The implementation of module-based methodology in college english teaching

Abstract

In response to recent reforms in the National College Entrance Exam and China’s College English Curriculum Requirements issued in 2007, the research explores the module-based method college English teaching. Twenty students are recruited to participate and given extra help of one-hour long lesson each time in sixteen weeks. Enlightened by the arrangement of in-class used textbooks, the researcher distributes the 16-hour lessons into three modules: the module of five-hour vocabulary-grammar, the module of reading-writing, and the module of listening-speaking. The researches shows that this module-based can greatly stimulate students’ interest in English learning, cultivate their potentials and develop their comprehensive skills.