| Since the reform and opening up, with the upgrading of China’s national strength andinternational exchanges, English as a world language has become necessary in all types ofbasic quality and special skills. In the current Chinese society, English teaching has blendedinto our current education system, and English becomes an important common requiredcourse which is set up for all types of schools across the country. Especially the institution ofhigher education, with maximum number of credits, carries the important task of training allkinds of high-quality talentsBut due to the problems of college English teaching, it has suffered the criticism formany years. Our country and university has invested a lot of manpower and materialresources, at the same time students have put a lot of time and effort, the result has not beenvery satisfactory. Their understanding on culture insight which is behind the language of theEnglish-speaking countries civilization is not improved significantly. The reason for theseproblems, in addition to the quality of English teachers, teaching methods and students’interest in learning, teaching materials as the blueprint of the university have a directinfluence on college English teachingSince the foundation of the PRC, our country has arisen different kinds of textbooks infive different historical periods and each has its own specific writing historical background,writing principles and features. Using text analysis and documentary method, we can analyzedifferent versions of college English teaching materials, to find fundamental problems of thecurrent college English teaching material through a detailed analysis of the historical text,Teachers and researchers could sum up experience and lesson, provide recommendations onthe research and development of college English teaching materials.On the basis of our current university English textbooks, we have an analysis of theseveral reform measures, including the preparation of the theoretical system, practical skills ofEnglish in order to carry out one Guide Multiple textbook. And we ought to pay attention todiversity, knowledge, authenticity, three-dimensional teaching materials selection and therelationship between compiling and publishing... |
