Reflections on the Development of the College English Teachers in the Age of Curriculum Reform

Abstract

Since 2002, the Ministry of Education has initiated the college English teaching reform in 180 universities and colleges and it has brought about a series of deep changes which have exerted a profound influence on the learning and teaching habits of the college English students and teachers and urged them to reflect on and pay a close attention to all the factors relevant with the college English teaching. The increasingly developed intelligence of the information technology makes it possible for the technological teaching methods to be widely used in the knowledge-intensive teaching academy. There are many new characteristics of the college English teaching in the information age, such as informationization, individuation and the students’ subject status. College English teachers are faced with both challenges and opportunities. The development of the college English teachers should be promoted from the following aspects: reevaluate the activities of college English teaching, to be compound teachers of ESP and EAP through cooperative teaching and school-based training, regard teaching and researching cooperation teams as a creative way to explore college English teaching.