A Study of Applying Interactive Approach in Intensive English Reading Teaching in China

Huizhen Wu; Wei Zhou

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A Study of Applying Interactive Approach in Intensive English Reading Teaching in China

Huizhen Wu, Wei Zhou

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Received: 8 February 2019 Accepted: 11 March 2019 Published: 25 March 2019

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Abstract

The ability to communicate effectively in English remains one of the well-established goals in English Language teaching. The essential interactive nature is the key to communicative competence. Given the fact that Chinese students learn English in an EFL setting, classroom language teaching becomes all the more valuable. Intensive reading course has been considered one of the comprehensive courses and a must for college students for decades in China. This paper, based on a quantitative research which offers a glimpse of the current situation of Intensive Reading Teaching in China, first addresses the role of language teacher and that of students in an interactive classroom and then addresses the significance of the application of interactive approach to the college Intensive Reading class, and finally proposes some feasible approaches to the language classroom teaching to better facilitate students’ learning and use of foreign language by providing a sample class for illustration.

Published in	Education Journal (Volume 8, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.edu.20190802.11
Page(s)	36-45
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Interactive Approach, Intensive English Reading Teaching, Learner-Centered

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Huizhen Wu

Department of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Business School, Shanghai, China
Wei Zhou

Department of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Machinery Industry School, Shanghai, China

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