1. Linguistics and Primary School English Language Teaching Part I What is linguistics? What is linguistics? linguistics in the science or the scientific study of language and languages. linguistics in the science or the scientific study of language and languages. Is there any difference between the language and the languages? Is there any difference between the language and the languages? What is the difference between Chinese and English linguistically? What is the difference between Chinese and English linguistically?

2. What is the difference between language and speech （语言与言语） What is the difference between language and speech （语言与言语） language speech language speech system of rules in the form of system of rules in the form of sounds sounds in the mind in the air in the mind in the air

3. Instincts to acquire Instincts to acquire Skills to learn Skills to learn Knowledges to study Knowledges to study Instincts: to see, to smell, to listen to, Instincts: to see, to smell, to listen to, to walk, to speak? (your native language, your Qin ’ an dialect, your Gangu dialect) to walk, to speak? (your native language, your Qin ’ an dialect, your Gangu dialect) Skills: to swim, to ride bicycles, to repair a Skills: to swim, to ride bicycles, to repair a computer or a TV set computer or a TV set

4. Knowledge: history,physics, mathematics … Knowledge: history,physics, mathematics … How do we acquire? How do we learn? And how do we study? How do we acquire? How do we learn? And how do we study? What is English? ( an instinct, a skill or a knowledge? What is English? ( an instinct, a skill or a knowledge?

5. What have we got from our Chinese classroom? What have we got from our Chinese classroom? 识字与修辞（说得更好，写得更好） 识字与修辞（说得更好，写得更好） Utterance 语句（交流的基本单位） Utterance 语句（交流的基本单位） 一切以交流为出发点 一切以交流为出发点 words, phrases, sentences, texts words, phrases, sentences, texts

6. Semantics and Pragmatics 语义学与 语用学 Semantics Semantics What you can find in your dictionaries What you can find in your dictionaries Pragmatics Pragmatics When, where, how, why does one say this? When, where, how, why does one say this? Context Context A:Where is John? B:I saw a white car in front of Susan ’ s house.

7. A: May I have an apple, please. A: May I have an apple, please. B: Here you are. B: Here you are. A: What am I doing? A: What am I doing? B: You are opening the door. B: You are opening the door.

8. Some problems with pronunciation teaching? Some problems with pronunciation teaching? Some problems with vocabulary teaching. Some problems with vocabulary teaching. Some problems with grammar teaching Some problems with grammar teaching