Unit 1 Language and Learning

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1、ACourseinEnglishLanguageTeachingForeignDepartmentofTeachers’College,SHZU外语系：魏宏君英语教学法Unit1LanguageandLearningAimsoftheunit:1.Howdowelearnlanguages?2.Whatarethecommonviewsonlanguage?3.Whatarethecommonviewsonlanguagelearning?4.Whatarethequalitiesofagoodlangua

2、geteacher?5.Howcanonebecomeagoodlanguageteacher?1.1Howdowelearnlanguages?Muchofhumanbehaviorisinfluencedbypersonalexperiences.Thewaylanguageteachersteachintheclassroomistosomeextentinfluencedbythewaytheylearnedlanguages.Thisisespeciallytrueinforeignlanguag

3、eteaching.Whatisthechallengethelanguageteacherisconfrontedwith?PeoplelearnaforeignlanguageFordifferentreasonsIndifferentwaysHavingdifferentunderstandingaboutlanguagelearningHavingdifferentcapabilitiesinlanguagelearningDifferentlanguagelevelsThusthechalleng

4、ethatthelanguageteacherisconfrontedwithishowteachingmethodologycancaterforlearnerswhohavemoredifferencesthancommonalities.1.2ViewsonlanguageWhatisthequestionthatallapproachesoflanguageteachingshouldanswer?Thequestionis“Whatislanguage?”Languageisameansofcom

5、municationwithotherpeople.Whatarethethreedifferentviewsoflanguagethatlanguageteachingandlearningpracticehavebeeninfluencedby?Theyarethestructuralview,thefunctionalviewandtheinteractionalview.ViewsonlanguageHowdoesthestructuralviewseelanguage?Howdoesthefunc

6、tionalviewseelanguage?Howdoestheinteractionalviewseelanguage?Viewsonlanguage(Designaspecificandpracticalexamplingactivityforeachview)Thestructuralviewseeslanguageasalinguisticsystemmadeupofvarioussubsystems.Tolearnalanguagemeanstolearnthesestructuralitemss

7、oastobeabletounderstandandproducelanguage.Thefunctionalviewseeslanguageasalinguisticsystembutalsoasameansfordoingthings.Learnerslearnalanguageinordertobeabletodothingswithfunctionalactivities.Theinteractionalviewconsiderslanguageasacommunicativetool,whosem

8、ainuseistobuildupandmaintainsocialrelationsbetweenpeople.Thelearnerhastostudythepatternsandrulesoflanguageabovethesentenceleveltolearnhowlanguageisusedindifferentspeechcontext.1.3ViewsonlanguagelearningThelan