This book is an
attempt to look inside the
teaching and learning of
Englishlanguage in
Chinese secondary
schools. It is a product
of the work done aspart
of my doctoral studies at
the University of Sheffield
in the UK. In the
past,many researchers
have identified a variety
of problems militating
against theeffective
teaching and learning of
English in Chinese
secondary
schools.However, very
few of them explored
recent changes and
developments inEnglish
Language Teaching
(ELT) in China. I was
motivated to embark
onthis work by the lack
of research that explicitly
focused on the teaching
ofEnglish in both private
and public Chinese
secondary schools. My
objectiveis to bring to
light the teacher's role in
the English language
teaching andlearning
process and to highlight
some of the factors
bedevilling the
effectiveteaching and
learning of English within
the Chinese secondary
schools' context.Apart
from identifying the
problems and finding out
the changes in the field,
Ibelieve that it is also
important to find a way
to address these
problems inorder to
further develop the ELT
curriculum.
目录
CHAPTER 1 Introduction
1.1 Background of the study
1.1.1 Chinese school system
1.1.2 ELTin China
1.1.3 My learning experience
1.1.4 Prior research
1.1.5 Teacher education in China
1.2 Problem statement
1.3 Aim of the study
1.4 Research questions
1.5 Significance of the study
1.6 Structure of the study
1.7 Positionality
CHAPTER 2 Literature Review
2.1 Introduction
2.2 ELT in China
2.2.1 Examination-oriented system
2.2.2 Teaching approach
2.2.3 Traditional grammar-oriented teaching approach
2.2.4 The CLT approach
2.2.5 Traditional role of teacher and student
2.2.6 Learning motivation in language education
2.2.7 High percentage of rural areas
2.3 Learner autonomy in language learning
2.4 Teacher development / Professional development
2.4.1 Initial teacher education
2.4.2 In-service teacher education
2.4.3 The development of teacher autonomy
2.5 Summary
CHAPTER 3 Research Methodology and Ethical Considerations
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Theoretical framework
3.3 Research design
3.3.1 Critique of qualitative research
3.3.2 Criteria for judging the quality of a quantitative study
3.3.3 Alternative criteria for qualitative research
3.3.4 Authenticity
3.4 Research strategy
3.4.1 The advantage of case study
3.4.2 The justifications of case study
3.4.3 Participants of the study
3.4.4 Research sampling
3.4.5 Ethical considerations
3.5 Research methods
3.5.1 Semi-structured interview
3.5.2 Observation
3.5.3 Documentary research
3.6 Data presentation
3.6.1 Recorded and transcription
3.6.2 Translation of data
