News You Can Use:Relying on CNN to Introduce Authenticity to the Language Laboratory Environment

「美國有線新聞網與」在語言習教室之應用

莫考利 (Moriarty Phil)

《Hwa Kang Journal of TEFL》 6期 (2000/05) Pp. 119-132

https://doi.org/10.6362/HKJTEFL.200005.0119

摘要

語言實習教師常面臨該選用何種教材之問題。隨著自一九九０年代初期臺灣開放有線電視與網際網路的日漸普及以來，教師能更迅速獲得對美國有線電視新聞的節目。本文旨在針對利用電視新聞節目作為補充教材之教師提供建議。本文首先對可獲得之新聞性節目作一摘要，接著探討作者在英語實習教室應用新聞性節目作為提昇聽說能力之成功技巧。

並列摘要

The instructor in a language laboratory course confronts the problem of what materials to use. With the introduction in the early 1990s of cable television service in Taiwan and the growing popularity of the Internet, educators now have access to the Cable News Network's (CNN) vast array of the journalistic programming. This paper provides suggestions for instructors interested in using the news organization's programming as supplementary material in the language education classroom. Following a brief synopsis of available programs, this paper discusses the author's success in using a number of techniques to enhance the listening and speaking skills of university students in the language laboratory classroom.