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1、TheinspirationofAmericanImmersionTeachingApproachonEnglishteachinginChina 【Abstract】Asasuccessfulandwell-receivedteachingmethod,immersionteachingapproachhasbeenwidelyadoptedbyCanadianandAmericanschoolsinrecentyears.WithacomparisonwithtraditionalEnglishteachingmethodinChina,theauthorconsiderstheI
2、mmersionapproachcanalsobeappliedforEnglishlearninginChina. 【Keywords】Immersion;Worldlanguagestudy;Languageenvironment TheauthorofthispaperhadtheopportunitytoteachinaChineseImmersionprograminanelementaryschoolinSouthCarolina,US.Duringhertwoyears’teachingperiod,shecarefullyobservedandadoptedtheim
3、mersionapproach,whichwaswell-receivedbytheAmericanprimarystudents.ThispaperintroducesthisteachingmethodanditsenlightenmentsonEnglishteachinginChina. 1.IntroductionofImmersionTeachingMethod Immersionhasbeenregardedasarevolutiontotheacquisitionofasecondlanguageandhasbeenwildlyacknowledgedasanimpo
4、rtantandeffectiveapproachsinceitsstartfromCanadainthe1960s.Ithasbecomepopularandthere’sagrowingtrendinrecentyearsthatAmericanschoolsofferimmersionprogramsasanattractionforenrollment.Inanimmersionprogram,learnerswillbetotallyimmersedinthelanguagebylearningalmostallschoolsubjects,suchasmath,science
5、andsocialstudiesinthetargetlanguage,withthemainpurposeofdevelopinglearners'languageproficiencytothelargestextent. 2.CurrentStatusofEnglishTeachinglearninginChina EnglisheducationinChinausuallystartsfromgrade3inelementaryschools.Buttheproblemisaftermorethan10yearsofEnglishstudy,onlyatinyportiono
6、fthelearnershaverelativelyhigherlanguageproficiency.Thephenomenonof“DeafEnglish”isstillprevalent.ThestudentsareaskedtoparrotandmemorizethewordsandsentencesmechanicallyintraditionalEnglishclassrooms.Theydon’thavethelanguageenvironmenttofullyunderstand,appreciate,absorbandapplythelanguagetheylearn.
7、Itturnsoutthatthewordsandsentencesbecomemeaninglessanduseless.Gradually,thestudentswillloseinterestinlearningEnglish.whileit’swidelyacknowledgedthatbilingualstudentswithhighproficiencyofforeignlanguagesandcultureismore
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