A Probe Into CLT Pedagogical Implications for English Majors in Mainland China: A Holistic Educational Paradigm

Abstract

Notwithstanding the tremendous progress of foreign language teaching (FLT) and foreign language education (FLE) in Mainland China, there still remain large-scale margins as reflective argumentation on the issue of methodology, pedagogy, and educational paradigm to probe into. Among each respective margin concerning this FLT and FLE, this paper deepens the aspects of methodological approach of communicative language teaching (CLT) and holistic educational paradigm. Furthermore, this paper elaborates the current dominant teaching status and makes discussion on the topic of harmony between English teaching and using, taking Basic English course for English majors in Mainland China as the case study.