On SLA'S Implication On ELT In Rural Areas In Our Country

Over a long period in the past, the researchers' attention has been focused mainly on "how to teach", with the hope that all the problems related to language learning can be solved accordingly. The emergence of the cognitive pychology and generative linguistics resulted in the transformation in ideology and the shift to "how to learn" from "how to teach" . Subsequent research in SLA (Second Language Acquisition) started to flurish, with the achievements in SLA research exerting great influence on English language teaching all over the world.In recent years the theories of SLA has been intriguing the English teachers at junior and senior schools. While drawing much inspiration from the researchers, they are beginning to see clearly the discrepencies existing between the teaching operations within SLA framework and that of English teaching China. Researches in the combination of SLA theories with the teaching practice in China have been conducted in colleges and universities. However, such researches have seldom been carried out at basic-education level. So far almost no research has been done in rural areas. Any research centered around this aspect will be of great significance.With this as the aim, the present author uses such methods as retrospect, questionnaire, analysis, contrast and discussion in this article to make a profound study of the implications of the SLA in the teaching of English in rural areas.The article has four aspects as its focal points. The first one is the literature review of the essence of SLA and FLT and the conditions for L2 learners and FL learners, the purpose of which is to help the readers to get a clear view of the features of the different teaching models. The second one is the analysis of the specific characteristics of ET in rural areas in our country; the third one being the contrast between the teaching operations within the framework of SLA and theteaching of English in rural areas in our country, which is also the most difficult part of the research work because there are almost no findings to refer to. The last one is the personal view points based on the afore-made contrast and the experience from the teaching practice, which stresses the improvement of teachers' quality through reasonable training and advocates the appropriateadoption of teaching methods. The study of SLA's application on ELT in rural areas creates a new orientation in theoretic research. The new attempt aims to draw such a conclusion that correct attitude should be taken towards the implication of SLA and at the same time, explore feasible ways to facilitate the teaching of English in rural areas.