ContentsForeword 1
Xu GuozhangThe Politics of the English Language:Issues toConsider in the Chinese Context 1 1
Wang ZuoliangChina s Modernization and Its English Language Needs 2
Richard W.BaileySome Problems of Chinese Education as Seen Throughthe Eyes of a Foreigner 29
David CrookAbstraction,Actuality and the Conditions of Relevance 39
H G WiddowsonTowards a More Holistic View of Language,LanguageLearning and the Language Learner 47
Li XiaojuThe Development of a Research Agenda for EnglishLanguage Educators 63
G.Richard TuckerThe Communicative Approach:Our Debt and Obligationto It 80
Sun LiTeaching Applied Linguistics in China 98
Theodore S.RodgersSocial Psychological Aspects of English LanguageLearning in China 115
Gui ShichunSome Insights from Sociolinguistics and TheirApplication to English Language Teaching in China 138
Zheng RongxuanWhy Bother about Culture in ELT? 151
Hu WenzhongTransferred Patterns,Meanings and strategies:ChineseSubstratum Influence on English LanguageAcquisition 163
John PlattPragmatic Failure of the Chinese Learners inCommunication with English Native Speakers 185
Yan Zhuang,He ZiranLiterature in English:An Integral Part of EFLCurriculum 199
Du RuiqingOn Syllogisms and Syllabuses 210
Alan MaleyThe Design of a New Syllabus—A Case Report 227
Yang HuizhongPrinciples of Language Curriculum Design 239
Shen Shuhong,Wu yi anA Suggested Curriculum for the English Departments inChi na s Normal Universities—Based on a ComparativeAnalysis of the Second-language Curricula of ThreeForeign Universities 255
Zhang XinweiProduction of ELT Materials for Chinese Learners—Evolution or Revolution 264
Li GuanyiEncouraging Oral Activities for Chinese Students atthe Tertiary Level:A Workshop Report 275
Gail Schaefer FuReading With a Purpose—a Re-assessment of theEnglish Reading Programs Adopted in China 287
Wu ZhaoyiDeveloping an EAP-oriented Vocabulary for JuniorSecondary Schools:An Empirical Study 299
Cheung Yat-shingGuiding Intermediate EFL Students to Acquire Vocabulary 320
Gu Gueiqing,Qian YuanNew Trends in the Teaching of Writing in ESL/EFL 329
Jack C.RichardsAcquisition of a Better Writing Style(With Comparisonand Contrast as Point of Departure) 344
Yuan ShiyunCohesive Devices in the Paragraph ContrastiveChinese-English Use 356
Chun-Jo Liu,Betty Wallace RobinettA Skill-based Approach to Frenshman English—AnExperimental Report— 366
Yue MeiyunStudent-directed Learning—Report of an Experimentin Conducting an Experiment for the Real Wor ld 384
Yu FongyingFrom General English to EST:A Proposal to ReformChina s Service English Teaching 421
Zhou ZhijianThe University of East Asia/South China NormalUniversity Joint Open Diploma in English:ASelf-study Programme in the Chinese Context 434
Matt MacmillanA Video-Computer Aided English Course 450
Huang JunTraining Teachers and Training Teacher-Trainers 463
Jaspar UtleyPreparing Better EFL Teachers in China:Toward anIntegrated Curriculum 472
Zuo HuanqiOrganizing Committee of the Symposium 481
List of Participants 481