Presenter: Johnny Chu 瞿聖強 老師 Date: Oct. 19, 2011

1. Why using “All English” to Teach? 2. The Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) a). The West b). The East 3. The Pros. & Cons. of using “All English” in teaching 4. The Efficiency of “All English” teaching style 5. The Identity of “What is the perfect English”? 6. The different ways of teaching a). The ESP Project-based learning method vs. The traditional learning method b). The characteristics of the ESP Project-based course 7. The ESP Classroom Setting (Photos) 1

1. The Communicative Language Teaching CLT a). Popular and Useful under the ESL teaching environment b). Authentic Materials, Role-playing, Problem-solving C). Student’s native language is not important at this time 2. The Ministry of Education in Taiwan also started to promote the CLT method around The general public in Taiwan worship English speakers a). The concepts of academic achievement b). Higher education C). Higher social status 2

1. Is the CLT style really the answer for Taiwan? a). In the West – Individualism Creativities Self-expression Social interaction The ESL environment b). In the East – Culture differences Society values The sociolinguistic competence from trainers The EFL environment 2. The initial level differences among students a). Beginners b). Intermediate c). Advance 3

Category Pros. Cons. Explanation Learning more words and phrasesHard to explain Listening Learning by listeningDon’t understand anything Speaking Learning by talking and using Eng. Silent Reading Getting use to seeing all English words Afraid of looking at anything that is written in English Writing Practice makes perfect. The more you write, the better you will get. Don’t know where to start or how to start write anything 4

1. The key elements of an “All English” teaching style Student’s native language and their native culture values are the key elements of their learning abilities. (including learning English) 2. Post-communicative teaching method” ( 後溝通式教學法 ). Prof. Swan once talked about the “Post-communicative teaching method”. And it was pointed out that using students’ native language as the bases for teaching English might be very helpful in terms of resource. To help their basic communication knowledge and skills. ex). Using the knowledge and skills that they have with their own native language and then apply it to the new language or the new concepts (e.g. awareness, memories, and creativities) 3. The upsides of using “Interlanguage” to teach English Using Chinese to teach English sometimes can speed up the process of learning 5

1. Globalization of “Using Perfect English” 2. Regional English – ex. Siglish, Hinglish, Chinglish 3. The Perfect Pronunciation 6

Category ESP Courses Traditional Courses Setting A free, flexible setting, and seatingThe traditional individual seats Members Small groupsIndividuals Learning Style Student-centered and project- based Teacher-centered and textbook- based Teaching Methods Both teacher and students learn together. Teachers become consultants and advisors Teachers dominate the class. Students learn from teachers and text books. Working Style Students learn to trust group members, having more responsibilities towards learning and grading. Students learn to trust themselves only. Individualism is highly practiced. In- Class Management Both teachers and students are responsiblable for anything that happened in-class. Usually, only teachers are responsible for any in-class issues, problems, or answers. Grading System Group points and individual grades are all very important. Students only need to worry about their own grades. 7 The ESP Learning Method vs. The Traditional Learning method

1.The main characteristics of the ESP course: The teacher acts as a consultant and guidance The Teacher does not have the answers for everything The Teacher can also learn from the students as well No traditional examinations No strict instructions, rules, and orders Countless researches Book reports Presentations with supports, ideas or answers 2. The teacher needs to give students a helpful and clear guidance and motivates the students into their topics. (This is very important) 8

1. Researching Abilities 2. Language Abilities 3. Presenting Abilities 4. Autonomous Learning 5. Pragmatic Competence 6. Creativities 7. Adopt “self-learn” Abilities 8. Improving interpersonal relationship and skills 9. Assimilate others’ strong points and exclude their weaknesses 10. Easily to spot out who are the leaders and who are the followers 11. From imitation to creation 12. Enhance students’ learning attitude, interests, and their happiness of learning English 9

Instructor giving out instruction 10

Discussion 11

Working together 12

A Group-work Setting 13

Thank You For Listening! 14