英语专业毕业论文 Internet in English Teaching and Learning in Middle School.doc

Internet in English Teaching and Learning in Middle School Abstract: The wide application of Information and Communication Technologies offers great opportunities for education. There are varieties of resources on the Internet, which the teachers can use in their English curriculum. The present paper discusses how to integrate the ICT into the curriculum for English as a foreign language in middle schools. Supported by the Input and Output theory, the author points out that the Internet should become a necessary supplementary for English teaching and learning in middle schools as the input resources and the output tools. Key words: Internet; Input; Output; English Teaching and Learning; Task-based Approach; 1. Introduction Our society is becoming an information society, in which information and communication technologies (ICT) have a great impact on society and education. With the wide application of the modern equipment and the Internet, more and more teachers are using the multimedia computers and the Internet for their teaching. We’re experimenting to integrate the ICT into our curriculum for English as a foreign language. During the training course delivered by Mr. David Eastment, I was taught the importance of communicative language teaching and the student-centered classroom. We started our experimental course in our school last year, trying to help the senior middle school students to develop new types of learning mode, which is expected to be more suitable and workable in the current situation with modern information resources. It’s important that learning to work with computers and understanding new technologies is assimilated into the curriculum and into teaching methods. But as for the moment being, we should see the Internet as a useful complement not replacement to conventional teaching. Students will improve their English speaking and writing by means of listening and reading practice with the help of the ICT. Supported by the input and output theor