An Introduction to English Teaching, a Textbook for English Educators  
              
              
              Authors: Grace Hui-chin Lin & Paul Shih-chieh Chien  
              
                             (Lin: PhD Texas A&M University, College Station, Master of Science, USC)  
                             (Chien: PhD Cambridge University, Education Master, Harvard University)  
              
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             Dr. Grace Hui Chin Lin 
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             Dr. Paul Shih Chieh Chien 
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             Publication Date: April, 25 , 2010   
              
             ISBN: 978-3-639-22731-4  
             Copy right © 2010 by the author Grace Hui Chin Lin and Publisher: 
             Saarbrücken, Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG 
              
             Total page number: 237 
                     
                     
                     
                     
                                                                    
                     
                                                                                        
                                                                    
                     
                     
                                                                                                  Grace Hui-chin Lin 
                                                                                              Paul Shih-chieh Chien 
                     
                    Translated from Grace Hui Chin Lin’s   
                     A Case Study about Communication Strategies 
                                                    An Introduction to English
                     
                                                                                               Teaching
                                                                     A Textbook for English Educators
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                                                  
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                                                                                      VDM Verlag Dr. Muller
                                                                                   ISBN: 978-3-639-227314
                     
                     
                     
                     
                                                                              
           
           
           Teaching English became a professional and academic field from a half century ago. 
         Many researches for teacher education and teacher training have been conducted in order to 
         raise the English as well as the foreign language trainers’ knowledge and capabilities in 
         carrying out effective lessons in classroom. During second millennium of speedily 
         globalized world, teaching English as a common communication tool has become even 
         more significant than half century ago. For introducing the history, research methodologies, 
         and teaching pedagogies of teaching English as a Second/ Foreign/International Language, 
         this book is composed as a reference for present English teachers under trend of 
         globalization.  
           This book can be a study, which deals with the preparations and professional 
         developments for professional English teachers, which contains diverse ideologies for 
         teaching pedagogies. Based on sufficient theoretical schools of Teaching English, provided 
         by this book, you might be able to find appropriate pedagogies of teaching and 
         methodologies of conducting researches and fieldworks in order to interprete the 
         terminology of English Teaching according to your own personality. At the same time, you 
         will obtain an access to comprehend the other English teachers’ particular ways of teaching. 
            
           Beside indentifying the terms and types of Teaching English as a Second Language 
         and as a Foreign Language, this book explains for you what are the general issues in the 
         area of teaching English. The history of teaching English from the Ancient time to the 
         beginning of our third millennium will be described. Traditionally, how English were 
         originally taught and alternatively it was recommended in the present time will be 
         mentioned in this book. After reading this book, you should be able to acquire most of the 
         important familiarities of this academic ground and updated theoretical and empirical 
         discoveries of English Teaching.   
            
           Grace Hui Chin Lin is a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University, College Station and a 
         M.S. from University of Southern California. Paul Shih-chieh Chien is a Ph.D. from 
         Cambridge University and an Ed.M. from Harvard University.     
            
           ISBN: 978-3-639-22731-4 
                                     
                                                                                            
          TABLE OF CONTENTS                                                                                                                Page 
           
                                                                                                                                                                               
           Chapter I English Teaching………………………………………………………….……1    
              1. Terms and types…………………………………………………………………….……1 
                    1. 1 English outside English-speaking Countries…………………..…………………3 
                    1. 2 English within English-speaking Countries……………………………….……5 
                    1. 3 Variety of English……………………………………………………….……6 
                    1. 4 Simplified English……………………..………………………………….……8 
               2. English on the Globe of Second Millennium…………………….……………….……9 
                    2. 1 Global Village ……………………….………………………………….…….10 
                    2. 2 Global Education, Foundation of Contacting the World.………….……11 
                             2. 3 Global Education: English Vs. Diverse Cultures……….……………….……13 
                    2. 4  Example of Taiwan and Our Global Village…………...……………….……14 
                                                               
              References………………………………………………………….……………..….……19 
           Chapter II   Language Acquisition and Teaching Methodologies…………………………21 
                  1.    Three Schools of Language Acquisitions …………………………….…….……22 
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                    1. 1 First School, from 19  century, 1940s, to 1950s,  
                                                               
                           Structuralism and Behaviorism Schools …………………………………..22 
                                                       
                    1. 2 Second school, from 1960s to 1970s,  
                                                           
                        Rationalism and Cognitive Psychology Schools……………………….23 
                                                   
                    1. 3 Third school, Constructivism from 1980s to 2000……………………23 
                                                       
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              2.  Pedagogies and Methodologies in the 19  Century……………...…..…….…24 
                                                   
                                2. 1 Grammar Translation Method…………………………….…………...…….…24 
                                                  
                                2.  2  Natural  Approach ……………………………………………………………24 
                                                  
                                2.  3  Direct Method  ……………………………………………..……….…….…24 
                                                  
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