integration in language teaching

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1、IntegrationinLanguageTeaching　　ReflectingonwhatIhavelearnedinthe5thweek，IsensedTEFLinChinainvolvesnotonlythesedifferentbranchesofgrammar，vocabulary，speaking，reading，writingandthinking，butalsoincludesrelatedinformationofculture，politics，history，economy，andsoon.Involvementlikethesemakesteachin

2、gmorecomplex，therefore，therecomesanewrequirement：howtointegratetheseelementsinmyteaching.Wecannotseparatelinguisticsfromculture，justaswecannotseparatepoliticsfromeconomicsbecausetheyareinterconnectedandinterrelated.Asaresult，whileweareteachingthestudentstolearntheEnglishlanguage，weneedtocont

3、ainotherbranchesandtopicsinonelesson，thisiswhatisrequiredofus?Cintegration.　　IntegrationinEnglishteachinghasmanyadvantages.Firstly，studentsmaygettheirmindbroadenedbyallkindsofintegratedinformationwhicharousestheirinterestinthestudyofEnglish.Forinstance，whenwewerelearning“FamousBrandNames”ino

4、neofmyMondayclasses，Iintegratedthetopicwithoneofthetophouseholdproductscompanies―P&G，withwhichtheyaresowellacquaintedindailylifethattheybecameexcitedaboutitssales，itsmarketing，itsR&D，andespeciallyitsexcellentadvertisement.Asaresult，inthesetwohours，Isuccessfullyintegratedtheboringlanguagepoin

5、tswithsomeinterestingculturaltopics，whichdirectedthestudentstosearchmoreaboutthesuccessoffamouscompanies?Cthat’sreallyamazing！Secondly，integrationcanbeanefficientwayofaccumulatingstudents’vocabularyforwhichtheystruggletoseekabettermethod.Usually，whenIexplainanewwordtothem，IdosoinEnglish，tryi

6、ngtoelicitsomeclassicexamplestoimpressthemdeeply.Ifoundit’suseful.Taketheword“adultery”asanexample，thewordisoneoftheGaokaovocabulary，Iexplainedthewordtothemwithsometypicalsentencesandwhat’smore，Itoldthemthestoryofthenovel，“TheScarletLetter”.Itturnedoutthattheyweresomovedbythestory，especially

7、thegirls，thatIhavenodoubtthattheword“adultery”willhavealastingimpressiononthem.WhatencouragesmeisthatIhavemadeanintegrationofvocabularyandliterature.　　OfcoursethereareotheradvantagesofintegrationinTEFLsuchassavingthetimebyshortentheexplanationforit