College English Teachers' “Content-Based” Professional Development in China

Wenmin Li; Shihan Hou; Juxia Zhai

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College English Teachers' “Content-Based” Professional Development in China

Wenmin Li, Shihan Hou, Juxia Zhai

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Received: 22 July 2015 Accepted: 14 August 2015 Published: 29 August 2015

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This paper mainly discusses the necessity of, and the way to college English teachers' content-based professional development in China, one of the main conclusions drawn from the case study of a provincial education department-funded project (see footnote). It draws on the pilot project on college English teaching reform which, with action research employed, aims to figure out the problems exposed to college English teaching and looks to put forward effective ways of college English teachers’ professional development fitted into Chinese educational and economic globalization.

Published in	Communications (Volume 3, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.com.20150305.20
Page(s)	146-149
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Content-Based, Professional Development, College English, Participant Action Research, Experimental Action Research, Globalization

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Wenmin Li

Culture and Communication School, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi’an, China
Shihan Hou

Foreign Languages Department, Haojing College of Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi’an, China
Juxia Zhai

Culture and Communication School, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi’an, China

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