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Selective noticing Problematic strategies Undesirable scores Lack of motivation Lack of confidence The Trapped Teachers Instrumental Overwhelmed Frustrated Wandering along the tide Fet their professional responsibility Needs to be empowered What is missing in China’s English ELT ? The concern for the overall development in both learning and teaching Research Findings Correlations Positive beliefs about the language/LL Good learning strategies efforts selfefficacy attitude Learning achievement Negative attitude/attribution The highest correlation is found between these two variables. It shows that students with rather negative attitude towards English learning will likely attribute their undesirable performances to such factors as teachers, time, luck and other factors. A Cultural amp。 Profession Open to changes because they may lead to improvement in teaching。 Teaching as a profession: Something you enjoy doing to make your life more meaningful. Job Teaching is routine work。 現(xiàn)代漢語詞典 Education: The process of training and developing the knowledge, skill, mind,character, etc. especially by formal schooling. Webster’s New World Dictionary of the American Language The Purpose of Education Education means change: moral intellectual psychological physical English Education: Promoting changes in those fields through English learning Producing people with English language petence in various fields College education is still a privilege in China experts in a special field critical and independent thinkers leaders in all walks of life The Challenges We Teachers Face Today High expectation from students, parents and administrators We have to teach and publish Under pressure to raise the passing rate We have to learn the new puter technology Students with better mand of the language Professional Development Urgent need But how? Depend on opportunities? Depend on yourself? The Attitude Determines Teaching as a job: Something you have to do to earn a living。 Job Don’t want to make any changes in teaching because it means more efforts。 you are a professi