Application of Innovative Idea in Specialized English Teaching via

Computer

Juan Huang

Professional Arts Institute of Hubei, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China

Keywords: Innovative Idea in Teaching, Specialized English Teaching via Computer Teaching, Application.

Abstract: Specialized English teaching via computer is an important part of computer teaching. The traditional teach-

ing pattern is no longer suitable now. The common problem that educators faced is how to improve teach-

ing quality in the future, and what are the better innovative elements for the requirements of times. Based

on practical experience, this work puts forward some suggestions for teaching reform by combining the phi-

losophy innovation with Specialized English Teaching via computer, thus showing the positive significance

of Specialized English Teaching via computer teaching.

1 INTRODUCTION

Innovative education has become the mainstream in

new century education, aiming at improving the

innovation ability and spirit of students. Its prime

target is to train innovative talents with high quality.

Theory is the guide of practice. To successfully

implement innovative education, the concept of

innovative education should be clarified first. In

creative education, creative teachers are needed (Lu

Xin, 2006). Furthermore, innovative teachers should

change their traditional teaching ideas into

innovative ones.

2 CURRENT STATUS OF

SPECIALIZED ENGLISH

TEACHING VIA COMPUTER

Jiang Zemin, General Secretary of CPC, has

repeatedly stressed that innovation is the soul of

national progress and unceasing power of country’s

prosperity. In addition, innovation has its levels.

Innovation means training students to become

independent individuals through education and

influence. In this way, they can discover new

knowledge and ideas better and possess innovative

ability, thus providing comprehensive quality

foundation for future (Qu Lina, 2007).

Specialized English teaching via computer is a

necessary tool for information technology personnel,

because plenty of computer technologies originate

from English speaking countries. Although many

books have been translated into Chinese, the users

may encounter difficulties due to different

translation levels. Take the word node for example,

different people have different translation. And for

some special terms, different English equivalents can

be found. For example, "adapter card, interface card,

controller card, and plug-in board" can all be the

right expression of Chinese word Shipeika.

Therefore, as a computer major student or

professional, he must master the Specialized English

teaching via computer so as to better meet the

requirements of computer profession. According to

the Basic Requirement of Special English Teaching,

specialized English teaching via computer should

focus on the professional use of English (Song

Xiaotao, 2007). Then, students' ability of using

English in practice can be improved, which also

highlights the practicability of specialized English

teaching via computer.

2.1 Specialized English Teaching via

Computer Restricted by Teaching

Mode

At present, Specialized English teaching via

computer still uses traditional mode, which takes

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lecture method as the teaching method and closed-

book examination as the assessment method. This

traditional pattern can’t fully present the advantages

of Specialized English Teaching in practice, without

much practicability. Lecture method does not seem

suitable for specialized English courses, because

English as a foreign language can only exert its

function in practice not in papers. Closed-book

examination, instead of assessing students’ practical

application ability, would drive students cramming.

Additionally, closed-book examination just checks

the rote learning of students, without exam their

applied ability. Therefore, the characteristics of

computer profession can’t find its way in specialized

English teaching. And the linguistic competence of

English cannot be connected to professional

knowledge. As innovative teaching is still new,

certain time and processes are necessary to replace

traditional teaching mode.

2.2 Students Lacking Interest and

Enthusiasm

Many students are not interested in English learning,

let along specialized English learning. The

difference of students’ English levels is relatively

huge, resulting in the different difficulties of students

to learn specialized English. Students with good

English can quickly grasp the translation skills in

learning. Conversely, the students with poor English

foundation may encounter great difficulty for their

small vocabulary, thus severely decreasing their

enthusiasm. Besides, specialized English are

generally formal, with more theoretical knowledge

and less interesting factors. And the contents are

boring, with many special terms and complicated

sentence patterns which greatly affect the students'

confidence in learning. If students have no interest in

learning, they will surely get bad scores. Therefore,

new teaching idea should be used to help students

learn English well.

2.3 Boring and Signal Teaching

Method for Specialized English

Teaching via Computer

Now in the specialized English teaching class,

teachers usually explain the textbook in detail while

students listen passively. So the teaching process is

still one-way instillation mode. Such method cannot

motivate the students with good English foundation,

without protruding highlight, thus ignoring their

initiative and creativity. This boring specialized

English teaching method goes against students’

learning. Meanwhile, students could not grasp the

knowledge in materials for few accessory materials

and their limited ability.

2.4 Influence of Teaching Staff on the

Specialized English Teaching via

Computer

One of the factors that affect the specialized English

teaching via computer is teachers’ proficiency.

Professional English teachers should be able to

introduce professional knowledge by English

skillfully, so as to combine the theoretical

knowledge with practice. Such comprehensive

quality could not be built in a day. Nowadays most

teachers still use Chinese to explain in their teaching,

so improving the quality of specialized English

teaching via computer is required.

Another problem is the selection of teaching

materials. Many teachers feel difficult to find

suitable materials. Computer technologies change so

rapidly that a lot of teaching contents are obsolete,

thus cannot providing the latest knowledge to

students. In addition to being instructive, the

teaching materials should also fit students' practical

ability. A good textbook is the solid foundation of

teaching content, with computer hardware

knowledge, introduction of the software usage,

program design as well as network technology. And

it should be of moderate difficulty, supplied with

reference translation and text reading CDs.

