Optimizing the Teaching Strategies of the Novice, Proficient and Expert College English Teachers

Jiafeng Liu, Qingshun He

Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China.
Southwest University for Nationalities, Chengdu, China.

DOI: 10.4236/ce.2014.513126                

Abstract

The teaching strategy plays an important part in the effectiveness of the college English teaching. After comparing the current college English teaching strategies in China, this paper attempts to analyze the process teaching strategies and the cognitive teaching strategies of the novice, the proficient and the expert college English teachers at different teaching stages of teaching and proposes the optimizing path of the teaching strategies. This helps make up for the lack of research of enhancing the college English teaching strategies inChina.

Keywords

Teaching Strategy, College English Teacher, Optimizing Path, China

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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