WORTH IT? OH YES IT IS!

• 来源期刊: 中国应用语言学：英文版
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: 石材 巴赞
• 年，卷（期）: 1994,（0）
• 页码范围: 163-171
• 页数: 9页
• 分类号: H319.3

摘要

Ⅰ) THE VALUE OF EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES ON ATTC: TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVE Zina Bowey and Elaine Sweeney Ⅱ) THE VALUE OF PERFORMING A PANTOMIME: STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVE Lai Liqun and Lin Yaowu Introduction We are convinced that the extra-curricular activities offered as part of the Advanced Teacher Training Course (ATTC) at Nankai University play as important a role in the development of the course aims as the classroom seminars do, and we would encourage other teachers and lecturers to integrate such activities into their courses. Krashen (1981) argues strongly in his Monitor Model of Second Language Acquisition that the lowering of the students’ affective filter or anxiety barrier is most desirable in the learning process. Although Krashen’s model has been criticised for its shortcomings as a piece of academic research, most teachers would agree, both from experience and intuition, that a relaxed learner is a better learner. Although in class, in line with Krashen’s thinking, we use a communicative approach and try to create a relaxed and cooperative learning environment, we feel that our Chinese students still need opportunities to develop social skills in a very informal context, where the focus is on acquisition or subconscious learning (in Krashen’s terms) rather than conscious learning.