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1、OpinionsonEnglishTeachingandLearning 【Abstract】Languageteachinghastraditionallybeenataskforteacherstoteachvocabularyitemsandgrammaticalrulesandtoexplaintostudentshowaforeignlanguageworksinreferencetotheirmothertongue.Foralongtimelanguageteachingwasa
2、meanstotheendofunderstandingawrittenculture.Thishadtwopracticalcorollaries:togradethestudentsontheacquisitionofdiscretesegmentsoflearningandtosortthemaccordingtotheirmarks,withaviewtopreparingthemfortheworldofworkinthatithelpedemployersselectcandidat
3、esontheirschooloruniversitygrades.Theresultofthisapproachisplaintosee:lessthanathirdofthecollegestudentsuseaforeignlanguagesuccessfully.Findingsfromresearchandacademicthinkinghavehintedatdifferentwaystoensurethatstudentslearnsuccessfullywhatisonoffer
4、intheworldaroundthem.However,foralongtime,therewasnowayoffacilitatingthisconcept,untilwefocusonthespiritofcollaborationandmeaningfulcommunicativeEnglishenvironment.Ibelievethat,withdeepeningoftherealizing,Englishlearningwillexceedourexpectations.Howe
5、ver,weshallhavefirsttoreviewallour“commonsense”onteachingandlearning. 【Keywords】Englishteachingandlearning;spiritofcollaboration;meaningfulcommunicativeEnglishenvironment 1.Problemsmetinteachingandlearning 1.1Asasearchingthematerialandpreparingfor
6、thepapers,Iwasquitesurprisedthat“forstudents,thebiggestobstacletospeakinginaforeignlanguageclassistheirteacher!” IhavebeenteachingcollegeEnglish,focusingonEnglishcommunication,andIwashopingtofindtheabovecriticismofteachers.ThenIdiscussedwithagroupof
7、collegeEnglishteacher.However,IwasnotpreparedforthetacitagreementwhichgreetedwhatIhopedtobeacontroversialview.Thispreamblegaverisetoalivelydiscussionofwhether,howandtowhatextentstudentsshouldbe“corrected”duringaconversationclass.Needlesstosay,noconse
8、nsuswasreachedandthismaybeasatisfactoryconclusioninitself,sinceeachteacher,likeeveryoneofhisorherstudents. Aftertenyearsofobservations,Ibelievethatcorrectingmoststudents’mistakesyieldsverylittleimprovement,despitethefactthatmoststudentswillbegtheirt