The Investigations On College English Teaching In Guangxi Teachers University And The Pedagogical Implications

The Investigation on College English Teaching in Guangxi Teachers' University and the Pedagogical ImplicationsPostgraduate: Jiang YemeiSupervisors: Professors Zhang Shuning and Chen JitangAbstractWith the deeper reform and rapid development of the economic construction, College English teaching in China has made great progress. However, China has a very vast area arid the development in economics and culture is uneven in different areas with no exception of College English teaching.Based on the theory of "Needs Analysis", the author has made an investigation on College English teaching in Guangxi Teachers' University (one of the key universities in the remote areas). The results indicate that there exists a very wide gap in College English teaching in our university compared with the average level of the whole country. The reasons are 1) The development of the economic construction and culture in the remote areas is relatively slow; 2) There is rare international cultural and economic exchanges; 3) The teaching conditions there are much poorer and the students' levels are much lower.College English teaching in our university faces with some pressing problems. First, there is a severe shortage of teachers. Second, the teaching conditions are much poorer. Third, the authorities are most interested in the ranking of the university according to the test score and the students are required to pass the Test Band 4 in order to get their degrees. Forth, the students are learning to pass the test rather than how to use the language. Many students who have passed the Test Band 4 can speak only a few English sentences. And lastly, there is no more English class for them after they have finished their second year's study. When they come to their fourth year, they may want to further their study and would like to take the test for graduate courses. Usually English is the big problem.According to the findings, the author suggests that we should develop a syllabus at the school level, set out our own teaching objectives and revise our existing teaching materials, teaching techniques and methods as well. In this way, we can teach our students according to their actual levels. Above all, leaders at all levels should pay more attention to College English teaching, give more chances for English teachers to further their study and get professional promotion.This thesis consists of five parts: introduction, the investigation on College English teaching in Guangxi Teachers' University, a survey of language syllabus design, approaches to course design and conclusion. The theoretical bases are 1) Richard's theory on teaching methods. 2)Widdowson's theory on learners' needs. 3) Hutchinson's approches to course design. 4) Professor Wang cairen's dual-activity approaches.Due to the limit of time and the shortage of money, the investigation results may not exactly reflect the realistic facts of College English teaching in our university, but I still hope that they can give some help to our Cpllege English teaching.