A Comparative Research On English Syllabus (Revised) & English Curriculum Standard For Basic Education

The English Syllabus (revised) for basic education will be replaced by the English Curriculum Standard for basic education in the new round basic education curriculum reform. It has a far-reaching meaning for basic education English teaching reform to research the Syllabus and the Standard in a comparative way.Part I states the current basic education English teaching situation the background for designing the Standard and the purpose & meaning of this comparative research.Part II analyses the similarities and differences between the Syllabus and the Standard. As to the similarities, both the Syllabus and the Standard, under the guidance of modern educational theories, absorbing and bringing in advanced language instruction theories and methodology, pay close attention to students' all-round and lifelong development for all students by means of attaching great importance to English in accordance with the current situations at home and abroad, so as to promote the fulfilling of quality-oriented education. Compared with the Syllabus, the Standard embodies innovation in many aspects, such as the status, function & objective of English curriculum, development of English curriculum resources, teaching evaluation and so on.A " co-operative learning" teaching experiment and a questionaire on teachers' adaptation to the Standard are designed in Part III & Part IV. This experiment proves "cooperative learning" can strengthen students' awareness of dominance & co-operation, improve students' learning results and communicative abilities, as interest motivation and sense of success promote each other. This questionaire shows teachers have obtained some qualities to adapt themselves to the Standard in views of teaching curriculum objective using new English textbooks and etc, but they can not meet the demand of the Standard due to theirlack of sufficient knowledge of psychology, pedagogy and scientific researching abilities.Part Vis the conclusion of this dissertation. The Standard abides by this idea that the objective of English curriculum is to improve the qualities of all Chinese. It designs English curriculum in all aspects with it ( ranging from curriculum objective, contents standard, fulfilling suggestions to curriculum resources development & management) and it integrates primary junior & senior middle school English curriculum. The Standard combines knowledge & skills, learning process & methods, motion attitudes & views of value as the function of English curriculum. The objective of English curriculum is to foster students' abilities to communicate in English, which bases on language knowledge & skills, motion, attitudes, learning strategies and cultural awareness. The standard will change teachers' teaching methods and students' learning ways, leaving much innovation space for designing teaching material development of teaching resources teaching learning and evaluation. Improving teachers' qualities is the key to ensure the smooth fulfilling of the Standard.