总结反思

Chapter Summary

1. Education and teaching

Education is a kind of human practice that guides people to develop. To understand the meaning of education, we must consider its two most basic elements: “guide” and “develop”.

Teaching as a form of education is a series of well-planned and systematic activities (according to specific content, based on certain objectives and assisted by certain methods and technologies) through which teachers guide students to know the world, learn knowledge, master skills, and become fully developed.

Pedagogy studies the fundamental principles, general rules, and major methods in teaching activities. It aims to enhance teaching efficiency and effectiveness, including the study of teaching goals, teaching content, teaching objectives, teaching procedures, teaching principles, teaching methods, teaching models, teaching evaluation, teaching research, and so on.

2. Language and language teaching

Language learning as a learning activity refers to the process through which individual language practice leads to changes in an individual's existing language knowledge, language behavior or behavior potential, relevant emotional attitudes and values under the influence of both internal and external factors.

The purpose of English teaching is, through the education of English language knowledge, language skills and culture knowledge, to develop students' basic skills in using English in communication and self-expression, to enable students to form open and rational intercultural awareness, emotional attitudes and values.

English pedagogy, in essence, is a collection of basic principles, general rules, and major methods that can be applied in the study of the teaching goals, teaching contents, teaching objectives, teaching procedures, teaching principles, teaching methods, teaching models, teaching evaluation, and research of school English teaching so as to fully develop students' English language proficiency and comprehensive abilities in a foundational sense.

学习反思

反  思

1.What’s the essence of English pedagogy?

2.What are the overall objectives of school English education in China?