高等教育用英语怎么说,英语教育的发展趋势，从教育咨询师的角度说。 5分

高等教育用英语怎么说,英语教育的发展趋势，从教育咨询师的角度说。 5分

8 Current Trends in Teaching and Learning EFL/ESL
Trend 1: Change in the Goal of Teaching English
In my opinion, there are two key changes in the purpose of teaching English. Firstly,
as Penny Ur (2009) noted the goal is “to produce fully competent
English-knowing bilinguals rather than imitation native speakers.” As I
mentioned in a previous blog, the purpose is not to aspire to become
native speakers of English, because we are already native speakers of
our own L1, but to focus on English as a means of communication.
Secondly, English is not viewed as an end in itself but as a means to
learn content such as science and mathematics. Content and language
integrate learning (CLIL) is an approach where the English teacher uses
cross-curricular content and so the students learn both the content and
English.
Trend 2: Early Start in Teaching English
Many countries have started teaching English in earlier grades at
school. For example, since 2011, Saudi Arabia and Vietnam have been
introducing English from Grade 4. Also in 2011, Japan introduced English
in the primary stage, and, in 2012, Dubai introduced English in the KG
stage instead of Grade 1.
Trend 3: Change in the Approach to Teaching Culture
Both the local or native and international culture dominate in English
language classes. There is less focus on teaching the culture of native
speakers of English unless there is a specific purpose for doing so.
Trend 4: Changing View of an English Teacher
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