Giving effective feedback is one of useful methods to improve students' writing.With the aim of offering students more effective feedback,this essay will discuss the new kind of feedback on student writing by introducing the features of the new approach and evaluating it in Chinese teaching context.According to the study,it is recommended peer feedback and teacher-student conferencing feedback should be implemented in the Chinese classrooms,and the teachers of writing should vary their types of feedback according to students' specific needs.
Intercultural education that stresses integrating culture learning with language learning becomes more important nowadays. It relates to intercultural language learning( IcLL)and intercultural language teaching( IcLT). Intercultural language learning connects the study of culture to language learning and considers them as integrated and holistic. It enables students to learn the knowledge of the target language, and reflect on the knowledge of their own cultures. Intercultural language teaching aims to develop student multicultural view of the world and develop their intercultural competence through the learning of a foreign language.
Rapid evolution of communication technologies has changed language pedagogy and language use,and they enable new forms of discourse and new ways to create and participate in communities.Using the modern technology can reinforce and expand the ESL stu dents' s language and literacy instruction.It mainly discusses the effects of television on literacy development,and using video to enhance reading outcomes.A great number of studies provide evidence that learners can develop their language and literacy skills from technology.