3 SIGNIFICANCE OF

INNOVATIVE TEACHING TO

SPECIALIZED ENGLISH

TEACHING VIA COMPUTER

Innovative talents have always been the need for

China, so training innovative talents is the most

important. The innovative personality should be the

essence in innovative talents training. Innovative

teaching is of great significance to specialized

English teaching via computer, as shown in the

following aspects. On one hand, it helps students to

improve their innovative ability. As a language,

English cannot be learnt well by rote, but needs

innovative ideas to change students’ passive learning

into active learning. On the other hand, only teachers

with high level can educate students well. Therefore,

teachers should elevate their teaching level by

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combining the social requirements for students, thus

improving students’ comprehensive ability and

professional quality.

4 INNOVATING TEACHING

IDEAS IN SPECIALIZED

ENGLISH TEACHING VIA

COMPUTER

4.1 Selection of Appropriate Materials

and Individualized Teaching

The selection of teaching materials should focus on

two aspects. Firstly, the students are different.

Unique materials should be selected for different

levels of education objects, such as junior college

students, undergraduate students, masters and

doctors. As easy materials cannot bring ideal

teaching result while difficult materials are hard for

students to learn, selecting appropriate materials is

necessary. Teachers can also add or deduct contents

according to students’ different knowledge reserve

and English foundation. Secondly, different

materials have different focuses. For instance, some

materials focus on hardware, while others on

software. So for different majors and schools,

different materials should be selected, thus allowing

materials to better fit the practical professional work.

Thirdly, the timeliness and vividness of teaching

content should be considered. Due to the time of

translation and translation level, some teaching

contents are relatively obsolete compared with the

rapidly developing computer technology. For

example, terms such as Dos Netware is relatively

old, obviously detached from the current computer

level. In addition, the typesetting of old teaching

content may be boring with few pictures, which

students are not interested in. So we should choose

the materials with novel, vivid and miscellaneous

contents.

In addition to selection of teaching materials,

using important screen English and English

operating systems can also allow students to realize

the importance of learning. Finally, more

professional English terms should be added during

explanation. To get better teaching results, the

training of student’s ability in listening, speaking,

reading and writing should prevail throughout

teaching.

4.2 Using Interactive Teaching

Methods

For every course, classroom teaching is the first step.

So the teaching reform should start from classroom

teaching. Open and interactive teaching method

should be adopted rather than just students’ listening

to the teacher. This interactive education can

cultivate students’ innovative thinking, thus allowing

students to grasp the class content better. Then the

students would comprehend the true essence of

learning, and resonate with teachers’ thinking

method, forming their own unique ideas. Before

each class, teachers should specify a topic based on

teaching materials, then, ask students to find relevant

information from the internet. The material content

relative to the topic can be various such as hot topic,

influential people, new technology and new

development, etc. In classroom teaching, teachers

should let students propose questions for discussion

to enliven the class. Besides, teachers should often

encourage students to communicate in English. After

class, teachers should make some assessment and

analysis about the merits and drawbacks of students.

4.3 Changing the Teaching Method and

Promoting the Interest in Learning

Changing teaching methods should aim at a bilateral

way between teachers and students. Teachers should

arouse the enthusiasm and initiative of students, so

that students could cooperate with teachers to better

complete the teaching task in a planned manner. For

example, teachers can prepare some materials

according to different teaching contents such as

stories, or songs to enliven the class and guide the

students to English learning. The teaching method of

introducing professional English to students through

multimedia form would present the knowledge of

computer explicitly to students. In this way, students'

interest in learning is stimulated, and ability to use

computer is improved. The more familiar the

students get with computers, the better they could

understand the usefulness of professional English,

which in turn could promote their ability to learn

English. Meanwhile, Specialized English teaching

via computer can also promote the technical level of

the computer. For instance, with better professional

English, students can perform better BIOS settings,

DOS command, Html language and programming

language, etc. In teaching, the teacher should guide

students to actively analyze and solve problems. And

the initiative of students is mainly decided by the

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organization and mobilization level of teachers. Two

main specific methods are: discussion type teaching

and question-answer teaching. In discussion-mode

teaching, content should be included in the topic of

discussion, and the discussion time should be well

controlled. Teachers should encourage the students

to speak, with relevant records. By mobilizing their

enthusiasm in this way, the students can better

master the professional knowledge. As the name

implies, question-answer teaching refers to asking

students’ questions and answering question raised by

students. Problems are better solved when they are

found in the textbook by themselves, which helps

them to master the knowledge. By asking questions,

teachers can test the knowledge level of students,

and improve it by asking them to translate between

English and Chinese. And eventually the knowledge

and English level of students is enhanced, so that

they could be better applied to practice.

4.4 Enhancing the Ability to Use

Professional English

English as a foreign language would be useless if it

can’t be applied to the practice. After classroom

teaching, some practical and significant school

assignment should be given to provide opportunities

for practical use of professional English. English is

only useful when combined with practice. Students

would love English learning when they found

professional English useful in the practice. In

constant practice the English ability of students is

enhanced, thus realizing teaching for the practical

usage.

5 CONCLUSIONS

The network is increasingly influential, so it will

surely affect specialized English teaching via

computer. The traditional teaching mode is

inadaptable to the current teaching requirements,

which requires teachers to change the teaching ideas

and method. Only the innovative idea of teaching

can better mobilize the initiative and creativity of

students, so as to promote their ability of listening,

speaking; reading and writing, as well as stimulate

students' creative thinking. Most important, it can

train students' self-learning ability. Innovative idea

of teaching is only part of teaching quality

improvement. In addition, selection of new proper

good textbooks is of significance. Teachers should

keep stimulating students’ interest in learning

specialized English teaching via computer, and help

students to combine theoretical knowledge with

practice, so as to play the role of computer in

specialized English teaching. In conclusion, it is the

effective and proper teaching method to improve

students’ own innovative ability. Innovative idea of

teaching is the correct way for specialized English

teaching via computer.

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