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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
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On Guidelines for College English Teaching and Challenges for College English Teachers
Li, Huiyin
English Language Teaching, v9 n1 p77-87 2016
This article performs an exploratory study of the newly formulated "Guidelines" for College English Teaching ("Draft Exposure")("2015")("Guidelines"), aiming at exploring how different the latest Guidelines is from the previous ones, what challenges it brings to teachers and how these challenges can be countered. Therefore, comparisons are made among six syllabi to illustrate the developments college English has achieved and its existent problems as well. To address these problems, "Guidelines" (2015) is issued with three new features: the integration of instrumentality and humanity, the introduction of intercultural education and the system of multiple curriculum for multiple teaching objectives. Its issuing poses tremendous challenges to college English teachers, of which increasing demands on college English teachers' professional expertise, skillful employment of information technology and academic performance stand out. To help counter these challenges and difficulties, suggestions are made from three levels with the hope that improved teachers' quality can facilitate the implementation of "Guidelines" (2015) and guarantee the potential achievement of its expected objectives. These suggestions are: life-long learning and self-directed development consciousness, the establishment of teacher education system by faculties and universities and continued governmental support in and favorable policies to college English teacher education.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, College Students, College Faculty, Guidelines, Course Descriptions, Educational Objectives, Information Technology, Academic Achievement, Teacher Education, Multicultural Education
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