Strategies to teach oral English in seminars on current American issues for undergraduates in China
Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education
ISSN: 2050-7003
Article publication date: 8 April 2014
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to focus on details of strategies in classroom to inspire Chinese undergraduates to feel free in speaking English fluently and accurately without reliance on Chinese.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper is based on the practice of oral English in immersed-English class of seminars on current American issues for undergraduates in China
Findings
Strategies to teach class in English to Chinese undergraduates in immersed way: complete involvement motivate fully fair and transparent evaluation
Originality/value
It is hands-on experience of the author. It focusses on the real practice of the class.
Keywords
Acknowledgements
The paper is sponsored by following two grants: Project of Teaching Class in only English in SUES, No. A-0601-13-01197; Teaching Project of Object-Oriented Programming for Year 2013-2015's Core Course for Undergraduates from Shanghai Education Committee. No. AA4306002-2013-008/171.
Citation
Tian, S. (2014), "Strategies to teach oral English in seminars on current American issues for undergraduates in China", Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, Vol. 6 No. 1, pp. 119-127. https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-07-2012-0020
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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