OBSERVATIONS ON TEACHING STYLE OF NATIVE-SPEAKING TEACHERS IN CHINESE ELT CLASSROOMS

• 来源期刊: 中国应用语言学：英文版
• 学科: 文学
• 年，卷（期）: 1997,（1）
• 页码范围: 101-104
• 页数: 4页
• 分类号: H319.3

摘要

It is a not uncommon phenomenon that Chinese students complain that they learn little from native-speaking teachers’classes.The reason for such responses probably comes from‘a large disparity ofexpectations between teachers and students in terms of teaching style.’(Brumfit:1986:97)According to principles of educational psychology,‘the style of the teacher plays an important partupon learner’s performance.In research by Joyce and Hudson,there were some indications thatteachers and students having similar styles formed the most successful combinations’in terms ofexamination results.(Child 1981:229)By style we mean the way of teaching or learning.No doubt,if we want to make effective use of assistance of native-speaking teachers,we need to know specificallythese two aspects: