Reform on the Developing Mode of Pre-service English Teachers in Comprehensive University
- DOI
- 10.2991/icmesd-18.2018.88How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Reform, Pre-service English teacher, Comprehensive University.
- Abstract
Under the “new normal” situation, China is walking into the world at a fast speed and demanding many qualified talents who master English, which make English education become more important than ever before. Pre-service English teacher education plays a decisive role in improving the quality of English education. However, the pre-service English teachers trained by normal colleges and universities cannot meet the demand of the rapidly develop society. After introducing some approbatory modes of pre-service English teacher education at home and abroad, based on the essential qualities of a qualified English teacher and the interview records from six pre-service teachers, the paper analyses the shortcomings of the recent developing mode of pre-service English teachers in comprehensive university in terms of enrollment, curriculum and students’ management. To improve the quality of pre-service English education, the paper also put forward some corresponding suggestions, including setting strict admission rules and flexible exiting systems, diversifying curriculum and teaching practice, strengthening the contacts between university and elementary and secondary schools. All these suggestions are helpful to reform the development mode of pre-service English teachers and promote national English education.
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- © 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Rui Huang AU - Zhi-Jiang Zhang AU - Yi-Chun Chen AU - Ping Wu PY - 2018/05 DA - 2018/05 TI - Reform on the Developing Mode of Pre-service English Teachers in Comprehensive University BT - Proceedings of the 4th Annual International Conference on Management, Economics and Social Development (ICMESD 2018) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 502 EP - 509 SN - 2352-5428 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icmesd-18.2018.88 DO - 10.2991/icmesd-18.2018.88 ID - Huang2018/05 ER -