The influences of the TEM tests on English majors20

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1、TheinfluencesoftheTEMtestsonEnglishmajorsTEMtestsarenationaldesignedEnglishexaminationprojects.Itinclude:TEM-4andTEM-8.ThesecondyearEnglish-majorstudentscantaketheTEM-4andthefourthyearstudentscantaketheTEM-8.TEMtestshavebeentakenbymillionsofChinesestudentsoverthelast20ye

2、ars.TheTEMtestsarelikeacompasstostudentswhomajorinEnglish.Ithasatremendousinfluenceondifferentgenerationsofstudents,especiallyus,notonlybyimprovingourEnglishskillsbutbyhelpingusmastertheEnglishlanguage.Thistesthasastronginfluenceonus.Whatarethey?Outline:Ⅰ.BackgroundInfor

3、mationA.AssessingtheEnglishlevelofChinesestudentswhentheyenteruniversityB.ThegoalsofteachingEnglishtoEnglishmajorsinChineseuniversitiesⅡ.ResearchProcessA.InterviewB.SummaryofInterviewsⅢ.OtherInfluencesofTEMtestsA.TheinfluenceonstudentsmasteringEnglishskillsB.Theinfluence

4、onthepsychologyofEnglishlearnersⅣ.ThefuturedevelopmentofTEMtestsA.HowwillTEMtestsdevelop?B.SomesuggestionsareprovidedtothedevelopmentofTEMtestsⅤ.ConclusionAppendixSources8Ⅰ.BackgroundInformationA.AssessingtheEnglishlevelofChinesestudentswhentheyenteruniversityFormostfres

5、hmen,theirEnglishlevelhasbeenimprovedalotthesefiveyears.TheyhaveageneralknowledgeofEnglishgrammarandavocabularyof2500to3500words,butalsoverylimited.AnotherproblemisthatmostofthestudentshavedifficultiesintheiroralEnglish,suchastheytendtouseEnglishwordsinChinesestructuresw

6、hentheyarecommunicatingwithEnglishnativespeakers,alackofunderstandingoftheEnglishculture,andalackofconversationalcompetence.LotsofChineseeducationexpertsalreadyknowthisandtheyaretakingmeasurestosolvetheseproblems.ThesemeasurescanalsobereflectedonthequestionsoftheTEMtests

7、.B.ThegoalsofteachingEnglishtoEnglishmajorsinChineseuniversities1.Words:TEM4----8000words;TEM8----12000words.2.Listeningskills:StudentsshouldunderstandEnglishnativespeakersandEnglishTVprogramsandnewspapers.3.Speakingskills:StudentsshouldspeakfluentlywithEnglishnativespea

8、kersandbeabletoexactlyexpressownfeelings.(AStudyofCollegeEnglishLearningStrategies,WangLimei,2002)Ⅱ.Res