大学英语教学（EnglishTeachingatColleg

　　somepeoplesaythatenglishteachingatcollegeinchinahasprovedtobesuccessfultakecollegeenglishtestasanexample，morethanfourmillionstudentshavetakenitandthenumberisstillincreasingyearbyyear。thismeansthatincreasingnumbersofpeopleareawareofthenecessityandimportanceofenglishlearning。whatismore，largenumbersofstudentswhoarecompetentinenglisharemakingtheircontributionstothecountyinallwalksoflife。others，ontheotherhand，suggestthatenglishteachingatcollegeinchinaisacompletefailure。theysuggestthat，onthewhole，mostgraduatesstillcantcommunicatewithnativespeakersproperlyinspokenenglish。besides，theyareincompetentinbothtranslationandwriting。
　　ithinkgreatprogresshasbeenmadeinenglishteachingatcollegeinchinaoverthepast15years。yet，therearestillsomeproblems。ontheonehand，englishteachingatcollegeinchinaisstillteachercentered，althoughthestudentcenteredapproachhasbeenadvocatedforyears。theteacherdominatestheclass，leavingstudentslittletimetopractice。ontheotherhand，englishteachingatcollegeinchinaisstilltestoriented。passingcollegeenglishtesthasbeenregardedasaprerequisiteforgraduatestogetjobsonthejobmarket。sogreatemphasisisgivenonhowtopassthetestsratherthanonhowtodevelopthestudentslanguageskills。asaresult，studentsdonothavethelanguagecompetencethoughmostofthemhavepassedcollegeenglishtest。
　　therefore，itismystrongfeelingthereforethatenglishteachingatcollegesinchinashouldgothroughsomeradicalreform。priorityshouldbegiventothedevelopmentofthefourlanguageskillsratherthantodeveloptheskillsinpassingtheexamination。