英文摘要 |
Chinese has been taught as a second language in many countries, and English is considered to be a common lingua franca of the world. Thus, it is important for Chinese language teachers who are Chinese to have good command of English to handle situations related to their teachings. ''Professional English of Teaching Chinese'' is an ESP (English for specific purposes) course in the Department of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language at Chung Yuan Christian University (CYCU). It is designed to help student teachers who are going to teach Chinese abroad, especially English speaking countries, handle situations in their teachings. Based on ESP theories (Hutchinson and Waters1987, Strevens 1988, Dudley-Evans& St. John 1998), the course's objective is to facilitate student teachers' English communication skills in a variety of classroom situations when they teach Chinese in an English speaking country. The study is aimed to examine the teaching content and effectiveness as well as students' learning effectiveness of the course. For examining the content effectiveness, a questionnaire is distributed to students who are CYCU's graduated Chinese teachers and those who have finished doing their teaching practicum to collect their opinions regarding the content of the course. For the teaching and learning effectiveness, the study is based on the midterm and final evaluations of the course for further examination. From the evaluations, we can see that most of the students have positive points of view toward the teaching methods and think they have benefited from the course. |