Enhancing Sensitivity to Human Needs: Whole Language Application

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Title:	Enhancing Sensitivity to Human Needs: Whole Language Application
Authors:	李利德;Li, Li-te
Contributors:	淡江大學英文學系
Date:	1997-05
Issue Date:	2012-12-03 21:37:59 (UTC+8)
Publisher:	臺北市：文鶴出版公司
Abstract:	This paper asks whether EFL teaching/learning can go beyond the structure-and-test-driven way of learning, and address the universal human needs by a meaning-and-discussion-oriented learning approach. Using college students as an example, this paper presents a discussion of applying Whole Language concepts in the EFL setting, teaching strategies, syllabus design, and generating discussion. The purpose is to examine whether EFL learners can be encouraged and motivated through this transactional learning. By using thematic unit study, relevant reading materials, well-designed discussion, and risk-free environment Whole Language provides, this paper shows that learners not only develop linguistic skills as well as cognitive ability but also improve their self-image and re-build self-confidence. They realize that EFL learning can also touch their hearts, their lives, and their concerns rather than just be an assignment and an academic burden. Students start learning EFL not just for exam taking; they become more sensitive to human needs and more willing to voice themselves in English.
Relation:	第十四屆中華民國英語文教學研討會英語文教學論文集=Proceedings of the fourteenth conference on English teaching and learning in the Republic of China，頁143-156
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