| Groups Items | CG | EG |
| Teaching Content | Priority to English language knowledge, interpretation of the text content for students acquiring language knowledge | Priority to experimental design knowledge and linguistic knowledge as complementary |
| Schedules | 2 hours for the teacher’s teaching reading and writing (the teacher explaining language points, students answering a few questions); 2 hours for non-English-majored graduate students listening to listening material from textbooks and College English Test (CET) Level 6 | 2 hours for the teacher’s teaching reading and writing (the teacher explaining related chapters, at the same time, students exploring chapters content and design of experiment in English); 2 hours for listening (via Internet to download audio and video data to discuss design of experiment) |
| Language Material | Domestic non-English-majored graduate students textbooks and College English Test (CET) Level 6 papers | Original English textbooks, English audio and video materials, and English programs on the network |
| Teaching Language | Combination of Chinese and English | English |
| Teaching Activities | Priority to the explanation, and little interaction between teachers and students | Teacher’s explanation as complementary; more presentations and discussions between students; Interaction between teachers and students; Communication between students |
| Teaching Means | Reading and writing lessons in regular classrooms; listening lessons in language-learning lab | All the lessons in classrooms with network and multimedia equipment |