ERIC - Search Results

Descriptor

Conversational Language…	2
English (Second Language)	2
Foreign Countries	2
Second Language Instruction	2
Second Language Learning	2
Teaching Methods	2
Chinese	1
Discourse Analysis	1
Instructional Materials	1
Language Teachers	1
Learning Motivation	1
Majors (Students)	1
Teaching Experience	1
More ▼

Source

Clearing House: A Journal of…	1
Online Submission	1

Author

Razzano, Elaine	1
Zhou, Qijia	1

Publication Type

Journal Articles	2
Reports - Descriptive	2

Education Level

Higher Education

Audience

Location

China

Laws, Policies, & Programs

Assessments and Surveys

What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Showing all 2 results Save | Export

"Wangbas" in the Grassland: Teaching and Learning in Inner Mongolia

Peer reviewed

Direct link

Razzano, Elaine – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2006

This article describes the authors' experience of teaching conversational English to students in Baotou in Inner Mongolia. Teaching in Baotou confirmed that students do not need to be entertained through the use of computers or theatrics. Intrinsic motivation, particularly that which comes from understanding the value of an education in changing…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Experience, Conversational Language Courses, Second Language Instruction

Application of a Discourse Approach to Speaking in Teaching of Conversation

Download full text

Zhou, Qijia – Online Submission, 2006

In this essay the author attempts to put forward an innovative teaching mode in the course of "English Conversation" for sophomore English majors in China. In this mode an authentic conversation is used as the teaching material and the theoretic aspects of Conversation Analysis (CA) are applied for the teaching of the course. This mode…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials, Language Teachers, English (Second Language)