刘倩编写的这本《中国环境下的英语教学》是一部论述英语作为外语的教学理论和方法的专著。全书共分十章。第一章引言，指出区分ESL和EFL的必要性，简单描述当今我国英语教学的特点，并介绍《中国环境下的英语教学》的写作意图及结构。第二章回顾外语教学法主要流派及其对我国英语教学的影响。第三章讨论英语作为外语的教学指导方针。第四章从造成听力理解困难的原因入手讨论听力教学的原则和方法。第五章讨论交际能力及培养准确、流利、得体地讲英语的口语教学活动。第六章强调阅读不仅是一项语言技能同时又是语言学习的手段，用较大篇幅探讨阅读教学的目的、阅读材料的选择和阅读教学活动的设计。第七章指出写有助于巩固所学内容并且最能够提高语言准确性，在写作教学中要做到结果法和过程法的平衡。第八章强调语法教学应包括形式、意义和运用三个方面，语法的呈现既可用归纳法又可用演绎法。第九章讨论词汇教学，强调词汇呈现及练习应在语境中进行，肯定翻译在呈现词义中的作用。第十章讨论目前英语教与学中的几个问题：教师的灵活性、合作学习及死记硬背问题。

前言

Chapter 1 Introduction

 1.1 The necessity of distinguishing between ESL andEFL

 1.2 Features of current English teaching in China

 1.3 The purpose and organization of the book

Chapter 2 Language Teaching Approaches and English Teach-ing in China

 2.1 The Grammar-Translation Approach

 2.2 The Direct Approach

 2.3 The Audio-lingual Approach

 2.4 The Situational Approach

 2.5 Total Physical Response

 2.6 The Communicative Approach

 2.7 Task-Based Language Teaching

Chapter 3 Guidelines for EFL Classroom Teaching

 3.1 Clarifying the status of English in China

 3.2 Input, intake and output

 3.3 Focusing on both meaning and form

 3.4 Cultural awareness

 3.5 Integrating skills

 3.6 Class organization

Chapter 4 Teaching Listening

 4.1 Causes of listening comprehension difficulty

 4.2 Theories of listening and language comprehension

 4.3 Principles for teaching listening

 4.4 Types of listening activities

 4.5 Developing listening activities

Chapter 5 Teaching Speaking

 5.1 Communicative competence

 5.2 The concept of fluency

 5.3 The phases of training speaking

 5.4 Speaking activities

 5.5 Topics for practicing speaking

Chapter 6 Teaching Reading

 6.1 The aims of teaching reading

 6.2 The knowledge required for reading comprehension

 6.3 The interactive process of reading

 6.4 Methods of teaching reading

Chapter 7 Teaching Writing

 7.1 The role of writing in language learning

 7.2 The aims of teaching writing

 7.3 Approaches to teaching writing

 7.4 Techniques for teaching writing

 7.5 Correcting students' writing

Chapter 8 Teaching Grammar

 8.1 The status of grammar in English learning

 8.2 The grammar framework

 8.3 Presenting grammatical items

 8.4 Practising grammar

 8.5 Sentence analysis

 8.6 Error analysis

Chapter 9 Teaching Vocabulary

 9.1 The aims of learning vocabulary

 9.2 Issues concerning vocabulary teaching and learning

 9.3 Techniques for presenting word meaning

 9.4 Consolidating vocabulary

 9.5 Vocabulary and extensive reading

Chapter 10 A Few Issues in English Teaching and Learning

 10.1 Flexibility in teaching

 10.2 Cooperative learning

 10.3 Rote learning

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