Teaching English to Students from China

by Ling, Lee Gek; Ho, Laina; Meyer, J. E. Lisa; Varaprasad, Chitra; Young, Carissa; Lee, Gek Ling

• ISBN13: 9789971692636
• ISBN10: 9971692635
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-02-01
• Publisher: Singapore Univ Pr

Summary

A unique source, providing teachers of English to Chinese students with relevant information on the linguistic, cultural and pedagogical backgrounds of these students, analysis of the importance (or indeed unimportance) of thisbackground, on classroom teaching methods and student learning strategies.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Acknowledgements	xi
Introduction	xiii
In Search of Effective ELT Methodology in College English Education --- The Chinese Experience	1	(20)
Feng Anwei
Learner Diaries as a Tool to Heighten Chinese Students' Metacognitive Awareness of English Learning	21	(14)
Carissa Young
Fong Yoke Sim
The Use of Learner Diaries in the Teaching of English as a Second Language	35	(19)
Jessie Teng Sze Mei
Reflections of ESL and EFL Students Through Email: An Exploratory Study	54	(19)
Happy Goh
Tan Kim Luan
PRC Students and Group Work --- Their Actions and Reactions	73	(21)
J.E. Lisa Meyer
``You Dig Tree Tree to NUS'': Understanding Singapore English from the Perspectives of International Students	94	(13)
Carissa Young
Is the Oral Strip Story Suitable for ESL/EFL Students to Experience Real Communication?	107	(15)
Mohleen Chew
Using Children's Literature with Young Adult EFL Learners	122	(16)
Laina Ho
Pronunciation Problems of PRC Students	138	(20)
Laina Ho
Strategy Training for English Language Learners from PRC	158	(16)
Susan Tan
Language Learning Strategies and English Language Proficiency: An Investigation of Chinese ESL Students at NUS	174
Zhang Mingyuan
Li Xiaoping