义务教育课程改革.ppt

Effective and Efficient English Education ——义务教育课程改革 张连仲 全国基础外语教育研究培训中心常务副理事长 教育部《义务教育国家英语课程标准》 研制核心组成员 Going global “The future of English lies in the hands of the Chinese and Indians.” English Next-David Gradoll ---English as an international language， as a lingua Franca，the implication：more learners，more varieties，learning for international communication， not to become native； ---information era has made English one of the basic skills for social and personal development； 与时俱进的外语教学思想 改革和传承的关系，成绩与问题（历史、辨证地看待外语教学的发展与现状） 母语、二语和外语教育 外语学习的人文性和工具性 语言能力与知识的辨证关系 外语教育是系统工程，关键在于理念的转变 改革是渐进的过程，“课程标准”提出的发展目标需要逐步实现，反对无所作为或操之过急 Did you know . . . We are living in information age. There are over 2.7 billion searches performed on Google each month. There are about 540,000 words in the English language . . . About 5 times as many as during Shakespeare’s time. More than 3,000 new books are published . . . Daily. It’s estimated that a week’s worth of New York Times . . . Contains more information than a person was likely to come across in a lifetime in the 18th century. Knowledge expands: Aristotle: knows 90% knowledge of his time Newton: 60% knowledge De Vinci: 30% Darwin: 10% We in the 21st century?…. 0.002 to 0.004%, And the figure is decreasing, as the amount of knowledge is increasing at high speed. Now you know . . . It is IMPORTANT TO LEARN AND BE ABLE TO USE AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE IN THE INFORMATION AGE From Knowledge to Knowledge “ Now”ledge To create your own knowledge The year 3000 What will life be like? Your answer? Use your imagination. The other kids’ answer: English as the No.1 Foreign Language Chinese population: 1.3 billion in the year of 2006, among them, there are: over 100 million primary school pupils; over 80 million junior high students; over 24 million senior high students; over 20 million college students. Most of them are learning a foreign language--- in