资源描述:
《《英语演讲课件》演讲评分标准english-outline》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在工程资料-天天文库。
1、ACourseOutlineforTeachingEnglishSpeechIntroductionandBackgroundEveryyearintheRepublicofChinawehavecountlessspeechcontestsanddebates.Oneofthenewsworthyeventsofspring1988wasthedebatebetweenstudentsfrotheRepublicofChinaandstudentsfromMainlandChinainSingapore;thiseventmarkedthefi
2、rsttimestudentsfacedeachotherincompetitionafterfortyyearsofseparation.Lessnewsworthyarethenumerouscontestsateachuniversity,bothinspeakingMandarinandinspeakingEnglish.ForEnglishspeech,theeventoftheyearistheislandwidespeechcontestheldatandbytheMinistryofEducation.Inadditiontoth
3、eprestigeofparticipatinginandwinningoneofthetopprizesintheislandwidecontest,theregardforgoodEnglishspeakingskillsisevidencedbytheMinistryofEducationrulingthatalluniversityEnglishmajorsarerequiredtotakeandpasstwosemestersofEnglishSpeech・Certainlywithallthisinterestinpublicspea
4、kinginEnglish,weteachers,too,candevelopwaystomaketheEnglishSpeechcoursemoreinterestingandprofitableforourstudents・WhenIbeganteachingEnglishSpeechatNationalTsingHuaUniversityfouryearsago,Ifoundthatthefewpubicspeakingtextsavailableweregrosslyinadequateformystudents,mainlybecaus
5、etheywerewrittenfornativespeakersofEnglish・AlthoughImyselfcouldusethemforalittlebackground,theyhadthreemajordrawbacksasEFLtexts.First,thelanguagelevelwastoohigh;wordsandphrasesspecifictotheAmericancontextweresometimesused・Thelevelandstyleofwritingwasoftenbeyondthelevelofourst
6、udents.Forexample,theideasoeffectivelyexpressedwithametaphorforanativespeakerwouldbebetterexpressedmoredirectlyandstraightforwardlyforEFLstudents・Second,andmoreimportantly,thesetextswereloadedwithAmericanculturalassumptions,suchasreferencestothetraditionandroleoffreespeechand
7、citizenparticipationinademocracyandreferencestoAmericanhistory—backgroundthatcouldnotbeassumedforstudentsinTaiwan.Third,andlessobvious,wereassumptionsmadeaboutthecollection,organization,andpresentationofmaterial.Thatis,thetextsassumedpriorknowledgeof,oratleastexposureto,Ameri
8、canorwesternformsofrhetoricalorganization.Ourstudentsarenotnecessari