Research on Resource-based and Theme-oriented College English Teaching

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Hong Zhou 1,*

1. School of Foreign Languages, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China

* Corresponding author.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme.2012.07.12

Received: 2 May 2012 / Revised: 31 May 2012 / Accepted: 27 Jun. 2012 / Published: 29 Jul. 2012

Index Terms

Theme-oriented College English Teaching, Sociocultural Theory, Resource-based, Input and Output Enhancement, Tacit Knowledge

Abstract

Guided by the sociocultural theory and input theory, a research was conducted to probe into resource-based and theme-oriented college English teaching. It discusses the principles of college English language materials selection and how theme-oriented teaching activities enhance meaningful language input and output. The results show that the teaching mode can improve students’ multiple intelligences on a large scale and facilitate the transformation between students’ explicit knowledge and tacit knowledge. Being resource-based and theme-oriented, the mode helps broaden students’ horizon, cultivate their humanistic quality, enhance students’ information quality and boost the effects of language learning.

Cite This Paper

Hong Zhou,"Research on Resource-based and Theme-oriented College English Teaching ", IJEME, vol.2, no.7, pp.88-92, 2012. DOI: 10.5815/ijeme.2012.07.12 

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