Reading Materials Adaption for English Language Training

• 作 者: 向萌
• 机 构: 湖北美术学院公共课部外语教研室,
• 出 处: 读与写(教育教学刊)
• 发表日期: 2012年04期
• 关键词: Training Reading authority necessity illustrate instead situations textbook prof

According to the observance of ELT(English Language Training)classes in China,the selection of reading materials becomes a big problem.Most teachers there are in a traditional way of following the textbooks,and regard texts given in those books as the sole resource of teaching materials.However,those texts are not ideal for all situations,and when there are problems,we need to make improvements instead of sticking to the authority of textbooks.In this paper the author will illustrate the necessity of adapting reading textbooks mainly in a Chinese ELT context and set forth some corresponding suggestions about adaption in different cases.

According to the observance of the ELT (English Language Training) classes in China, the selection of reading materials becomes a big problem. Most teachers there are in a traditional way of following the textbooks, and regard texts given in those books as the sole resource of teaching materials.However, those texts are not ideal for all situations, and when there are problems, we need to make improvements instead of sticking to the authority of textbooks.In this paper the author will illustrate the necessity of adapting reading textbooks mainly in a Chinese ELT context and set forth some differences suggestions about adaption in different cases.