J4 ›› 2014, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (1): 84-87.

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Content-based Instruction and Regionalized Materials of English Reading Courses
for College English Majors

  

  1. 1. Department of Foreign Languages, Chuxiong Normal University, Chuxiong, Yunnan 675000, China; 2. College of Foreign Languages, Yunnan Nationalities University, Kunming 650500, China; 3.College of Foreign Languages, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, China
  • Received:2013-04-18 Revised:2013-10-01 Online:2014-01-15 Published:2014-01-15

Abstract:

The present skill-oriented philosophy of reading courses largely hinders the development of English majors' integrated reading ability, because this practice puts much emphasis on language forms, but pays less attention to meanings and functions. This will badly slow down the increase of English majors' subject knowledge. In order to solve the problem, within the theoretical framework of content-based instruction theory, the author discusses the possibility of replacing the skill-oriented teaching materials with regional knowledge of China- ASEAN.

Key words: English reading teaching, content-based instruction, regional knowledge

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