Author(s)

Song Wang, Xiangfa Zeng

Corresponding Author

Xiangfa Zeng

Abstract

The defects of the traditional English teaching mode are exposed day by day, so it is imperative to reform the traditional English teaching mode. In the process of college English teaching reform, there are still some teachers who hold conservative ideas and have a negative attitude towards the reform. There are a lot of defects in the teaching methods of traditional English teaching. The evaluation system of English education is unreasonable, the level of teachers needs to be improved, the aims of English teaching are not very clear, and the teaching mode is too old-fashioned. In view of the defects in traditional English teaching, this paper studies the reform of English teaching methods in order to cultivate practical English talents who serve the economy and society directly, to strengthen the teaching of specialized English, and to improve the listening ability of students. Students’ interest in learning, their enthusiasm for participating in classroom learning and their autonomy of learning after class are enhanced by means of reforming English teaching methods. In order to meet the needs of practical English teaching, it is required to strengthen the cultivation of English communicative competence and the learning of specialized English knowledge and emphasize the application of basic theoretical knowledge and the cultivation of students’ practical ability.

Keywords

Defects, Reform, Teaching Methods, Specialized English