Evaluations of Learner-centered and Topic-based Approach of New College English

摘要

The purpose of this thesis is to find out the applicability and the acceptability of New College English in college English learning.This study is based on a survey that involved 2437 students from 14 universities.These university freshmen and sophomores have rated NCE on items gleaned from the macrocosmic and microcosmic perspectives.The students'portrait of this set of textbooks is that NCE is developed with a focus on the learners,that is learner-centredness;it is implemented and managed according to the needs of the learners and effective second language learning and effective development of social and academic communicative competence;it is integrated with the language learning and the comprehensive development of the students'abilities;it achieves a highly appreciated balance between the four language skills,and integrate them so well that work in one skill area helps the others;it provides a climate that encourages students to be active agents in their learning and the teacher acts as a guide but not a controller and it also achieves an acceptable balance between knowledge about the language and practive in using the language.The study reveals that more efforts should be made to encourage teachers to update their concepts of language teaching and improve the relationship between teachers and students,that is,more attention should be paid to the affective factors of the learners.

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英文文摘

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Backgrounds and Rtionale of This Study

1.2 Overview of This Thesis

Chapter 2 Pedagogic Rationale for the Research

2.1 Materials and Evaluation

2.2 Second Language Acquisition and Communicative Language Teaching Approach

2.2.1 Second Language Acquisition

2.2.2Communicative Language Teaching Approach

2.3 Learner-Centeredness

2.3.1 Learning Motivation

2.3.2 Needs analysis

2.3.3 Individual Differences

2.3.4 Learning Style

Chapter 3 The Research

Stage 1 Focusing on the Study

3.1.1 Identifying the Problem

3.1.2 Focus and Perspective of This Evaluation

Stage 2 Data Collection

3.2.1 Subjects

3.2.2 Sampling

3.2.3Procedure

3.2.4 Sorting Rules for the Statistics

Stage 3 Statistical Research

3.3.1 Frequency(For Details,AppendixⅡ)

3.3.2 Comparison Between the Key Universities and the Common Universities

3.3.3 Comparison between A and Z

3.3.4 Correlation between Learning Style and Evaluations of NCE

Stage 4 Reliability of this Questionnaire

Chapter 4 Conclusion

AppendixⅠ《新编大学英语》学生问卷调查

AppendixⅡ《新编大学英语》学生问卷调查的选项百分比结果

AppendixⅢ

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