2011, 10, 21
台南一中
英語的功能與學習效益
鍾榮富
南台科技大學應用英語系
rfchung@mail.nsysu.edu.tw
講題大綱 (outline)
1. The function of English
2. English: Present and Future
3. Purposes of learning English
4. Learning English for the time being
5. Concluding remarks
1. Function of English
a. English in communication
b. English in use:
i. Getting more knowledge
ii. Finding a better job
iii. Self esteem
Polonius: What do you read, my lord?
Hamlet: Words, words, words.
Polonius: What is the matter, my lord?
Hamlet: Between who?
Polonius: I mean, the matter that you read, my lord.
Hamlet: Slander, sir: for the satirical rogue says
here that old men have gray beards, that heir faces
are wrinkled, their eyes purging thick amber and
plum-tree gum, and that they have a plentiful lack of
wit, together with most weak hams: all which, sir,
though I most powerfully and potently believe, yet I
hold it not honesty to have it thus set down; for
yourself, sir, should grow old as I am, if like a crab you
could go backward.
(Hamlet, Act II, Scene ii.)
Example 2:
American: Thank your for your instruction today.
Well, your English is so nice!
A-bin: No! No! No! I need to learn more.
American: Well, indeed. You speak very good
English.
A-bin: No! Not enough. I have to practice more.
American: But yes. Your English is good enough.
A-bin: No.
American: Yes it is. What you should say is
“Thank you.”？
English: present and future
1. Native English
2. English as a second language
3. English as a foreign language
East Africa
3. The future of English learning in
Taiwan
1. Speaking and listening
2. Pronunciation-based listening
a. Eggs and chicks: pronunciation or
listening comes first?
b. Multi-level and multi-lingual classes
Speech Chain
a. To know what you are trying to get
b. To know how to begin with learning
A test
a. ear vs year
b. east vs. yeast
Sound spectrographs
4. Procedure of listening learning
a. Minimal pairs
b. Identification task
c. Discrimination task
d. Isolation task
e. Sorting task
f. Stress and Rhythm
5. Concluding Remarks
a. To know what you are trying to get
b. To know how to begin with learning
Thank you for your attention