Teaching Design for College English Reading and Writing Course Based on Production-oriented Approach - Taking New Horizon College English as an Example

Abstract

POA has been developed over the past decade with the aim of improving English classroom instruction at the tertiary level in China. Unlike other instructional approaches for language learning, the POA starts teaching with language production and ends with production while input serves as an enabler to help accomplish productive activities. [1] This article begins by introducing the background of the "Production-oriented Approach" , followed by an overview of the theoretical framework of POA. Finally, it presents a teaching design for a college English reading and writing course based on POA, using Unit 1 of New Horizon College English Book 1 as an example.