2016 Tung Hua Day 精采講座摘要
Topic 1： Communicative Competencies for the 21st Century
If our goal for English learners is the ability to understand written and oral text and to successfully engage in conversation and discussion, we need to consider the competencies they need to achieve that goal. Linguistic competence, while important, is unfortunately no guarantee of one’s ability to understand or communicate in spoken English. When we focus on competencies, we pay attention to what learners are expected to "do" with the language they are learning. For example, the Common European Framework for Reference (CEFR) bases its "Can Do" statements on the following sub-categories of communicative competence: linguistic competence, sociolinguistic competence, and pragmatic competence. In this workshop, the presenter will demonstrate how developing specific competencies can result in learners’ increased success in all four skills.
About the presenter: Allen Ascher
Allen Ascher served as a foreign expert at the Beijing Second Foreign Language Institute where he was responsible for teacher training and curriculum development as well as teaching listening and writing. In addition to teaching English at all levels at the City University of New York, he was academic director of the intensive English program at Hunter College, and he taught in the teaching certificate program at the New School. Mr. Ascher was also an ELT publisher responsible for publication of ELT materials for all ages. He is co-author of the award-winning Top Notch and Summit series, and he wrote the "Teaching Speaking" module of Teacher Development Interactive, an online multimedia teacher-training program, as well as other materials for adults and teens. Mr. Ascher has an MA in Applied Linguistics from Ohio University and is a frequent presenter at professional conferences around the world.