The Connection of English Teaching between Middle School and College 高中英语与大学英语的衔接.doc

The Connection of English Teaching between Middle School and College Abstract As an old saying goes, a good beginning means half success. The first year of college plays a key role in the adaptation from the stage of middle school to college and determines to certain extent the whole study during their college life. However, with the reform of English teaching, the problems produced by the disconnection of English teaching between middle school and college become more obviously. This article briefly introduces the reforms of English teaching in middle school and college, the analysis of disconnection between English teaching in middle school and college, some differences in English learning between middle school and college. Also, it demonstrates some tactics of English teaching connection between middle school and college, and some teaching methods used mainly in college English teaching. Key word: connection, differences, teaching methods I. The Reform of English Teaching Model In order to solve the transition and connection between English in universities and middle schools successfully, and improve students’ comprehensive abilities of using English when they go to universities, English curriculum in universities and middle schools has been carried on a series of reforms to adapt to the demands of social development. A. The Reform of English Teaching in Middle School There are some points illustrated in 《The Standard of General English Curriculum in High School》which is issued by National Education Department: 1) English course in high school should be based on students’ cognitive characteristics and their need of study development. We should attaching importance to improving students’ abilities of getting and dealing with information, and analyzing and solving problems in using English, and at the same time developing students’ basic abilities of using English. So students can think and express in English consciously. 2) The key of reform lies in training studen