Heuristic Language Teaching

Heuristic teaching is the valuable treasure in the history of human education, and it is one of the most important way of teaching. Chinese language heuristic teaching follows the ideas of heurism, from the point of view of the students, through the interaction between teaching and learning, making students positively study and think in scientific ways and fully developed. We should advocate the heuristic teaching methods , trying to carry it out in the practice, if we want to walk out the corner of lack, slowness, ineffectiveness and costliness in the language teaching and improve the teaching quality. In China It is Confucius that put forward to the thought of heuristic teaching and Scrates is the originator in the West. The theory of heuristic teaching is continuously enriched and improved during the long time of educational practice, though it is a new concept with long history, it is full of vigor. To the reason, the aim of Chinese language heuristic teaching research not only helps the teachers clear the understanding of it especially through the analysis and study of typical cases to make it clear what is real heurism and what is the essence of the teaching, but promotes the educators to change the idea of teaching, reform the model of cultivation and cultivate the students the scientific spirit and creativity. This thesis tries to develop and perfect the theory and practice of heuristic teaching, hoping to give some help to the coterie in the Chinese language teaching.This thesis consists four parts. The first part illustrates the connotation of Chinese language heuristic teaching. What is heuristic teaching and its true meaning. The second part tells the origin and character and operation of Chinese language heuristic teaching, Chinese language heuristic teaching has four aspects including objectivity, activity, interactivity and expansibility etc. These four characters lay particular stress on themselves and interdepend and interact. As a Chinese language teacher, we can do in three aspects which are teaching process, content and methods. The heuristic teaching contains direction, feeling ,thinking, difficulty and methodology. The strategy of heuristic teaching mainly means heuristic induction, researching appreciation and transference. The third part of the article provides us how to do the analysis of teaching cases. There are many ways to carry out heuristic teaching through the ways of providing the students oral materials, teaching aids .written materials, audio and video materials . According to the flow of the thinking there are obverse , reverse and side enlightenment. The fourth part expresses the conception that the heuristic teaching should run through the whole process of Chinese language teaching. The operation of this kind teaching method first requires the transformation of notion of teaching and talents, and requires to establish good relationship between teachers and pupils, to construct harmonious ,democratic classroom atmosphere .