The Exploration about English Teaching Methods toward Arts and P.E. Majors in Colleges and Universities

Abstract: There are several common problems in English learning of the arts and P.E. students, such as their low-proficiency in English, unwillingness to learn, and even fear or dislike of English learning. But many of the problems have not drawn enough attention of teachers, as well as the society. As a public English teacher in university, the author has been teaching the students of arts and P.E. for several years and puts forward some ideas of dealing with the problems in this paper. Present Situation of Teaching With the expansion of enrollment for colleges and universities, the number of arts and P.E. students shows the tendency of increase gradually. However, what is the situation of their studying after they enter the colleges or universities? According to the author’s visit and questionnaire, the English learning in China has the following characteristics. Before Entering College In China, the college admission is given priority to professional class scores, with academic grades significantly lower than other professional ones. This is probably the result of division in high schools which divides students to liberal, science or arts classes in their second year of high school learning. The students who can get higher score in exam, will choose liberal and science, while the others have to learn arts or P.E. Only in that way, will it be possible that more students can pass the university entrance exam. [1]Students in arts and P.E must invest most of their time on the training of professional skills, and therefore, naturally, English and other academic subjects can’t get their attention to some degree. As a result, the students almost stay in the primary stage of learning English. After Entering College When entering the university English learning, students feel great difficulty because of their rare vocabulary accumulation and lack of grammar. So they could not fit in English learning in college, what’s more, they will gradually lose interest in English, and then lose their learning enthusiasm, which lead to the failure of English learning[2]