英语文章评论
课程名称:《英语论文写作指导》
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题 目:Comments on “Oral English
Teaching Based on Interaction
Theory”
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Comments on “Oral English Teaching Based on Interaction
Theory”
From the title, we can know that the thesis is about applied linguistics. It can meet a lot of students and teachers’ needs and avoid philosophical topics or those
based on personal belief. The topic is neither too narrow nor too wide for discussion. However, the title is named inappropriately as it doesn’t sound like a thesis title. I
suggest that we modify it to be Analysis of Oral English Teaching Based on Interaction Theory. In my opinion, this title will be more suitable.
In the acknowledgements part, the writer expressed his gratitude to his supervisor, friends, classmates and his family, who had helped and supported him in this paper. He used the following words and expressions: express my gratitude to, thanks and appreciations go to, be grateful to, instead of just using thanks to. But I advise to not put I in the first word of the first sentence.
The abstract is a condensed version of a research paper that highlights the major points covered and provides readers with a brief preview of the content and scope of the writing. It is formal and impersonal. This abstract of the thesis is made up of current situation, causes and measure. Besides, this paper also aims to explore the theoretical basis, teaching principles, and some prerequisite conditions for achieving this method, and states that interactive language teaching is an interaction-based pedagogy, in which students are the center and the teacher is the guidance of the learning. However, there are too many words for the current situation in the thesis. I think it can be shortened into two sentences. Furthermore, the thesis will be more perfect if adding the meanings of the interactive language teaching.
About key words, the writer made an obvious mistake. The English key words are interaction theory, oral English teaching and method of teaching. Nevertheless, the order is utterly changed in the Chinese part. It turns out to be oral English teaching, method of teaching and interaction theory. We should be careful and avoid making such careless mistakes. In my opinion, the best order of key words may be interaction theory, method of teaching and then oral English teaching.
The introduction is to engage the reader and to explain clearly what the paper is about. This introduction providing background information, current situation and measure to solve the problem. The writer divided the introduction into two parts. The first one is a general situation, and the second one is the situation of oral English teaching in college. I find such partition is unreasonable. What is a general situation? I prefer to current situation. What’s worse, the two parts are a little repetitive. The
second part also contains something about the general situation. To my way of thinking, the introduction can be devided into three parts:the first one is the current
situation, the second one is the reasons and method to the problem, and the last one is the structure of the thesis.
In the conclusion, the writer restarted the thesis statement and looked to the future. In addition, in this sentence that more and more students will cooperate with the teacher for the purpose of improving their oral English to satisfy the need of the
economic growth, we’d better to change the teacher to the teachers and need to needs.
All the above are just my personal opinion, and I’m waiting for others to correct
or complete my review.