Challenges and Approaches of Teaching EFL to Large Classes in China

• 来源期刊: 海外英语(中旬刊)
• 学科: 教育
• 关键词: Large Classes China EFL context Challenges Strategies and approaches
• 年，卷（期）: 2011,（11）
• 所属期刊栏目: 外语教育
• 页码范围: 119-121
• 分类号: G642
• 语种: 中文

摘要

Compared with the smaller class sizes in many other countries,China EFL classes are generally oversize with gaps of learners'language proficiency and competence,different language acquisition abilities,diverse motivations and attitudes which constitute a multilevel class with many challenges to class management and language teaching.Based on the views upon the issue of researchers from China and other countries,this paper identifies the challenges with large EFL classes and discusses strategies of coping in such a context by providing pragmatic guidelines of teaching EFL to large classes in China.