introduced a suggested framework for the current

writing taskhad a nice discussiondescribed the writing task for this unit