What are the differences betweenlanguageused in real life and thetraditional language teaching?Task1
What are the differences between language used in real life and the traditional language teaching? Task 1
Language use in real lifevs.traditional pedagogyTraditional pedagogyLanguage use in real lifeFocus on forms ofCommunicative functionslanguageof languageFocusononeortwoIntegration of bothlanguageskillsreceptiveskillsandproductive skillsToisolatelanguageLanguage is always usedfromcontextinacertaincontext
I. Language use in real life vs. traditional pedagogy Traditional pedagogy Language use in real life Focus on forms of language Communicative functions of language Focus on one or two language skills Integration of both receptive skills and productive skills To isolate language from context Language is always used in a certain context
WearenotteachingEnglish,butweareteachingaboutEnglish.Thisseemstoresultinthephenomenonof“dumb English"in EnglishteachinginChina
• We are not teaching English, but we are teaching about English. • This seems to result in the phenomenon of “dumb English” in English teaching in China
How can we bridgethe gap betweenthe traditionalpedagogy andlanguage use inreal life?
How can we bridge the gap between the traditional pedagogy and language use in real life?