英语学院讲座信息

讲座题目：1. Language Identity and Culture 语言身份认同和文化

主讲人：Prof. David Nunan (Emeritus Professor, University of Hong Kong;

Vice-President, Academic, Anaheim University, US

香港大学终身教授；美国Anaheim大学副校长)

从事方向：Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, Research Methods, Task-based Language Teaching应用语言学，二语习得，研究方法，任务型教学

讲座内容：

In this presentation, Prof. Nunan will challenge the notion that acquiring another language is simply a matter of mastering language system, that is, the sounds, grammar and vocabulary of the target language. These are only part of the language learning story. Central to language learning and use is the personal and cultural transformation that comes with the acquisition process.

讲座时间：2009年12月16日  10：00

讲座地点：虹口校区第一报告厅

主办单位：英语学院

讲座题目：Task-based Language Teaching 任务型课堂教学

主讲人：Prof. David Nunan(Emeritus Professor, University of Hong Kong;

Vice-President, Academic, Anaheim University, US

香港大学终身教授；美国Anaheim大学副校长)

从事方向：Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, Research Methods, Task-based Language Teaching应用语言学，二语习得，研究方法，任务型教学

讲座内容：

In this presentation, Prof. Nunan will provide a selective and personal review of the evolution of task-based language teaching. He will outline the theoretical and empirical traditions that provide the wellsprings of TBLT, summarize current practices, and look to future developments.

讲座时间：2009年12月16日  13：30

讲座地点：虹口校区第一报告厅

主办单位：英语学院

专家简介：

David Nunan 教授为香港大学终身教授，美国加州Anaheim大学副校长，曾任香港大学英语中心主任（1994-2007年），TESOL协会主席（1999-2000），担任十多种国际期刊的编委。Nunan 教授在课程设置、二语习得的研究方法和话语分析方面曾撰写100多本专著和文章，他提出的任务型教学的思想给全球英语教学领域带来了巨大的影响。其代表性著作包括 Introducing Discourse Analysis (Penguin Books), The Self-Directed Teacher (Cambridge University Press), What is This Thing Called Language, 和Voices from the Language Classroom (with Kathleen M. Bailey) (Cambridge University Press) 等等，教材包括 ATLAS, Go For It, Listen In, Speak Out and Expressions，其中Go For It销量逾亿。