大学英语第五册谁能帮我写一个缩写abstract
Theauthorisnotapreacher,andyethedoesdeliverakindofsermonhere.Whoishisaudience?Interestingly,hisaudienceisyourteachersofAdvancedEnglishasaforeignlanguage.Theauthorseekstohelpthemintheirdifficulttaskofteachingadvancedstudents,theirtaskofleadingtheirstudentstoahigherleverofabilityandfluency.Doesitencourageyoutoknowthatyouarenottheonlyonewhoisstrugglingatthisleveloflanguageacquisition?
AKindofSermonbyW.S.Fowler
ItisprobablyeasierforteachersthanforstudentstoappreciatethereasonswhylearningEnglishseemstobecomeincreasinglydifficultoncethebasicstructuresandpatternsofthelanguagehavebeenunderstood.Studentsarenaturallysurprisedanddisappointedtodiscoverthataprocesswhichoughttobecomesimplerdoesnotappeartodoso.Itmaynotseemmuchconsolationtopointoutthattheteacher,too,becomesfrustratedwhenhiseffortsappeartoproducelessobviousresults.Hefindsthatstudentswhowereeasytoteach,becausetheysucceededinputtingeverythingtheyhadbeentaughtintopractice,hesitatewhenconfrontedwiththevastuntouchedareaofEnglishvocabularyandusagewhichfallsoutsidethescopeofbasictextbooks.Heseesthemstrugglingbecausethelanguagetheythoughttheyknewnowappearstoconsistofabewilderingvarietyofidioms,clichédandacceptedphraseswithdifferentmeaningsindifferentcontexts.ItishardtoconvincethemthattheyarestillmakingprogresstowardsfluencyandthattheirEnglishiscertaintoimprove,giventimeanddedication.Insuchcircumstancesitishardlysurprisingthatsomegiveupindisgust,whileothersstillwaithopefullyfortheteachertogivethemthesameconfidentguidancehewasabletoofferthematfirst.Theteacher,forhispart,frequentlyreducedtotryingtoexplaintheinexplicable,maytakerefugeinquotingproverbstohiscolleaguessuchas:"Youcanleadahorsetowaterbutyoucan'twhatyousay.It'sthewaythatyousayit."Hisstudentsmightfeelinclinedtocounterthesewith:"ThemoreIlearn,thelessIknow."Ofcoursethisisnottrue.Whatbothstudentsandteachersareexperiencingistherecognitionthatthemorecomplexstructuresoneencountersinalanguagearenotasvitaltomakingonesel