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地方高校国际留学生“高等数学”英文教学探讨与研究
Introduction
Inrecentyears,thenumberofinternationalstudentsinlocaluniversitieshasbeenincreasingsteadily.Thesestudentscomefromdifferentcountrieswithdiverseculturalbackgrounds;hence,theyhavevaryinglevelsofproficiencyintheEnglishlanguage.Inmostcases,theyrequireEnglishclassestohelpthemunderstandthecoursematerialpresentedtothem.Onesuchcourseishigher-levelmathsubjectslikeCalculus,Algebra,andTrigonometry.Unfortunately,teachingthesesubjectsinaforeignlanguageposeschallengestobothinstructorsandstudents.Thispaperexaminesthechallengesinvolvedinteachinghigher-levelmathsubjectsinEnglishtointernationalstudentsandsuggestssomepossiblesolutions.
Challenges
Theprimarychallengeinteachinghigher-levelmathinEnglishtointernationalstudentsisthelanguagebarrier.MostinternationalstudentshavealimitedEnglishvocabulary,whichmakesunderstandingthetechnicaltermsusedinmathclasseschallenging.Forinstance,calculuscoursescontainalotofspecializedterminologythatmaynothaveanequivalentintheirnativelanguage.Thiscomplicatestheircomprehensionofnotonlythesubjectbutalsothecontextinwhichitistaught.
Anotherchallengeisthedifferenceinteachingstyles.Insomecountries,studentsareusedtoamoreinteractiveapproach,wheretheygettoaskquestionsandparticipateindiscussionsfreely.However,inWesterncountries,especiallyinmathclasses,lecturesaremostlydeliveredthroughPowerPointpresentations,whichrequireanextensivenote-takingprocess.Unfortunately,thisdifferencemaynegativelyaffectinternationalstudents'engagementinclassdiscussions,makingitdifficultforthemtocomprehendthematerial.
Solutions
Toaddressthechallengesoflanguagebarriersanddifferenceinteachingstyles,educatorscanadoptdifferentapproaches.First,providingstudentswithsupplementarymaterialslikevideosandaudiorecordingscansignificantlyimprovetheirunderstandingofspecializedterminology.Suchmaterialsallowstudentstoreviewlecturesandpracticeproblemsattheirownpace,ensuringthoroughcomprehensionofthesubject.
Secondly,instructorsshouldusetechniqueslikeactivelearningtoengaget