A Lesson Design With an English Textbook for College Students in China

Yang HAN

Abstract


This paper focuses on the design of teaching a section chosen from an English textbook to Chinese college students. The criteria for evaluating language lesson designs are the communicative effect and students’ participation. This is chosen according to changing beliefs about language and various language teaching approaches as well as Larsen-Freeman’s form-meaning-use framework.


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Lesson design; College English textbook; China

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