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 (for EG1 and EG2) |
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) (for EG1 and EG2); 2 hours for listening (via Internet to download audio and video data to discuss design of experiment) (for EG2) |
Language material | Domestic non-English-majored graduate students textbooks and College English Test(CET) Level 6 papers | Original English textbooks (for EG1 and EG2), English audio and video materials, and English programs on the network (for EG2) |
Teaching language | Combination of Chinese and English | English ((for EG1 and EG2)) |
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 (for EG1 and EG2) |
Teaching means | Reading and writing lessons in regular classrooms; listening lessons in language-learning lab | Reading and writing lessons in regular classrooms; listening lessons in language-learning lab (for EG1) All the lessons in classrooms with network and multimedia equipment (for EG2) |