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TimMartin

ShaanxiInstituteofEducation,October2005

Part1:

Introduction

Withtheadventoftheinformationageandtheglobaleconomy,Englishhasbecomeincreasinglyimportant.Englishisthedominantcarrierofinformationandthemostwidelyspokenlanguageintheworld.ManycountrieshavemadeEnglishacornerstoneofqualityeducationwhendevelopingstrategiesforbasiceducation.

SinceChina’sreformandopening,thescaleofitsEnglisheducationhascontinuallygrown,attendedbysignificantachievementsinteachingandlearning.However,Englisheducationinitscurrentformisfailingtomeettheneedsofcontemporarysocialandeconomicdevelopment.

ThecurrentroundofreformstotheEnglishcurriculumaimtoendthefollowingpractices:

lOver-emphasizingthetransmissionandexplanationofknowledgeaboutgrammarandvocabulary

lNeglectingtodevelopstudents’abilitytouselanguageforreal

Intheirplace,thereformsaimtoestablishacurriculumthat:

lDevelopsstudents’comprehensivelanguagecompetence

lMotivatesstudents,isrelevanttotheirlifeexperiencesandcognitivelevel

lPromotestask-basedteachingmethods

lInvolvesstudentsinexperiential,practical,participatoryandcooperativelearning

lDevelopsstudents’positiveattitudes,thinkingskills,practicalabilities,culturalawarenessandautonomythroughthelanguagelearningprocess

1.TheNatureoftheNewCurriculum

ThenewEnglishcurriculumstrivestoaccomplishfarmorethanjusthelpstudentslearnEnglish.AtonelevellearningEnglishshouldinvolvehelpingstudentsto:

lDevelopacertainlevelofcomprehensivelanguagecompetenceandtheabilitytouselanguageforrealcommunication

lMastercertainbasiclanguageknowledge

lMasterlistening,speaking,readingandwritingskills

However,atanotherlevelthecurriculumshouldalsoservestudents’all-rounddevelopment,providingthemwithopportunitiesto:

lStrengthentheirinterestinstudyingEnglish

lGrowinself-discipline,perseveranceandself-confidence

lImprovetheircooperative,investigativeandthinkingabilities

lDeveloptheirmemory,imaginationandcreativity

lAdoptgoodstudyhabitsandeffectivelearningstrategies

lDevelopasautonomousandlifelonglearners

lBuildmoralintegrityandahealthyoutlookonlife

lEstablishbothnationalspiritandanawarenessofandrespectforculturaldifferences

lBroadentheirhorizonsandenrichtheirlifeexperience

lTakepartinculturallife

lDevelopasindividuals

2.BasicPrinciplesoftheNewCurriculum

Thecurriculumpromotesqualityeducation（asopposedtoexam-orientatededucation）andtheall-rounddevelopmentofthestudents

Topromotequalityeducationparticularattentionmustbepaidto:

lValuingeachstudent’sfeelings

lStimulatingstudents’interestinstudyingEnglish

lHelpingstudentsgainasenseofachievementandself-confidence

Thecurriculummustgobeyonddevelopingstudents’comprehensivelanguagecompetencetoincludeareassuchas:

lImprovingstudents’abilitytocontributetoculturalandsociallife

lDevelopingstudents’practicalabilities

lFosteringstudents’creativity

Thecurriculumobjectivesareholisticandflexible.

ThefundamentalaimofthenewEnglishcurriculumistodevelopstudents’comprehensivelanguagecompetence.Thisaimisbrokendownintofivegeneralobjectives.Theseobjectivesarethendividedintonineabilitylevelswithdescriptorsprovidedforeachlevel.Thefivegeneralobjectivesare:

1.LanguageSkills

2.LanguageKnowledge

3.AttitudestoLearning

4.LearningStrategies

5.CulturalAwareness

Thisdesignallowsstudentstoprogresssystematicallythrougheachlevelwhilstmeetingthefullrangeofthecurriculum’sdemands.

Studentsareputatthecentreofthecurriculu