A PROJECT-BASED LEARNING PACKAGE FOR PH. D CANDIDATES AT HIT

• 作者: ZhaoYuqin
• 来源期刊: 中国英语教学：英文版
• 学科: 教育
• 关键词: 英语教学 项目式课程设计 哈尔滨理工大学 博士研究生 “国际会议模拟过程”学习项目 教学方法 多媒体技术 通信技术
• 年，卷（期）: 2004,（4）
• 页码范围: 95-98
• 页数: 4页
• 分类号: G643

摘要

Project-based learning is to involve students in a project-like learning program to achieve the required purposes of language learning, It is a new pedagogical approach composed of a series of tasks, requiring students to use various languages and other skills to accomplish respectively. It is to provide students with opportunities to learn the language in a simulated authentic communicative situation when they are using the language. A project-based learning program was desigued for the Ph. D.candidates at HIT, named “simulating an international conference”. It involves the students in the whole process of organizing and participating an international conference. In the simulated context, students have opportunities to learn and practice English while they are using English to fulfill some tasks. Meanwhile, students are able to practice other skills, such as using information technologies, word editing and publishing. More importantly, students need to collaborate and cooperate with each other. The abilities to use English as a communicative tool for international communication, to use information technologies and to be able to cooperate with other sare the aims of education in the 21st century.