Reflection on college English teaching

English is a language of Indo-European family-Germanic family-West Germanic branch, which is composed of 26 letters, and the English letters originated from Latin letters. The so-called teaching reflection refers to teachers' re-understanding and rethinking of education and teaching practice, so as to sum up experiences and lessons and further improve the level of education and teaching. I have sorted out the reflection on college English teaching in the hope of helping everyone.

　 ? From primary school to university, I have studied English hard for more than ten years, but I still can't speak it when I use it. This phenomenon of "deaf-mute English" is the distress of many contemporary college students. In order to change this phenomenon, the Ministry of Education has initiated the reform of college English teaching in recent years, which is based on practice, and the principle of leading listening and speaking has also been fully reflected in the reform of College English Test Band 4 and Band 6. Responding to the reform of CET-4 and CET-6, the first set of college English textbooks in China, College English Series Textbooks for the New Century, was published in December last year, which means that college English textbooks will be completely changed. Then, as an important part of the college English teaching reform of the Ministry of Education, what changes will be made in the reform of the new generation of college English textbooks, and are there any shortcomings? What impact will the college English teaching reform based on new textbooks have on students?

Three major changes in new foreign language textbooks

Emphasis on listening, speaking, reading and speaking makes you better able to speak

According to the "College English Curriculum Requirements" promulgated by the Ministry of Education, major reforms have been carried out in undergraduate English teaching from three aspects, including changing the original focus on reading comprehension to the current focus on listening and speaking; Reform the current teaching mode and change the passive mode into a personalized and active teaching mode based on comprehensive application; Improve college students' comprehensive practical English ability in an all-round way, so that Chinese college students can basically understand English broadcasting, have simple English communication and have a certain degree of writing and translation skills when they graduate from college.

As a result, the new generation of college English textbooks and software systems have also begun to "transform", emphasizing listening and speaking, and changing from exam-oriented to practical and interesting. In the new textbook, more attention is paid to training students' listening and speaking ability, strengthening students' language norms and being more interesting. The new textbook published this time pays attention to developing learners' self-potential and cultivating students' comprehensive English application ability, especially listening and speaking ability. College English textbooks put forward the idea of "student-centered" in English teaching for the first time, focusing on cultivating students' listening and speaking ability. Moreover, the curriculum in the textbook is completely aimed at the new CET-4 and CET-6 after the reform. In the new questions of CET-4 and CET-6 after the reform, the proportion of listening part has increased from 2% to 35%. Not long ago, Zhang Yaoxue, director of Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, revealed that the Ministry of Education is designing a new CET-4 and CET-6, and the new items will increase the content of language practical ability and highlight the proportion of listening and speaking ability. "After four years, more than 6% of undergraduate graduates should solve the problem of English listening and speaking." Zhang Yaoxue said.

In order to better reflect the practicality, the content of the new textbook is also "tailor-made" according to the actual feelings, thoughts and life experiences of college students, so that students can be more familiar with the connotation of western culture and adapt to the requirements of international communication. Teaching to write job resumes, scholarship application letters, making English web pages, learning to tell English jokes, getting familiar with the ins and outs of western festivals and celebrations, and mastering the names and functions of important international organizations, these extremely practical knowledge contents that were not selected in the previous textbooks are all written into the new textbooks this time.

Make students interested in showing the beauty of the language

It is worth mentioning that the newly published set of teaching materials also has a "Enjoy English" section, which is the first time to combine English education with students' interests, so that students can feel the beauty of the English language through the teaching materials besides studying. In this regard,

Teacher Liang from the Department of Public Foreign Language Teaching of Nankai University said with deep feelings that in the past, most students thought English textbooks were boring, and there were some reasons such as the content of the selected materials was out of touch with the times, lack of interest and lack of English classics. The change in the concept of selecting materials for the new textbooks will help to change the concept that students only use English as a language tool, so that students can truly appreciate the beauty of language when learning English. In addition to the signature, this edition suggests

that British textbooks should also have a Chinese flavor

Associate Professor Liang Wei, director of the Scientific Research Center of the English Teaching Department of Nankai University, agrees with the transformation of the new textbooks, and at the same time, Teacher Liang also puts forward his own suggestions on the selection of the new generation of college English textbooks-appropriately increasing the introduction of English materials about China's local content. He said that with the deepening of cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, our students have more and more opportunities to deal with foreigners after graduation. One phenomenon needs attention: although many people can communicate with foreigners in fluent English, they are often "stuck" in introducing China's customs and traditional culture. This is because, at present, the selection of college English textbooks in China is all from the west, and we introduce western culture and customs to students more, but there is no content related to China at all. "For example, the Spring Festival is coming. What's the story of Chinese New Year in China? How to explain the customs such as eating jiaozi, setting off firecrackers and New Year's Eve dinner? Few China students can explain themselves to foreign friends in English. Therefore, the new college English textbook should consider selecting the content about the cultural differences between China and the West, so that students can know how to introduce the cultural customs of our country in English, thus avoiding misunderstandings in language application in communication. " ;