In the foreign language teaching in the United States around the 1990s, the phenomenon of "dumb foreign language" was widespread in the United States at that time, because it paid too much attention to the study of vocabulary and grammar rules and neglected the cultivation of practical ability.
In the11990s, when foreign language teaching in the United States put too much emphasis on vocabulary and grammar rather than practical ability, the phenomenon of "dumb English" was widespread at that time, which is very similar to our problems in China today.
In order to reverse the predicament of foreign language teaching, starting from 1993, with the support of the federal government, four national language institutions, such as the National Association for Foreign Language Teaching in the United States, have spent four years formulating effective curriculum standards, summarizing the foreign language learning objectives in the 2 1 century as five words beginning with the letter c:
In order to reverse the predicament of foreign language teaching, starting from 1993, the National Association for Foreign Language Teaching and three other national language institutions, with the support of the federal government, integrated the theoretical achievements of Chomsky, Krashen and other famous linguists in second language acquisition, and finally decided to use five words starting with c as the foreign language education standard for 2 1 century. The whole process lasted for four years.
● Communication (communication)
Cultivate language sense, pronunciation and intonation, and guide students to communicate in English.
Based on cultivating language sense, pronunciation and intonation, guide students to communicate in English.
● Culture (culture)
Get in touch with the rich cultural connotation of English and understand the contemporary cultural knowledge of English-speaking countries.
Get in touch with the rich culture contained in English and understand the cultural knowledge of contemporary English-speaking countries.
● Connection (penetration)
Choose interesting and challenging topics from other disciplines for analysis and discussion.
Choose topics of interest and challenge from other disciplines for analysis and discussion.
● Comparison (comparison)
Compare the differences between the target language and national culture to enhance students' cross-cultural awareness.
Compare the target language culture with the native culture to improve students' cross-cultural awareness.
● Community (community)
Simulate real tasks and activities and carry out various community language activities.
Simulate real tasks and activities and carry out various community language activities.