Author(s)

Ming Cai ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Foreign Languages, Xinyang Agriculture and Forestry University, Xinyang, China

Corresponding Author

Ming Cai

ABSTRACT

This thesis intends to make a detailed comparison among the six influential foreign language pedagogic schools, with the aim to acquire some illumination for English teaching and find the most suitable way for English teaching in China. After the analyses, the thesis concludes that a suitable way for English teaching in China is to combine different pedagogic methods and approaches together and take advantage of the merits of each method.

KEYWORDS

Foreign language pedagogic schools, China’s English teaching, Illumination

CITE THIS PAPER

Ming, C., Major Foreign Language Pedagogic Schools in Western Countries and Their Illumination on English Teaching in China. Advances in Educational Technology and Psychology (2018) 2: 134-141.

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